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A1. Nine-time Grammy winner Mary J. __ ~ BLIGE | A1. ___ Games ~ PANAM |
A6. Honeyed quaff ~ MEAD | A6. Part of a plant or a wineglass ~ STEM |
A10. High point ~ ACME | A10. Colony dwellers ~ ANTS |
A14. Pine product ~ ROSIN | A14. Soul singer Adams ~ OLETA |
A15. Nobel Peace Prize city ~ OSLO | A15. Cy Young Award winner Sparky ~ LYLE |
A16. Mount color ~ ROAN | A16. Thief's bagful ~ LOOT |
A17. Kind of elephant ~ ASIAN | A17. Memorable "Animal House" costumes ~ TOGAS |
A18. Poof ~ UPINSMOKE | A18. 1978 Cheech & Chong comedy ~ UPINSMOKE |
A20. Wide-headed fasteners ~ TNUTS | A20. Helpful cry during a rescue mission ~ OVERHERE |
A22. Peppy and then some ~ HYPER | A22. Lopsided ~ ASKEW |
A23. "Danger, Will Robinson!" sci-fi series ~ LOSTINSPACE | A23. Academy Award winner for "American Beauty" ~ KEVINSPACEY |
A28. Big jerk? ~ TUG | A26. Black ___ (some military missions) ~ OPS |
A29. Actress Thurman ~ UMA | A27. Weapons stockpile ~ ARSENAL |
A30. __ cotta ~ TERRA | A32. Morocco's capital ~ RABAT |
A31. Frequent award for Tiger Woods ~ ESPY | A36. Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" ~ ALI |
A32. Christmas buys ~ GIFTS | A37. ___ Raton, Fla. ~ BOCA |
A35. River mammal ~ OTTER | A38. Besides Charlie Chaplin, only film director on Time's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century ~ STEVENSPIELBERG |
A37. "Lincoln" director ~ STEVENSPIELBERG | A42. Repulsive ~ VILE |
A43. Godly ~ PIOUS | A43. Kellogg's Cracklin' ___ Bran ~ OAT |
A44. Group scuffle ~ MELEE | A44. Biblical beasts ~ ASSES |
A45. Layered haircut ~ SHAG | A45. 3-D image in medical diagnoses ~ PETSCAN |
A48. Get a giggle from ~ AMUSE | A47. Tina who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ~ FEY |
A51. "Inferno" author Brown ~ DAN | A49. Gilbert and Sullivan operetta set on a ship ~ HMSPINAFORE |
A52. Prosciutto, e.g. ~ HAM | A55. Very, in music ~ ASSAI |
A53. Gilbert and Sullivan work subtitled "The Lass That Loved a Sailor" ~ HMSPINAFORE | A59. Days of yore ~ OLDTIMES |
A56. Difficult high school sci. course ~ APBIO | A60. Washer action ... or a hint to four consecutive letters inside 18-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across ~ SPINCYCLE |
A58. Solitary soul ~ LONER | A63. Certain Comedy Central production ~ ROAST |
A59. Washing machine phase graphically shown in this puzzle's circles ~ SPINCYCLE | A64. Wan ~ PALE |
A63. Private account ~ DIARY | A65. Word after beauty or blind ~ SPOT |
A66. One still maturing ~ TEEN | A66. Markswoman Oakley ~ ANNIE |
A67. "__ go bragh!" ~ ERIN | A67. White icing on a gingerbread house, possibly ~ SNOW |
A68. Common Sundance entry ~ INDIE | A68. Lad's partner ~ LASS |
A69. Author Radcliffe and a cape ~ ANNS | A69. "Common Sense" writer ~ PAINE |
A70. Russian refusal ~ NYET | D1. Chaim who wrote "The Chosen" ~ POTOK |
