- 1 ORE
44D Prospector's find
48581 - 2 ADO
65D Hubbub
44477 - 3 OAR
24D Item in a thole
36331 - 4 EROS
41D Bow-toting god
28321 - 5 MET
26A Intersected
25187 - 6 UMA
9D Thurman of "In Bloom"
18175 - 7 WEE
3D Elfin
16165 - 8 ACDC
38D "Back in Black" band
15129 - 9 SNO
56D Hostess ___ Balls
14188 - 10 NAT
42A Columnist Hentoff
13190 - 11 PCS
54A Best Buy buys
11109 - 12 POP
23A January 1 sound
1187 - 13 ENID
61D Queen Wheat City of Oklahoma
10232 - 14 AGEE
14A Tommie of the Miracle Mets
10201 - 15 CARE
29A *Managed ___
1087 - 16 OHARE
5D Midway Airport alternative
991 - 17 CORE
51A *Center
984 - 18 HARE
22A *Storied also-ran
8129 - 19 EVAN
30D Olympic skating champion Lysacek
8122 - 20 RPM
46A 45 ___
879 - 21 ASTOR
19A Manhattan's ___ Place
870 - 22 PCP
23D Angel dust
733 - 23 ONEAL
62A Oscar winner Tatum
5140 - 24 ASSAY
71A Test for quality
568 - 25 DOVE
73A *Chocolate brand
539 - 26 DDE
67D Presidential monogram
486 - 27 LOVE
69A *Valentine sentiment
475 - 28 LENTO
68A Slowly, on a score
450 - 29 UMASS
9A Bay State sch.
431 - 30 SHREDS
13D Tatters
429 - 31 BEHAR
28D Joy of "The View"
417 - 32 SDS
33A Vietnam-era protest org.
3118 - 33 TEM
18D Pro ___ (for now)
380 - 34 SEZ
57A "___ who?"
348 - 35 THA
37A Article in rap titles
329 - 36 MULCH
16A Soil enricher
311 - 37 310
- 38 SUNTEA
21D Drink brewed naturally
38 - 39 HAG
1D Broomstick rider
263 - 40 OCTO
5A Prefix with "mom" in 2009 news
262 - 41 COVE
58A *Place to moor
255 - 42 PEZ
45D Brand of movable collectibles
248 - 43 LIV
66D Tyler of "Jersey Girl"
247 - 44 HAWK
1A *Peddle
230 - 45 IDID
70A "___ it my way"
224 - 46 ALTARS
11D Places for rites
223 - 47 TREO
7D Palm product
217 - 48 NAMEONE
59A "Give me an example!"
212 - 49 YSER
72A River of Flanders
1134 - 50 AGR
2D Cabinet dept.
147 - 51 PROW
25D Ship's christening spot
143 - 52 ALENE
31A Coeur d'___
137 - 53 LEDTO
32D Resulted in
129 - 54 HARK
15A *Christmas carol starter
128 - 55 RCCOLA
46D Soda brand since 1905
119 - 56 CODER
55D Java or C++ whiz
112 - 57 CHARLIE
52A Brown in the funnies
19 - 58 MHOS
60D Units now called siemens
19 - 59 PHONES
47D 7-Down and others
19 - 60 SERIOUS
20A "No joke!"
16 - 61 13
- 62 LOY
63D Myrna of film
037 - 63 REATA
53D Ranch in "Giant"
034 - 64 ISNOT
49A Contrarian's retort
029 - 65 SCORED
12D Wrote for an orchestra
015 - 66 ARAIL
35D Run out of town on ___
09 - 67 NEATLY
50D Without muss or fuss
08 - 68 TEARDROP
43A Earring shape
08 - 69 BATSIN
36D Drives home, as runs
06 - 70 PETPEEVE
40D Personal bugaboo
06 - 71 MUSHY
10D Overly romantic
05 - 72 RUBYRED
27A Grapefruit choice
03 - 73 02
- 74 KEAS
4D New Zealand parrots
02 - 75 02
- 76 02
- 77 02
- 78 WARANDPEACE debut
39A Classic novel of 1,000+ pages ... or a hint to the word ladder formed by the answers to the starred clues
01