- 1 ODE
29A Poem of praise
58523 - 2 TEN
54D Sawbuck
39369 - 3 OLD
41A Like octogenarians
30247 - 4 TOE
50A Low digit?
29293 - 5 SASS
13D Back talk
29202 - 6 ALL
4D Entirely
28299 - 7 ONES
51D Singles
28295 - 8 ITEM
39A Topic of gossip
27274 - 9 NEED
60A Requirement
24214 - 10 OPAL
14A Birthstone after sapphire
23253 - 11 NESS
21A Loch ___ monster
23202 - 12 SARI
33A Indian dress
23191 - 13 ETCH
52D Write on metal
23174 - 14 ESS
20A Winding road shape
22413 - 15 SEW
55D Make a seam
20169 - 16 EMIR
5A Kuwaiti ruler
18218 - 17 REF
8D Striped official
18188 - 18 SEEP
44A Ooze
18128 - 19 ERODE
56A Wear away
16175 - 20 NERO
47D Imperious Roman
15243 - 21 ICES
7D Desserts that give chills
14120 - 22 STET
23A Proofreader's mark
12225 - 23 TAXI
50D Hack's vehicle
12136 - 24 APES
46D Earth rulers in a 1968 film
11153 - 25 ARIEL
26D The Little Mermaid's name
11122 - 26 EXEC
58A Company V.I.P.
11101 - 27 ORDER
32A Command
1188 - 28 EZRA
12D Book after II Chronicles
10139 - 29 COLA
1A Pepsi or RC
9116 - 30 OPUS
2D Any symphony
996 - 31 PURE
49D Like 24-karat gold
955 - 32 MIDST
6D Central spot
935 - 33 STOW
48D Put away
8117 - 34 MICE
15A Cheese nibblers
758 - 35 TSETSE
37D Sleeping sickness carrier
6113 - 36 SINCE
40A Because
644 - 37 LABS
3D Places for experiments
567 - 38 EROTIC
19D Arousing
551 - 39 COPE
1D Make do
538 - 40 SEASON
43A Time of the year
538 - 41 SWEDE
44D Ingmar Bergman, e.g.
461 - 42 ARIAS
34D Opera songs
454 - 43 IDLED
27D Ran without moving
449 - 44 OVENS
29D Kilns
449 - 45 HITS
28A Top 40 songs
447 - 46 INTERN
18D Recent med school graduate
437 - 47 SEERED
42D Become enraged
430 - 48 HOTS
45A Candies that burn the mouth
423 - 49 ERLE
57A ___ Stanley Gardner
3198 - 50 AVIS
34A Hertz rival
396 - 51 ELIZA
16A "My Fair Lady" lady
348 - 52 HAREM
28D Sheik's bevy
345 - 53 FEES
38A Lawyers' charges
343 - 54 WISH
61A Action before blowing out the candles
329 - 55 ANSWER
46A "Is that your final ___?"
322 - 56 ESSEN
31D German industrial city
2126 - 57 STEMS
23D Parts with thorns
259 - 58 HOES
24A Tilling tools
241 - 59 DISCO
30D Music to do the hustle to
239 - 60 POLS
49A D.C. bigwigs
228 - 61 OILERS
36D Edmonton N.H.L. team
219 - 62 BOFFO
25D Successful, in Variety
217 - 63 GAPES
9A Stares open-mouthed
120 - 64 PIET
11D Artist Mondrian
119 - 65 SITUP
33D Ab strengthener
119 - 66 EMCEED
5D Hosted
116 - 67 BAITED
25A Like fishers' hooks
16 - 68 14
- 69 SLUM
42A Squalid neighborhood
031 - 70 SOWED
59A Scattered, as seed
020 - 71 HOYLE
45D According to ___
018 - 72 ALDAS
10D Actors Robert and Alan
012 - 73 GENIES
9D Bottled spirits
012 - 74 HIRAM
24D Ulysses S. Grant's real first name
012 - 75 RIATAS
22A Lassos
011 - 76 02
- 77 01
- 78 01