- 1 ERE
32D Before, to a poet
43602 - 2 LED
18D Trailblazed
34222 - 3 ISLE
13D ___ of Man
31316 - 4 AMI
20A French friend
29302 - 5 OAT
54A Grain in Cheerios
28290 - 6 EYE
42A Hurricane's center
28283 - 7 ODES
69A Lyric poems
26226 - 8 NBA
41A Org. with the Wizards and Warriors
26198 - 9 ERASE
14A Remove, as pencil marks
24295 - 10 SPOT
60D Good name for a Dalmatian
24153 - 11 ATL
56D The "A" in NATO: Abbr.
23171 - 12 OTOE
67A Tribe allied with the Missouri, once
21198 - 13 ONUS
16A Burden
21197 - 14 ACME
22A Pinnacle
19210 - 15 ESL
4D Course for some immigrants: Abbr.
18153 - 16 SEAL
19A Animal balancing a beachball on its nose
18151 - 17 TAB
36D Key above Caps Lock
16167 - 18 AID
26A Assist
15167 - 19 CHE
62A ___ Guevara
14162 - 20 DEER
5D Bucks and does
13154 - 21 CEDE
66A Surrender
13152 - 22 BIO
65D Book that might be subtitled "A Life"
13123 - 23 AXIS
63A x or y line on a graph
12109 - 24 TIC
36A ___-tac-toe
11134 - 25 MRI
46A Hosp. scan
11126 - 26 PINE
9D Tree with needles
1191 - 27 AIOLI
68A Garlicky sauce
1151 - 28 COLA
55A Pepsi-___
9116 - 29 MAGI
10A Biblical wise men
8102 - 30 ISP
47D AOL, for one
862 - 31 SEAM
61D Line in an A-line
789 - 32 GEN
24D Patton or Petraeus: Abbr.
774 - 33 XES
39A Ballot marks
765 - 34 TONS
70A Truckloads
762 - 35 ITA
37D "Give ___ whirl"
6104 - 36 ZEST
34D Gusto
582 - 37 WACO
58D City midway between Austin and Dallas
576 - 38 MONET
71A French Impressionist Claude
558 - 39 ANKARA
26D Turkey's capital
541 - 40 MAY
31D Month of the Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500
463 - 41 ASCII
50A Computer acronym
434 - 42 ESSES
27A Twisty highway curves
3114 - 43 WISP
6A Bit of smoke
351 - 44 GUAM
12D Where America's Day Begins
337 - 45 RACED
1A Sped
333 - 46 AOKI
15A P.G.A.'s Isao
322 - 47 COCOON
51D Butterfly protector
312 - 48 AXED
59D Chopped down
277 - 49 ICBM
30D Warhead weapon, for short
251 - 50 PING
23A With 57-Across, game that includes the starts of 17-, 29-, 48- and 64-Across
234 - 51 PONG
57A See 23-Across
228 - 52 ELUDES
49D Escapes
215 - 53 STOODON
45D Used as a platform
25 - 54 ARAMIS
2D "The Man in the Iron Mask" role for Jeremy Irons
133 - 55 INHALE
52D Get some air
133 - 56 IGETIT
53D "Aha!"
132 - 57 WARP
58A Word before speed or after time
123 - 58 ANECDOTE
11D Brief story that might open a speech
116 - 59 RETILE
21A Fix, as a bathroom floor
18 - 60 MOSAICS
10D Artworks made of many pieces
14 - 61 DOZE
25A Catch some Z's
046 - 62 NEZ
33A ___ Percé (Indian tribe)
046 - 63 ELAPSES
44D Passes, as time
011 - 64 SKELETON
8D Common Halloween costume
010 - 65 RETAPE
1D Record again
09 - 66 SEXIST
28D Putting women down, e.g.
09 - 67 CABINS
3D Airplane sections
08 - 68 SCOUTS
60A Ones said to be "trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly ..."
07 - 69 WAITON
6D Serve, as at a restaurant
07 - 70 ROCKSTAR
35A Sting or Prince
05 - 71 STACCATO
40D Disconnected, musically
05 - 72 CHLORIDE
38D Salt, e.g.
04 - 73 NETINCOME
29A How much you really earned
04 - 74 TABLELINEN
17A Laundry that's often food-stained
04 - 75 ATHEISTS
43A Ones in disbelief?
03 - 76 BALLSTATE
48A Hoosier university
02 - 77 02
- 78 PADDLEBOAT
64A Lakeshore rental, perhaps
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