- 1 ODE
33D Poem of praise
58523 - 2 EST
41A Approx. number
55428 - 3 ERE
8D Bard's "before"
43602 - 4 ORCA
39D Predatory whale
34234 - 5 ADA
60D Orthodontists' org.
27270 - 6 ASP
34A Nile slitherer
22265 - 7 ADELE
63A "The Story of ___ H"
22158 - 8 PEN
37A International writers' org.
19187 - 9 ATON
18D Lots
19136 - 10 SOLO
30A Aria
18135 - 11 STOP
19A Pull the plug on
17180 - 12 LYE
40A Strong alkali
17146 - 13 TAB
59D Bar bill
16167 - 14 SEAT
47D Musical chairs goal
15152 - 15 RANT
43A Carry on
14133 - 16 OPED
31A Essay page, for short
14107 - 17 OMAR
6D Gen. Bradley
12252 - 18 AVEC
2D With: Fr.
1281 - 19 YER
9D "So's ___ old man!"
1280 - 20 ESTE
57D Villa d'___
11203 - 21 APES
27D Bronx Zoo houseful
11153 - 22 EVENT
53A Campaign speech, e.g.
11102 - 23 CITE
64A Give as an example
1193 - 24 ALAN
34D Greenspan of the Fed
10232 - 25 KOS
22A Most Foreman wins, informally
10102 - 26 BUS
1D Kind of stop
10100 - 27 SLAY
65A Do in
1079 - 28 YEW
61D Fine-grained wood
1062 - 29 AMORE
15A Dean Martin song subject
997 - 30 SYNC
35D Lip-___
972 - 31 UVEA
14A Iris's place
795 - 32 GENT
28D Lady's escort
767 - 33 MOPE
26D Wear a long face
745 - 34 PETE
36D Tampa-St. ___
6136 - 35 AVAIL
49D To no ___
686 - 36 BITE
62A Nosh
670 - 37 KNEW
67A Was able to answer on a test
668 - 38 KILT
10A Tartan garb
625 - 39 INTRO
11D Words from an emcee
582 - 40 PED
52A ___ Xing
539 - 41 YENTA
50D Buttinsky
465 - 42 LOTSA
7D "___ luck!"
457 - 43 TELE
55D Prefix with drama
3103 - 44 ASKED
51D Made a request
369 - 45 RANK
58A Colonel or corporal
348 - 46 ESSENCE
45A Crucial element
343 - 47 BANK
1A Check point?
326 - 48 USABLE
24D Of service
322 - 49 BORNE
21A Carried
244 - 50 GAIN
56D Yardage pickup
240 - 51 BELLE
21D Scarlett O'Hara, e.g.
234 - 52 TAPER
13D Come to a point
231 - 53 SERBS
48D European group
226 - 54 GAUNT
38D Obese's opposite
215 - 55 CRATERS
20A Much of the surface of Mars
28 - 56 ONEA
16A Eligible for service
1175 - 57 NEER
3D ___-do-well
1100 - 58 ATONER
29D Act of Contrition reciter
119 - 59 MAGENTA
26A Purplish red
113 - 60 HOLEY
5A Like Swiss cheese
17 - 61 17
- 62 17
- 63 028
- 64 ARNEL
42A Textile trademark
022 - 65 STRANGE
54A Way-out
016 - 66 SAYONARA
48A "Toodle-oo"
013 - 67 DONKEY
44D Mule's father
012 - 68 DUCE
44A Mussolini, e.g.
09 - 69 BADER
66A Ruth ___ Ginsburg
08 - 70 HALEST
5D Most vigorous
08 - 71 ROLY
25D ___-poly
08 - 72 TOALL
32A "... and ___ a good-night"
07 - 73 SEEYALATER
17A "So long"
06 - 74 05
- 75 04
- 76 03
- 77 TAKEITEASY
59A "Until next time ..."
03 - 78 01