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1. Gulf of ___, off the coast of Yemen : ADEN 5. Animal acquired from an animal shelter, say : PET 8. Coins a nickname for : DUBS 12. Eyelike windows : OCULI 13. QB Manning : ELI 14. China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI 16. With 2-Down, group with the only James Bond theme to hit #1 : DURAN 17. Okra feature : POD 18. With 10-Down, flashy jewelry : BLING 19. Ones who stand above the crowd? : ORATORS 21. International alliance : ENTENTE 23. Eastern royal : RANI 24. Cuban base in the news, in brief : GITMO 26. Petri dish gel : AGAR 27. IHOP drinks : OJS 29. Silent hellos and goodbyes : WAVES 31. Daniel of the old frontier : BOONE 34. A.P. transmission : WIREPHOTO 38. ___ for Africa : USA 39. With 25-Down, start of a nighttime nursery rhyme : TWINKLE 41. Not used : NEW 42. Dress shirt accessories : CUFFLINKS 44. Wear away : ERODE 46. Bright double star in Orion : RIGEL 47. Japanese prime minister Taro ___ : ASO 48. "Put a tiger in your tank" brand : ESSO 51. On the ball : ALERT 53. Arctic seabird : SKUA 57. Italian ice cream treat : SPUMONI 59. Emphatic refusal : IMEANNO 61. With 50-Down, #1 hit of 1969 : SUGAR 62. Prodigal ___ : SON 64. With 54-Down, intro to a joke : KNOCK 65. Flew into ___ (got furious) : ARAGE 66. License plate : TAG 67. Cover ltr. accompaniers : ENCLS 68. Smartphone introduced in 2002 : TREO 69. Sellout sign : SRO 70. Fake at the rink : DEKE		1. High-end Honda division : ACURA 2. See 16-Across : DURAN 3. Great joy : ELATION 4. Bilbao boy : NINO 5. Coke competitor : PEPSI 6. "Do Ya" rock grp. : ELO 7. High and low water lines : TIDEMARKS 8. Credit card balance, e.g. : DEBT 9. Let loose : UNLEASH 10. See 18-Across : BLING 11. Nick who comes at night : SANTA 12. Scent : ODOR 15. Media exec Robert : IGER 20. They line up between centers and tackles: Abbr. : RGS 22. Orwell's "1984" or Clarke's "2010" : NOVEL 25. See 39-Across : TWINKLE 28. Martial artist who starred in "Romeo Must Die" : JETLI 30. Fencing weapons : EPEES 31. Tampa Bay footballer, briefly : BUC 32. The Buckeyes, for short : OSU 33. Klutz : OAF 34. Menus with reds, whites and rosés : WINELISTS 35. Lennon's "Two Virgins" partner : ONO 36. Newsman Koppel : TED 37. Run a tab : OWE 40. City near Manchester : WIGAN 43. French cheese : FROMAGE 45. Cash who sang "Black Cadillac" : ROSANNE 47. 20s dispenser : ATM 48. She, in Sicily : ESSA 49. Sudden burst : SPURT 50. See 61-Across : SUGAR 52. Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across : RINGO 54. See 64-Across : KNOCK 55. Donald Duck, to Huey, Dewey and Louie : UNCLE 56. "All systems go" signals : AOKS 58. Nabisco cookie : OREO 60. Squeezed (by) : EKED 63. Sculling propeller : OAR