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1. Monarchy or parliamentary democracy : POLITICALSYSTEM 16. A little too clever : OVERIMAGINATIVE 17. Oven item : MEATTHERMOMETER 18. Stray : ERR 19. Join securely : TENON 20. 1984 skiing gold medalist : MAHRE 21. Many cottage dwellers : RENTERS 23. Diner orders : OMELETS 25. Arab League V.I.P.'s : AMEERS 26. Putdowns : SLURS 27. Connecting points : NODES 28. Sacks : LOOTS 29. Piece of neckwear : BIB 32. "Let's Get ___" (1973 #1 hit) : ITON 33. Star, maybe : BADGE 34. '93 Sugar Bowl champs : BAMA 35. W.W. I troops: Abbr. : AEF 36. Ace of clubs? : CADDY 37. Aristophanes comedy, with "The" : WASPS 38. New Orleans sandwich, informally : POBOY 39. Solid swats : LINERS 40. Emitted steam : VAPORED 43. Promotes : TALKSUP 44. Kind of warfare : CLASS 45. Half of the "Wayne's World" duo : GARTH 47. Author LeShan : EDA 48. Wall Street gambit : HOSTILETAKEOVER 51. Camper's need : INSECTREPELLENT 52. Comments from co-workers : PEERASSESSMENTS		1. Former German duchy known for a breed of dog : POMERANIA 2. Really ham it up, redundantly : OVEREMOTE 3. Found out about : LEARNEDOF 4. N.Y.C. subway : IRT 5. Snickers : TITTERS 6. "___, she's mine ..." (Manfred Mann lyric) : IMHERS 7. Columnist Herb and others : CAENS 8. Farm prefix : AGRO 9. Study of lakes and ponds : LIMNOLOGY 10. ___-Cross Championship Racing : SNO 11. Complains : YAMMERS 12. Baseball stat : STEALS 13. Church offering : TITHE 14. Turn out : EVERT 15. Paris parents : MERES 22. It may follow four or six, but not five : TEEN 24. Silence : MUTE 26. Like most cemetery plots : SODDY 28. Sports org. owned by Fox : LADODGERS 29. In which 49 is 100 : BASESEVEN 30. Rash : IMPRUDENT 31. What tubas play : BASSPARTS 33. Naïf : BABE 34. Place of interest? : BANK 36. Napoleon's birthplace : CORSICA 37. One of the brothers Grimm : WILHELM 38. Bill : POSTER 39. Potato dishes : LATKES 40. Screening device : VCHIP 41. Separate : ALONE 42. Not in : PASSE 43. Golfers' bane : TRAPS 46. To ___ (just so) : ATEE 49. Mil. titles : LTS 50. Encouraging word : OLE