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ACROSS1 Chitchat 4 Lasagna base 9 Motor lodges 13 "Eso --" 14 Galley slave 15 Dictionary's Webster 16 Sales slip, briefly 17 Just scraping by 18 Came apart 19 Curly-tailed dogs 21 Lightweight silks 23 Winter warmer 24 Lightning flash 25 Nutmeglike spice 27 Juicy fruit 31 Prunes the hedge 34 Ballgame stat 36 Promise 37 Feel grateful 38 "Sour grapes" coiner 40 SSW or NE 41 Grab the phone 44 Water-power org. 45 Correspond 46 35mm setting (hyph.) 47 Latin hymn word 49 Type of gasoline 53 Jaunty lid 57 Blew it (2 wds.) 60 Ms. King of music 61 All, in combos 62 Conjecture 64 The very --! 65 We, in Le Havre 66 Postgame wrap-up 67 Bottle part 68 Good golly! 69 Winding curves 70 Acquired
DOWN 1 Sticky-footed lizard 2 Meat jelly 3 Undersides 4 Veep's superior 5 Space-shuttle assent (hyph.) 6 Fast 7 Choir voice 8 Debate 9 Exhaust opposites 10 Koh-i- -- diamond 11 Ancient ointment 12 "-- All That" (1999 film) 13 Bric-a- -- 20 Rte. mappers 22 Drinks like a cat 24 Withered 26 Sear a steak 28 German import 29 Cattle stall 30 Not there 31 Sugar unit 32 Has 33 Ant at a picnic 35 Mach 1 exceeder 36 On -- -- with 39 Exiled Roman poet 42 Rapacious 43 Thrust-and-parry sword 45 Mocking 48 Arab cloak 50 Flip over 51 Cat's-paws 52 These have many extras 54 Bull-riding event 55 Go to the polls 56 Durable wood 57 It's hit with a mallet 58 Melville title 59 Difficult duty 60 Mushrooms 63 No, to a laird
