- 1 ASH
5D Prickly ___
50458 - 2 SEE
9D Fifth word of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
44430 - 3 EON
39D Very long time
43343 - 4 SHE
34D Car, affectionately
35345 - 5 ATIT
10A Working hard
23197 - 6 NENE
51D Hawaiian goose
23140 - 7 ANON
14A Like most adages, for short
20275 - 8 ITO
23A Simpson judge Lance
20240 - 9 ERIN
18D The Auld Sod
19279 - 10 EERIE
53D Like the musical intro to "The Twilight Zone"
19260 - 11 AKA
40A Letters before an alias
19211 - 12 AGES
69A A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues
19202 - 13 TOO
13D "___ bad!"
17189 - 14 ENG
33D Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
17160 - 15 EPI
58A Prefix with center or genetics
16141 - 16 TRES
57A Very, in Versailles
16136 - 17 SRS
27D Makers of some H.S. homecoming floats
14209 - 18 CEDE
1A Surrender
13152 - 19 RDA
21A About 90 mg. of vitamin C a day, e.g.
13138 - 20 REEF
31A Good area for snorkeling
12100 - 21 DEERE
68A "Nothing runs like a ___" (ad slogan)
10118 - 22 ACRES
5A Farmland units
971 - 23 SOO
35D ___ Canals
886 - 24 EARNS
22D Is worthy of
881 - 25 EDGAR
8D Poet ___ Lee Masters
780 - 26 AMS
40D Mornings, for short
686 - 27 OSS
36A C.I.A. predecessor
5114 - 28 LOGO
16A Apple's apple, e.g.
569 - 29 MATT
66A Dillon or Damon
559 - 30 ARNO
19A River through Florence
4143 - 31 ALASKA
10D Denali's home
454 - 32 MES
56A Month, in Madrid
448 - 33 ASARULE
42D Generally speaking
446 - 34 IFI
29D "What ___ told you ...?"
435 - 35 MULE
64A 60-Down mascot
348 - 36 ZOE
63D Orange "Sesame Street" Muppet
347 - 37 PMS
61D Evenings, for short
340 - 38 SHADE
15A Lamp cover
339 - 39 POUT
61A Mope
329 - 40 RANDB
7D Genre of the old Stax record label
317 - 41 ASSORTS
47D Categorizes
315 - 42 ELNINO
28A Cause of aberrant weather
271 - 43 ENNE
4D Feminine suffix
265 - 44 ETERNAL
26D Like some truths and flames
242 - 45 DINER
55D Establishment with booths
232 - 46 ANNALS
50A Historical records
228 - 47 ENTITLE
2D Dub
228 - 48 USMA
60D West Point inst.
228 - 49 HIRER
20A One adding staff
220 - 50 TRADER
30A ___ Joe's (supermarket chain)
219 - 51 URGEON
43A Encourage
28 - 52 IGNORES
12D Pays no attention to
24 - 53 ONEA
44A Top draft status
1175 - 54 EPODE
54D Lyric poem
137 - 55 VIDEO
65A YouTube offering
133 - 56 ELEVATE
46D Take to a higher level
130 - 57 ACETEN
49D Winner in blackjack
115 - 58 BVD
62D Underwear initials
114 - 59 IRONHORSE
37A *Railroad engine, in old lingo
19 - 60 STONEHENGE
17A *English rock group?
19 - 61 COLORIN
25D Fill with a Crayola, say
15 - 62 DOORONE
3D "Let's Make a Deal" choice
15 - 63 SPACENEEDLE
52A *Seattle tourist attraction
15 - 64 STEN
67A British submachine gun
0105 - 65 ESPO
22A Boston Bruins legend, to his teammates
023 - 66 LESSEN
32A Reduce
017 - 67 NAMETAG
45D Written introduction?
014 - 68 RUBES
38D Hayseeds
013 - 69 TORPEDO
11D Ship sinker
013 - 70 NUEVO
59A ___ Mundo (what Cristóbal Colón explored)
08 - 71 CHERE
6D Dear, as une amie
07 - 72 BRONZESTAR
62A *Medal for bravery, maybe
06 - 73 CASHIER
1D One checking you out
05 - 74 KEPTOUT
41D Excluded
04 - 75 ICEBREAKERS
24A *Many party games
02 - 76 01