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1. Composer Kurt : WEILL 6. Basketball backboard attachment : HOOP 10. It's the truth : FACT 14. "Are not!" retort : AMTOO 15. Dame who's a hoot : EDNA 16. Jacob's twin : ESAU 17. View from the Oval Office : ROSEGARDEN 19. Madams' partners : SIRS 20. Grab ___ (eat on the run) : ABITE 21. Wrecks beyond repair : TOTALS 23. Stay-at-home ___ : DAD 25. Premium Scotch whiskey : CHIVASREGAL 28. Sportscaster Hershiser : OREL 30. Sip from a flask : NIP 31. Greeted the morning : AROSE 32. First-rate : CLASSA 35. Tandoori-baked bread : NAAN 37. Event featuring sports stars of yesteryear : OLDTIMERSGAME 42. Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG 43. New York's ___ Square : HERALD 45. "Your 15 minutes of fame ___!" : AREUP 49. Litter box visitor : CAT 51. Sushi bar soup : MISO 52. Pastry sold at pizzerias : SAUSAGEROLL 56. Safety device eschewed by the Flying Wallendas : NET 57. Levels of society : STRATA 58. Like an unborn baby's position : FETAL 60. 10 C-notes : THOU 61. Make an abrupt change ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme : SHIFTGEARS 66. Passbook amts. : DEPS 67. Smooth, as the way : PAVE 68. Kovacs of early TV : ERNIE 69. Word after Bay or gray : AREA 70. Eyelid woe : STYE 71. Aid in pulling an all-nighter : NODOZ		1. It was hell, to Sherman : WAR 2. Punk rock subgenre : EMO 3. "You're on!" : ITSADEAL 4. Leopold's 1920s co-defendant : LOEB 5. Mr. Spock's forte : LOGIC 6. Found on this page : HEREIN 7. Like a "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" item : ODD 8. Cyclops eye count : ONE 9. Trousers : PANTS 10. Addams Family uncle : FESTER 11. Panini cheese : ASIAGO 12. France's Bruni-Sarkozy and others : CARLAS 13. Bit of a fight : TUSSLE 18. Greece's capital, in its airport code : ATH 22. Tropicana fruit : ORANGE 23. ___ Holliday : DOC 24. Folkie Guthrie : ARLO 26. Partner of oil : VINEGAR 27. On ___ with (equal to) : APAR 29. Drug sold on blotting paper : LSD 33. Visit while on the road, as a motel : STOPAT 34. Broadcast : AIR 36. ___ Wednesday : ASH 38. Prey for owls : MICE 39. Biceps' place : ARM 40. The rest of the U.S., to Hawaiians : MAINLAND 41. "You're something ___!" : ELSE 44. Preceder of com or org : DOT 45. #2 in a prosecutor's office: Abbr. : ASSTDA 46. Newsman Dan : RATHER 47. Chunnel's home : EUROPE 48. Patriotic chant : USAUSA 50. Chewy coating for an apple : TOFFEE 53. Says while choking : GASPS 54. Tennis do-over : LET 55. Three-star U.S. Army officer : LTGEN 59. Commercial prefix with "flot" : AERO 62. Busby or derby : HAT 63. Wall creeper : IVY 64. Ipanema's locale : RIO 65. "___ who?" : SEZ