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1. Former British rule in India : RAJ 4. "Bon appetit!" : DIGIN 9. With 46-Down, 1969 album by the 38-Across : ABBEY 14. Yoko ___ : ONO 15. Spitting nails, so to speak : IRATE 16. "We're more popular than Jesus now," famously : QUOTE 17. Luau dish : POI 18. Athlete trying to pass the bar? : POLEVAULTER 20. Novelist Ferber : EDNA 22. It may be worn around the neck at a convention : NAMETAG 23. Enters again, as text : RETYPES 25. Egyptian god of death : OSIRIS 29. In custody : HELD 30. "Nowhere ___" (1966 hit) : MAN 32. Where eggs hatch : NEST 33. This and this : THESE 35. Of the congregation : LAIC 36. Concert receipts : GATE 37. Pallid : WAN 38. Group with the four circled members : BEATLES 41. ___ Jones industrials : DOW 42. Israeli carrier : ELAL 44. Big fibs : LIES 45. The Supremes and others : TRIOS 47. Sitarist Shankar : RAVI 48. "Gonna ___ with a little help from my friends" : TRY 49. "Open 24 hours" sign, maybe : NEON 50. Hitchcock film with a shower scene : PSYCHO 52. Injured : DAMAGED 55. Silencer? : EARPLUG 58. Sketched : DREW 59. Toxic herbicide : AGENTORANGE 63. Metal on its way to a refinery : ORE 64. Not so good : WORSE 65. Had : OWNED 66. Business for Shell or ExxonMobil : OIL 67. Like a fuzzy computer image, informally : LORES 68. Sound akin to "Harrumph!" : SNORT 69. Funnyman Brooks : MEL		1. Cowboy with a lariat : ROPER 2. Battery terminal : ANODE 3. Head out to sea, say : JOINTHENAVY 4. Quick swim : DIP 5. Pressed, as clothes : IRONED 6. Festive events : GALAS 7. Short news piece : ITEM 8. Campbell of "Party of Five" : NEVE 9. Light blue shades : AQUAS 10. Like eyes seemingly about to pop out : BULGING 11. Droid : BOT 12. Summer in Paris : ETE 13. "___ Blues" (song on the White Album) : YER 19. Immediately : ATONCE 21. Yes votes : AYES 24. Commoner, for short : PLEB 26. Library area : READINGROOM 27. "How much ___ much?" : ISTOO 28. Mulligan and others : STEWS 30. One to whom "Ahoy!" is directed : MATEY 31. Isn't well : AILS 33. Dweeb : TWERP 34. Longtime N.F.L. coach nicknamed Papa Bear : HALAS 35. Lion's den : LAIR 39. Corrida charger : ELTORO 40. Long part of a rose : STEM 43. Driver's ID : LICENSE 46. See 9-Across : ROAD 49. Noodge : NAGGER 51. Despises : HATES 52. "Beats me!" : DUNNO 53. Like a coincidence that raises the hair on the back of your neck : EERIE 54. Live (in) : DWELL 56. Mavens : PROS 57. ___ tennis : LAWN 59. Piercing tool : AWL 60. Slime : GOO 61. Mess up : ERR 62. Summer hours in N.Y.C. : EDT