- 1 IRA
55A Lyricist Gershwin
46448 - 2 ERE
72A Before, to poets
43602 - 3 ESP
33A "I know what you're thinking" ability, in brief
35344 - 4 ETON
52D English institution since 1440
32282 - 5 AVE
44A Fifth or Madison, in N.Y.C.
28246 - 6 AMEN
25D "You said it, brother!"
27296 - 7 HER
63D Old what's-___-name
27237 - 8 ITS
6D "___ about time!"
23257 - 9 PEA
34D Split ___ soup
23230 - 10 ETCH
23A Write on stone, say
23174 - 11 AAA
14A Designation for some batteries and minor-leaguers
20230 - 12 LIL
9D Rapper ___ Jon
20166 - 13 ERIC
4A ___ the Red
17251 - 14 COT
22A Small bed
17128 - 15 HUE
50A Color
17121 - 16 BOP
64D Jazz style
1468 - 17 REA
5D Actor Stephen
12201 - 18 IKE
28A Eisenhower, informally
11181 - 19 OOZE
68A Seep
11116 - 20 REB
66A One of Gen. Lee's force
1099 - 21 LEASE
20A Apartment dweller's agreement
884 - 22 ETTE
59D Suffix with kitchen
7225 - 23 SPIT
71A ___ and polish
782 - 24 SESTET
54D Six-line poem
740 - 25 714
- 26 ERST
32A Once, in former times
6155 - 27 LAN
49A Computer grouping, for short
667 - 28 BEAN
40D Noggin
663 - 29 ALIBABA
41D "Open sesame" sayer
638 - 30 SCONE
61A Teatime biscuit
551 - 31 COPE
45A Deal (with)
538 - 32 ASI
30A "Take me ___ am"
4130 - 33 UZI
65D Israeli weapon
488 - 34 NEB
69A Omaha's home: Abbr.
455 - 35 RVER
39D Winnebago owner, briefly
419 - 36 DER
31A Architect Mies van ___ Rohe
3115 - 37 DALE
10D Racer Earnhardt
367 - 38 AMAHL
41A Menotti's "___ and the Night Visitors"
333 - 39 ARTERY
70A Vein's counterpart
325 - 40 LIABLE
16A Subject to damages
315 - 41 TIKI
27D Kind of torch at a luau
254 - 42 TOG
60A Dress (up)
253 - 43 ELDEST
8A Born first
241 - 44 ELATES
8D Thrills
232 - 45 METH
15A The "M" in S.M.U.: Abbr.
221 - 46 EASESIN
53A Enters slowly
211 - 47 KEENS
35A Wails
29 - 48 ELHI
38D K-12, in education lingo
186 - 49 BILE
58A Vitriol
138 - 50 ETCETC
36D Yadda yadda yadda
131 - 51 ANALYST
43D Stock market expert
120 - 52 EGGOS
57D Certain frozen waffles
116 - 53 EMBERS
4D Campfire remnants
113 - 54 MARINER
42D Seafarer
113 - 55 CHECK
7D Chess declaration
112 - 56 ENTEBBE
48D Ugandan site of a 1976 Israeli rescue
111 - 57 CARAFES
3D Wine containers
110 - 58 UNTIDY
51D In need of straightening up
18 - 59 OSBORNE
46D "One of Us" singer Joan
17 - 60 BASEBALLBAT
18A Louisville Slugger, e.g.
16 - 61 RRR
17A Basic education trio
037 - 62 CEST
26D "___ la vie"
021 - 63 BESTED
67A Outdid
013 - 64 WOEISME
29A "Alas!"
013 - 65 STITCH
21D Do needlework
012 - 66 TETHERS
13D Restraining ropes
011 - 67 EBBTIDE
11D Time when the water's low
010 - 68 MCC
1A 1200, on a monument
09 - 69 PIONEER
47D Daniel Boone, notably
09 - 70 MARLOWE
1D Philip ___, "The Big Sleep" sleuth
06 - 71 CAREFOR
2D Be fond of
05 - 72 SLACKEN
12D Lose tautness
04 - 73 02
- 74 CENTERBIT
37A Hole-positioning gadget
02 - 75 01
- 76 01