- 1 EEL
31A Slippery sort
53487 - 2 SIR
22A Elton John, e.g.
35271 - 3 OSLO
39D See 64-Down
32324 - 4 ATLAS
70A Oversized volume
25195 - 5 AURA
65A Halo
22218 - 6 TWO
50A Cube root of eight
19165 - 7 ERIC
66A Newsman Sevareid
17251 - 8 ASTI
43A Italian wine-growing region
17224 - 9 WET
9D Dewy
17119 - 10 ORG
49D Assn.
17108 - 11 LAIR
35D Den
15143 - 12 LARA
61D Boris Pasternak heroine
14138 - 13 OMAHA
57A Midwest home of ConAgra
14137 - 14 CASE
19D Lawyer's undertaking
13108 - 15 SHAM
10A Mockery
1387 - 16 IFSO
36A In case that's true
1370 - 17 CFO
58A Corp. money head
1351 - 18 CHAR
47D Blacken
1289 - 19 LEIS
6D Island rings
1282 - 20 LENA
40A Olin of "Hollywood Homicide," 2003
11140 - 21 SALSA
67A Sauce with jalapeño
1198 - 22 ALFA
1A Code word for "A"
8108 - 23 LOP
21D Cut (off)
899 - 24 HATE
16A "Unimaginable as ___ in Heav'n": Milton
898 - 25 PENN
29A William who has a state named after him
879 - 26 TOOL
45A Chisel or gouge
794 - 27 SONS
42A "___ and Lovers" (D. H. Lawrence book)
778 - 28 TARS
14A Blackens
772 - 29 OCHRE
8D Yellow shade
759 - 30 ERN
5D Suffix with east
6177 - 31 NOUN
30D Verb preceder
697 - 32 KNEW
17A Understood
668 - 33 ASWAN
4D Dam on the Nile
646 - 34 ECLAT
54D Conspicuous success
5113 - 35 OSSA
59D Greek peak
488 - 36 ARTIE
23A Clarinetist Shaw
479 - 37 METES
13D Allots, with "out"
434 - 38 ZIG
28A Slalom course move
425 - 39 SAS
64D Airline to 39-Down
3116 - 40 IRANI
56D Shiraz native
399 - 41 SATIN
53D Audited, with "on"
362 - 42 ELBOW
5A Jostle
355 - 43 RINK
69A Winter Olympics venue
335 - 44 GRAIL
60A Holy ___
318 - 45 ROILS
34A Shakes up
220 - 46 RUNAT
41A Charge
219 - 47 FREEAGENT
3D Player without a contract
27 - 48 ONER
32A Lulu
195 - 49 ZOLA
28D "La Débâcle" novelist
139 - 50 ANGIE
44A 1973 #1 Rolling Stones hit
133 - 51 HAUTE
11D High-class, as a restaurant
130 - 52 REECE
15A Model Gabrielle
118 - 53 FERRARI
25D Maserati competitor
113 - 54 DRIFT
55A Blown snow
111 - 55 18
- 56 GSA
63D Fed. construction overseer
068 - 57 ITSA
71A "___ Heartache" (Bonnie Tyler hit)
063 - 58 NCR
46A Big maker of A.T.M.'s
046 - 59 NLER
68A Any of the Phillies, e.g.
040 - 60 ADEAL
20A "Let's Make ___"
022 - 61 ATRIP
12D Take ___ (travel)
022 - 62 ORNO
48A Yes ___
022 - 63 IMARI
52D Japanese porcelain
018 - 64 MOWER
51D Lawn Boy product
011 - 65 ATKA
1D Aleutian island
010 - 66 SNOWTIRES
38D Winter driving aid
05 - 67 RAINCHECK
33D Consolation of a sort
03 - 68 02
- 69 02
- 70 MANOF
24A ___ the world
02 - 71 02
- 72 02
- 73 BEGINNINGOFFALL debut
7D September equinox, and a hint to the starts of 18- & 62-Across and 2-, 3-, 10-, 33-, 37- & 38-Down
01 - 74 01
- 75 01
- 76 01