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1. They go before many important rights : LEFTJABS 9. Saint-___, France : TROPEZ 15. Susceptible to being persuaded : EXORABLE 16. Honor : REVERE 17. Neaten : SPRUCEUP 18. Car models introduced in 1999 : ALEROS 19. Superlatively streamlined : SLEEKEST 20. Least : MEREST 21. "Dynasty" co-star of 1980's TV : FORSYTHE 22. Never-ratified cold war agreement : SALTII 23. In ___ (stagnant) : ARUT 24. They're shown on product packages: Abbr. : WTS 26. Keep under wraps : SITON 27. Tumbler's dream : TEN 28. Later, perhaps : THISEVENING 31. Quite a stretch : AEON 32. Natural coat : RIME 33. Offer faithful companionship : STANDBESIDE 37. That señora : ESA 40. Hatch in legislative proceedings : ORRIN 41. Where skates glide : SEA 42. Speak testily : SNAP 43. Blue coloring matter : LITMUS 45. Sutures, say : CLOSESUP 48. Pungent cheese : ASIAGO 49. Plenty : OPULENCE 50. Idle one : RESTER 51. Cry after "Oh, no!" : NOTAGAIN 52. Opening on Broadway : ACTONE 53. Future licensees may be in it : DRIVERED 54. Dawns : STARTS 55. Pilots : STEERERS		1. Healthful food-ad claim : LESSFAT 2. Plumb : EXPLORE 3. Precede : FORERUN 4. Least likely to betray : TRUEST 5. Country singer Ward : JACKY 6. Red as ___ : ABEET 7. Whites' close relatives : BLUSHWINES 8. Beethoven's Opus 20 and others : SEPTETS 9. Rock haulers : TRAMS 10. 1967 Engelbert Humperdinck hit : RELEASEME 11. Caption above a picture, e.g. : OVERLINE 12. Jewelry designer Elsa : PERETTI 13. Beach problem : EROSION 14. Adding piquancy to : ZESTING 25. Modem hookup point : SERIALPORT 28. Rock star called the "Motor City Madman" : TEDNUGENT 29. Round pin : HOB 30. Blockbuster offering, briefly : VID 31. DreamWorks employee : ANIMATOR 33. Some Toyota Camrys : SOLARAS 34. Cut into equal parts, in a way : TRISECT 35. One featured in una galería : ARTISTA 36. More : SECONDS 37. Catch : ENSNARE 38. Relatively fresh : SAUCIER 39. Subjoins : APPENDS 42. Composer of the song "Guantanamera" : SEEGER 44. They hurt to touch : SORES 46. Belly protrusion : OUTIE 47. Kind of wages : SLAVE