concern Chardonnay, for one Corkscrew pasta They might eliminate teams … with or without the shaded letter 2013 Sheryl Sandberg best seller Big name in outdoor gear Hobbit foes Whoopee cushion, for one Luxury handbag initials Meh Streaming hiccups Soothing ingredient Water repellent? Make a mistake while sitting down? Comedian Wong Member of a string quartet Thor's mischievous brother "Seriously, though?!" _ dash Sandwich on a sesame seed bun "Gotcha" Muppet that sings "Doin' the Pigeon" Disney princess who can conjure ice Not worth discussing Airport near Olympia, informally Absolutely incredible Nikkei 225 currency Ridiculous display "Take me _" Word with shot or mold Gets out of Dodge Not just bad _ Island (location that's not really an island) Pharmacy amounts Playground retort Fruit of the Loom product featuring superhero themes _ Grissom, longtime "CSI" character Wearisome Dionysian party Sits around Guthrie who wrote "Alice's Restaurant" One of the Coen brothers Slightly Nimble Do for Billy Preston, once Ones ranking below cpls. Hall-of-Famer Bill "Doctor _" Small stream Vision that's subject to interpretation Alien conveyances The Golden Bears of the N.C.A.A., familiarly Mediterranean country with 8,500 miles of coastline On a streak? Things that might be raised in court … with or without the shaded letter Bajillions Brand for which Garfield was once a "spokescat" Memo heading Trojan War hero V.A. of 159 Modern lead-in to "-verse" Place to practice martial arts One-named singer with the 2000 hit "Only Time" Tex-Mex dish It may be half of a blackjack … with or without the shaded letter On the briny N.B.A. More answers for Febru"In like a lion, out like a _" (March adage) Knee stabilizer, in brief Quaff Moises of baseball fame One of the fire signs "Marvelous" TV character Alternative to 2% … with or without the shaded letter Lawn trimmers Scuffle Simpson with an I.Q. And lastly, as a counterpoint to the drug-addled theme of the puzzle, I enjoy the simple, "Dennis the Menace"-like pleasures of LILYPAD ( 46D: Frog's perch) and POPOVER ( 43D: Light muffin). I like the mixed message sent by the intersection of TUNE IN TOMORROW and "See IT NOW" ( 23D: Edward R. There are a pair of answers in the NE that I like a lot, one because it's exotic and unusual (SUMATRA - 10D: Indonesian island crossed by the Equator), and the other because it's educational (KNOX - 11D: The "K" in James K. You can easily improve your search by specifying the number of letters in the answer. Below are all possible answers to this clue ordered by its rank. We think the likely answer to this clue is TENDBAR. There's not a ton to say about the non-theme fill. The crossword clue Conjure up spirits with 7 letters was last seen on the January 01, 2011. I can handle all kinds of near-profanity and sexual innuendo, but TOILETS, no. I do not like the word TOILETS ( 52A: Rest stop features) in my puzzle. My favorite part of the puzzle was 37A: Start of many a pickup line ("Hey baby."), both because the words LIE ( 41A: Tall tale) and ABED ( 34A: Sleeping, say) are immediately to the right of it, and because I imagine that the guy follows HEY BABY with some outrageous claim about himself (perhaps something along the lines of "I'm really good friends with Tom SNYDER - 25D: Talk show host Tom), and when the girl doubts him, he exclaims, perhaps drunkenly, "IT'S TRUE!" ( 23A: "Honest!"). 47A: Become a recluse, perhaps ( drop out of sight).27A: "Don't miss the next episode." (" Tune in tomorrow.").Or maybe the YETI ( 17A: Himalayan legend) and N SYNC ( 32A: "Bye Bye Bye" boy band) are part of some drug-induced vision that the puzzle is trying to conjure up. I really wish LSD had been in the puzzle it would have accompanied DAZE ( 69A: Stun) so nicely. There was something vaguely outer-spacey about this puzzle, with ORBIT (isn't that where LEARY's ashes are now: in ORBIT around the Earth?) ( 28D: Go around and around) and the first theme answer, TURN ON AN AXIS (20A: Revolve). LEARY has been all over the puzzle lately (well, twice this past month, at least), and now, here he is, with his full name, ruling over his own interplanetary puzzle domain. Worst Nothnagel puzzle Ever! HA ha, I'm just kidding, this one was good. THEME: TIMOTHY LEARY (53A: Speaker of the catchphrase that starts 20-, 27- and 47-Across)
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