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ACROSS 1 Rain slicker 4 Sentry's bark 8 Tizzy 12 Spelling or Amos 13 Heavy hydrogen discoverer 14 Hypnotized 16 Battery word 17 Cave formation 19 Hooded pullover 21 Gunpowder holder 22 Made top honors 23 Put one's foot -- -- 25 Incline 27 Bucks 31 Calm state 35 Shoe saver 36 Honshu volcano 38 City near Phoenix 39 Yours and mine 41 Jacket choice 43 Moose or elk 44 Phrase-book entry 46 Roman household gods 48 Moo goo -- pan 49 Storm refuge 51 Snack (2 wds.) 53 Latin hymn word 55 Per 56 Louver part 59 Day- -- paint 61 Vast number 65 Big blow in Japan (2 wds.) 68 Plum shape 69 Habituate 70 Green Gables gal 71 Griffin of TV 72 "Only Time" singer 73 Pothole locale 74 Vane dir.
DOWN 1 Blue or harvest 2 Singer -- Guthrie 3 Kind of acid 4 Most robust 5 Cunning 6 Tell the press 7 Mary -- Moore 8 Greet warmly 9 Never explored 10 S&L protector 11 Throw a party for 12 Its HQ is Knoxville 15 Autumn color 18 Culture dish goo 20 "Diana" composer 24 Fishing net 26 Bumped into 27 Impassive 28 Bea Arthur sitcom 29 Taxing time? 30 Finger-paint 32 Alpha and -- 33 Canine command 34 Like a seance 37 Condor nest 40 Remote 42 Left hastily 45 Scratch or dent 47 Office asst. 50 More than fume 52 Auto trim 54 Dana of "MacGyver" 56 Compete in a slalom 57 Bowling alley 58 Make -- -- for it 60 "It can't be true!" (2 wds.) 62 Currier's partner 63 Swiss river 64 CXI x V 66 Leaves in a bag 67 -- -- whim
