- 1 EEL
24A Wriggly fish
53487 - 2 EPEE
3D Blunted blade
41343 - 3 ETAL
66A List shortener
32327 - 4 OBOE
57D Cousin of a bassoon
32315 - 5 ALAS
1D Word of regret
26321 - 6 ABLE
15A Qualified
25259 - 7 DEN
49A Reading room
22260 - 8 ABET
1A Help at a heist
22228 - 9 SAG
31A Downward bend
22191 - 10 PRE
37D Ante-
21175 - 11 ALAMO
41D Site of Crockett's last stand
20181 - 12 ACME
42A Pinnacle
19210 - 13 MEN
40D Fraternity members
19145 - 14 SOLO
23A Aria, e.g.
18135 - 15 SAC
30D Biological container
17167 - 16 OATS
56D Feed bag fill
17133 - 17 SKY
45A Shade of blue
17129 - 18 ERODE
34A Lose underpinnings
16175 - 19 SEEN
68A In the public eye
16170 - 20 SCAM
53D Con game
16168 - 21 TARO
54D Hawaiian tuber
15122 - 22 ELENA
29D Actress Verdugo
14177 - 23 AGREE
50D Jibe
14154 - 24 TONI
65A Singer Braxton
14117 - 25 NCAA
59D Org. with eligibility rules
13164 - 26 ARISE
32D Come to light
12127 - 27 LAG
36A Time delay
12116 - 28 ARIEL
64A Durant who co-wrote "The Story of Civilization"
11122 - 29 ALIA
7D Inter ___
10108 - 30 SALAD
31D Kind of fork
10101 - 31 RICO
63A Puerto ___
1080 - 32 LEN
43A Mystery writer Deighton
9170 - 33 UTILE
16A Functional
967 - 34 ATOLL
10D Wake Island, e.g.
8104 - 35 LEASE
44A Lend-___ Act
884 - 36 TILL
11D Cash drawer
858 - 37 ATA
50A One ___ time
7161 - 38 ALEX
17A Trebek of "Jeopardy!"
6125 - 39 PARR
37A Catherine ___, wife of Henry VIII
650 - 40 BOLT
2D Length of fabric
637 - 41 BLIP
18A Spot on a radar screen
560 - 42 MONET
21D "Waterlilies" painter
558 - 43 VCR
25A TV adjunct
544 - 44 HEMS
51A Surrounds, with "in"
536 - 45 ADIN
55D Score after deuce, in tennis
4118 - 46 ILIAD
39D Trojan War epic
499 - 47 DDE
35D 1950's White House monogram
486 - 48 NITE
58D Nick at ___
471 - 49 BAAS
5A Calls to a shepherd
455 - 50 LOPE
14A Easy gait
447 - 51 FATAL
9A Deadly
433 - 52 GREEN
33D White House's ___ Room
432 - 53 ROLLS
19A Fancy British car, informally
429 - 54 TEXAS
4D Lone Star State
342 - 55 MONEY
67A Greenbacks
335 - 56 NEMESIS
28A Unbeatable rival
327 - 57 SEPT
8D Labor Day's mo.
255 - 58 SINATRA
46A Late, great crooner
225 - 59 SHREW
52D Woman with a temper
222 - 60 ROOMY
27D Spacious
221 - 61 211
- 62 ABOO
62A "Peek-___!"
133 - 63 WEAK
69A Watered-down
121 - 64 YOLK
60D The sunny side, in sunny side up
120 - 65 STEELY
46D Blue-gray
119 - 66 VEGAS
25D Golden Nugget casino locale
117 - 67 CROCK
26D Stew container
111 - 68 ABLOOM
6D Flowering
18 - 69 REJOIN
48D Counterreply
18 - 70 FURIES
9D Avenging spirits of mythology
15 - 71 LESE
13D ___-majesté
072 - 72 CADRE
61A Inner circle
040 - 73 ALLI
12D "___ Do Is Dream of You" (1934 hit)
034 - 74 THRONE
47D Royal seat
011 - 75 BABBLE
5D Talk nonsensically
08 - 76 STAGEDOORJOHNNY
53A Show girl's suitor
02 - 77 02
- 78 01