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1. Like some cheddar : SHARP 6. Spicy Asian cuisine : HUNAN 11. Musician's deg. : MFA 14. Personnel director, at times : HIRER 15. "___ Mio" : OSOLE 16. Small island in a river : AIT 17. Olympic track-and-field event : HAMMERTHROW 19. Toiler on a hill : ANT 20. Knock to the ground : LAYLOW 21. Latin list ender : ETALIA 23. Simple hanger : PEG 24. Beast in an Ogden Nash poem : LLAMA 27. Roasted, in Rouen : ROTI 28. Childish plea : CANI 30. Play and film about a noted 1977 series of interviews : FROSTNIXON 33. Humble abode : SHACK 35. Make ready for winter flight : DEICE 36. Loosely woven cotton fabric : CHEESECLOTH 40. Vintage synthetic fabric : ARNEL 41. Parts of a tour : STOPS 44. Indoor dipole antenna, colloquially : RABBITEARS 49. Subtle glow : AURA 50. Melville work set in Tahiti : OMOO 51. "The Lord is my light and my salvation ...," for one : PSALM 53. Census datum : SEX 54. World of espionage : SPYDOM 57. Causes of some untimely ends : NOOSES 59. Lunar New Year in Vietnam : TET 60. Five-card draw variation ... or a hint to 17-, 30-, 36- and 44-Across : JACKSTOOPEN 64. Leandro's love : ERO 65. Bone: Prefix : OSTEO 66. Dementieva of tennis : ELENA 67. Palacio resident : REY 68. "Beat it!" : SCRAM 69. "Mary Had a Little Lamb," e.g. : DITTY		1. "Zip your lip!" : SHH 2. Historic racetrack site : HIALEAH 3. Eau de vie from Gascony : ARMAGNAC 4. "Ratatouille" rat chef : REMY 5. Green shampoo brand : PRELL 6. Korean conflict, for one : HOTWAR 7. Escort to a seat, slangily : USH 8. Fish-fowl connector : NOR 9. Soothing succulent : ALOE 10. Small salamander : NEWT 11. "___ moment" (ad catchphrase) : MAALOX 12. Over and done : FINITO 13. Reach : ATTAIN 18. Massage deeply : ROLF 22. Short opera piece : ARIETTA 23. Desk toppers : PCS 25. 1903-04 cars sold only in red : MODELAS 26. "Just ___!" : ASEC 29. Washington Irving's Crane : ICHABOD 31. No later than, briefly : TIL 32. Cpls. and sgts. : NCOS 34. Actress Russell of "Waitress" : KERI 37. "The Lord of the Rings" creature : ENT 38. Ooze : SEEP 39. Collar wearer, often : HOUSEPET 42. Roll call response : PRESENT 43. Clarence Clemons's instrument : SAX 44. Team listing : ROSTER 45. Current measure : AMPERE 46. Young stud : BOYTOY 47. Money of exchange : RANSOM 48. ___ machine : SLOT 52. Made low noises? : MOOED 55. Spanish eyes : OJOS 56. Opposite of fem. : MASC 58. Star turns in music : SOLI 61. Basketball position: Abbr. : CTR 62. Mauna ___ : KEA 63. Roll call response : NAY