- 1 ELI
10D Inventor Whitney
60599 - 2 ERIE
18A Cleveland's lake
48510 - 3 ANT
20A Morsel for an aardvark
45401 - 4 ICE
63D Rocks or diamonds
40391 - 5 ORA
35A 60 minuti
35227 - 6 EAST
29D Heading for Marco Polo
33285 - 7 RAT
12D Subway station sighting
29280 - 8 ALL
11D The whole enchilada
28299 - 9 INN
48A Quaint lodging
27258 - 10 ABBA
39A Palindromic band name
25192 - 11 ELLA
16A Singer Fitzgerald
23262 - 12 ACER
68A Taiwan-based computer maker
23137 - 13 AER
55A ___ Lingus
19148 - 14 ACID
39D If you drop this you'll trip
17159 - 15 OREOS
13A Cookies with a Double Stuf variety
1787 - 16 ECRU
45D Hosiery shade
15196 - 17 TSO
56A General ___ (name on a Chinese menu)
1388 - 18 YESNO
9D Answerable with a head nod or shake
1155 - 19 MOET
59D Brand of bubbly, familiarly
1143 - 20 YEAR
9A 1000 or 2000, but not 0
10126 - 21 LEN
64D Judge Goodman of "Dancing With the Stars"
9170 - 22 AZTEC
32D The Mexica people ruled over them
971 - 23 TOR
24A Blue Jays, on scoreboards
8115 - 24 TOW
67D A busy mom might keep a child in this
888 - 25 GREW
28D Ballooned
850 - 26 ASTRO
54D Houston ballplayer
7118 - 27 TSETSE
5D Fly over sub-Saharan Africa?
6113 - 28 ONS
25A Switch ups?
690 - 29 SILT
19A Part 3 of the word ladder
663 - 30 ATEAT
66A Really bothered
566 - 31 OLIO
7D Mélange
4157 - 32 WAX
62D Madame Tussaud material
452 - 33 SONATA
1D Hyundai model
438 - 34 DODGE
26A Place to get outta, in a saying
432 - 35 WELT
69A Part 5 of the word ladder
425 - 36 ERLE
60D Writer ___ Stanley Gardner
3198 - 37 SKEW
8D Slant
362 - 38 PEAL
31D Church bell sound
355 - 39 WILT
62A Part 4 of the word ladder
330 - 40 SILK
15A Part 2 of the word ladder
329 - 41 BMWS
58D German autos
322 - 42 UNREAD
47D Not book-smart
37 - 43 MCI
42D Former telecom giant
248 - 44 IDYL
23D Tranquil scene
242 - 45 BONA
40D ___ fide
237 - 46 IANS
38D Writer Fleming and others
237 - 47 DIO
33D God, in Roma
233 - 48 IRONON
2D Attach, as a patch
232 - 49 AMTOO
41A "Are not!" retort
222 - 50 STES
72A Fr. honorees
149 - 51 HMS
61A ___ Pinafore
146 - 52 WELL
73A End of the word ladder
140 - 53 HIRT
6D Trumpeter Al
128 - 54 XENO
71A Alien: Prefix
123 - 55 DAKAR
53A Capital of Senegal
122 - 56 KARATS
50D Gold standards
113 - 57 THOS
5A Pres. Jefferson
112 - 58 COALESCE
44A Come together
16 - 59 12
- 60 12
- 61 LESE
36A ___-majesté
072 - 62 SICK
1A Start of a "recuperative" word ladder ending at 73-Across
030 - 63 KOP
4D Keystone ___
029 - 64 DORIA
70A Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship)
020 - 65 ATWT
43A No. on a periodic table
018 - 66 USMAIL
51D Service symbolized by a blue-and-white eagle
013 - 67 MORA
65A Football coach Jim
012 - 68 APOGEES
34D Orbital high points
09 - 69 POSTAL
52D Relating to 51-Down
09 - 70 NONPC
17A Socially unacceptable
08 - 71 SCOOPS
14D Reporters' coups
07 - 72 UNLEASH
22D Let loose
06 - 73 03
- 74 DONTGOTHERE
27D "Can we not talk about that!"
02 - 75 GUNG
46A ___-ho
02 - 76 SUBMERSE
57A Dunk
02 - 77 ZIPLINES
37A Wires for thrill-seekers
02 - 78 01