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ACROSS1 Persist 5 Rain-delay rollout 9 Knock for a loop 14 Como -- usted? 15 He directed Marlon 16 Condor's abode 17 -- -- foot pole 18 Barely beats 19 -- and desist 20 Frisky pets 22 Fished with a net 24 "Nick of Time" singer 26 Oklahoma town 27 Ski run 30 Win a business contract 35 Leitmotif 36 Two-piece cookie 37 Art -- 38 Louis XIV, e.g. 39 Renting out 42 Chainsaw target 43 Opera by Verdi 45 Volition 46 For -- -- (cheap) 48 Yellow wildflower 50 Lethargic 51 Response to a rodent 52 Cousteau invention 54 Like some investors 58 Honor 62 Illinois town 63 Goddess's statue 65 S&L offerings 66 Hollandaise 67 Glassmaker -- Lalique 68 Adamson's lioness 69 Links champ Sam -- 70 Watched carefully 71 Raise, as kids
DOWN1 Drip 2 -- spumante 3 Proofer's word 4 Hissy fit 5 Kind of racket 6 Elite (2 wds.) 7 Pants problem 8 Memoir topic 9 False front 10 Away from the wind 11 Ph.D. exam 12 Belgian river 13 Tall stalk 21 Painter's device 23 Hazardous gas 25 Pond denizens 27 Subway hanger 28 Cantata performers 29 Alpine moppet 31 Simon or Armstrong 32 Further down 33 PC symbols 34 Kind of bag 36 Singer -- Redding 40 Jedi allies 41 Getups 44 It was named for Vespucci 47 More lathered up 49 Curbed, with "in" 50 Fenced 53 Hag 54 She preceded Mamie 55 High spirits 56 Flu symptom 57 Charter 59 Gardner of mystery 60 Hombre's home 61 Autocrat of yore 64 Susan of "L.A. Law"