A71. Preppy collars ~ ETONS | D2. "It's ___ Thing" (1981 hit by the Whispers) ~ ALOVE |
D1. Strapped support ~ BRA | D3. Israel's ___ Desert ~ NEGEV |
D2. UCLA article ~ LOS | D4. Arcade game pioneer ~ ATARI |
D3. "Can I come out now?" ~ ISITSAFE | D5. Love letter ~ MASHNOTE |
D4. Really big ~ GIANT | D6. Eats noisily ~ SLURPS |
D5. Bordeaux boredom ~ ENNUI | D7. High-strung, as a personality ~ TYPEA |
D6. Chocolate treat ~ MOUSSE | D8. Whitney who invented the cotton gin ~ ELI |
D7. Purported ability ~ ESP | D9. Baritones, typically ~ MEN |
D8. 2001 boxing biopic ~ ALI | D10. Charitable donations ~ ALMS |
D9. Step into, as a pair of slacks ~ DON | D11. ___ and cranny ~ NOOK |
D10. West Point team ~ ARMY | D12. Puff on a joint ~ TOKE |
D11. Appropriates ~ COOPTS | D13. Meat-and-vegetables dish ~ STEW |
D12. Facial cosmetics ~ MAKEUP | D19. Verbalizes ~ SAYS |
D13. Cabinet department created under Carter ~ ENERGY | D21. Paranormal ability, for short ~ ESP |
D19. Lady's pronoun ~ SHE | D24. Colombian metropolis ~ CALI |
D21. "Falling Skies" network ~ TNT | D25. Ontario border lake ~ ERIE |
D23. Schleps ~ LUGS | D28. Recedes ~ EBBS |
D24. Replace with an ellipsis ~ OMIT | D29. Dissents ~ NOES |
D25. Supports ~ PROPSUP | D30. Piece of land ~ ACRE |
D26. Drawing intro ~ ARTI | D31. Tarries ~ LAGS |
D27. Oscar winner Blanchett ~ CATE | D32. Click yes or no on an e-vite, say ~ RSVP |
D31. Kathryn of "Law & Order: C.I." ~ ERBE | D33. "___ is like kissing your sister" (sports adage) ~ ATIE |
D33. Freq. sitcom rating ~ TVPG | D34. Heavyweight's prize ~ BELT |
D34. Sicilian six ~ SEI | D35. Fifth and Park, in N.Y.C. ~ AVES |
D36. Stately shader ~ ELM | D36. Perceptive, as a pupil ~ APT |
D38. Author Chomsky ~ NOAM | D39. Linguist Chomsky ~ NOAM |
D39. Column enders ~ SUMS | D40. ___-serif typeface ~ SANS |
D40. Mythical city of gold ~ ELDORADO | D41. Show some guile ~ LAYATRAP |
D41. Duff ~ REAR | D46. Stylish ~ CHIC |
D42. DNA component ~ GENE | D47. Steakhouse offerings ~ FILETS |
D45. Soda born at the base of a California mountain ~ SHASTA | D48. Call it a day ~ END |
D46. Go down, so to speak ~ HAPPEN | D50. Pullover shirts ~ POLOS |
D47. Insomniac's prescription ~ AMBIEN | D51. Grammy winner Apple ~ FIONA |
D49. Like one "k" in "knuckle" ~ SILENT | D52. Native of Muscat ~ OMANI |
D50. Byrne's "Strange Overtones" collaborator ~ ENO | D53. Pine exudation ~ RESIN |
D53. Ad __ committee ~ HOC | D54. ___ Lauder ~ ESTEE |
D54. Bill's "Groundhog Day" co-star ~ ANDIE | D55. Nile vipers ~ ASPS |
D55. False move ~ FEINT | D56. Extend across ~ SPAN |
D57. Places to stay ~ INNS | D57. Structure with a rounded top ~ SILO |
D60. Craving ~ YEN | D58. All over again ~ ANEW |
D61. Howl or bark ~ CRY | D61. Designer's monogram ~ YSL |
D62. Tell a tale ~ LIE | D62. Tax time busy bee ~ CPA |
D64. "A Dog of the Regiment" dog __ Tin Tin ~ RIN | |
D65. "Without a doubt!" ~ YES |