- 1 ASH
23D Pale wood
50458 - 2 SSN
45A Govt. ID
44242 - 3 OSLO
14A Capital once called Christiania
32324 - 4 AMEN
26D Grace period?
27296 - 5 ALTO
5A Voice below soprano
25290 - 6 UCLA
58D The Bruins of the N.C.A.A.
22174 - 7 LEAST
37A Minimal amount
1783 - 8 LION
1A *"In like a ___ ..."
13131 - 9 TSO
63D General on a Chinese menu
1388 - 10 LLAMA
39A Andean animal
1196 - 11 SHEL
27A Author Silverstein
1175 - 12 STAG
34D Partnerless, as at a party
10168 - 13 AMMO
60D Bullets
10133 - 14 OHNO
35D "This can't be!"
9149 - 15 LOON
15A *Kook
981 - 16 SUIT
66A Sunday best, e.g.
970 - 17 ALB
5D Priest's robe
882 - 18 ILSA
69A "Casablanca" heroine
7116 - 19 LAMB
72A *"... out like a ___"
774 - 20 ANOS
71A Parts of una década
750 - 21 SHA
38D ___ Na Na
6107 - 22 CAMP
64A *Sleepaway, e.g.
661 - 23 SOT
34A Pub crawler
5152 - 24 SNOB
13D Name-dropper, perhaps
5105 - 25 TOOT
7D Trolley warning
582 - 26 FOB
9D Della's gift in "The Gift of the Magi"
544 - 27 COMP
55A *Provide for free
529 - 28 PERUSE
51A Look over
525 - 29 SEISM
53D Great shakes?
523 - 30 ORSON
16A Welles of film
459 - 31 OTRO
56D Other: Sp.
458 - 32 CAAN
59D James of "Thief"
456 - 33 SENORA
25A Married woman, in Madrid
445 - 34 LOOS
6D Going places?
440 - 35 NOTSO
70A "I beg to differ!"
356 - 36 LAMP
68A *Tiffany treasure
347 - 37 ATEIT
62A Absorbed the loss
343 - 38 COMB
48A *Jim's gift in "The Gift of the Magi"
331 - 39 PPS
65D Second afterthought in a letter: Abbr.
327 - 40 NOPROB
4D "Easy!"
318 - 41 LUCA
57A ___ Brasi, enforcer in "The Godfather"
38 - 42 STOIC
31D Betraying no emotion
280 - 43 FLOP
42D Dud
241 - 44 BOMB
29A *Dud
234 - 45 BOON
18A *Godsend
231 - 46 AMCS
32D Gremlins and Hornets of old autodom
220 - 47 NAVES
61A Cathedral areas
26 - 48 CAEN
55D "It's News to Me" columnist Herb
149 - 49 UVULA
52D Throat dangler
134 - 50 THARP
20A Choreographer Twyla
118 - 51 BATTY
30D Nuts
115 - 52 BRASIL
49D São Paulo's land, to natives
18 - 53 TESTAMENT
36D Provider of a dead giveaway?
16 - 54 STOA
22A Greek gathering spot
075 - 55 UTEP
17A Lone Star State sch.
044 - 56 CAHN
33D Songwriter Sammy
036 - 57 ERNES
67A Sea eagles
036 - 58 OLEAN
3D Ingredient in some potato chips
030 - 59 TAILS
44A Gala night duds
028 - 60 BOOB
24A *Doofus
025 - 61 ANSA
50A Looped handle, in archaeology
022 - 62 ESTAB
54D Sign abbr. meaning "founded in"
020 - 63 UAL
47D "Fly the friendly skies" co.
019 - 64 ANSON
43A Actor Williams of "Happy Days"
011 - 65 LOUTS
1D Lummoxes
010 - 66 ONNO
8D ___ occasion (never)
08 - 67 SHELLAC
31A Wood finish
08 - 68 NOTO
12D Say ___ (reject)
07 - 69 FAUNS
9A Goat-men in a Rubens painting
05 - 70 GOTOGUY
46A Handy man?
02 - 71 ISTHE
2D "This ___ life!"
02 - 72 02
- 73 02
- 74 USDOLLARS
11D Mint green?
02 - 75 01
- 76 01
- 77 01
- 78 THEMONTHOFMARCH debut
40A Period described by the clues and answers to 1- and 72-Across (which are the start and end of a word ladder formed by the answers to the 10 asterisked clues)
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