NY Times, Thu, Nov 05, 2009 

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1. ___ de coeur : CRI 4. Worked on : CAJOLED 11. Ryan of "Top Gun" : MEG 14. Computer system acronym : LAN 15. Way, way back : AGESAGO 16. Canine care grp.? : ADA 17. Tolkien creature : ENT 18. Start of a lover's quatrain : ROSESARERED 20. Big fans : ADORERS 22. Not straight, in a way : SNAKING 23. Rice-A-___ : RONI 24. 1950s political inits. : AES 26. Canadian Oscar : GENIE 27. Holds : CLASPS 29. Eur. carrier : SAS 32. Small denomination : SECT 33. ___ ante : UPTHE 34. Port of ancient Rome : OSTIA 36. 1897 novel subtitled "A Grotesque Romance" : THEINVISIBLEMAN 42. Composer of "The Planets" : HOLST 43. True inner self : ANIMA 44. One way to stand : TALL 48. Fleur-de-___ : LYS 49. Comparatively cockamamie : INANER 50. It's addictive : OPIUM 52. ___ Maj. : SGT 54. The Dakotas, once: Abbr. : TERR 55. #1 album for 13 weeks in 1966-67, with "The" : MONKEES 58. Where the Samoyed dog comes from : SIBERIA 60. Eliminates undesirable parts : CLEANSHOUSE 62. Pretense : ACT 63. According to : ALA 64. Panties, old-style : STEPINS 65. Pacific port where Amelia Earhart was last seen : LAE 66. Rocky point : TOR 67. Get comfortable with : ADAPTTO 68. This Across answer, appropriately : END		1. Plain as day : CLEARCUT 2. Air Force base near San Antonio : RANDOLPH 3. Speak with gravity : INTONATE 4. It may be managed or extended : CARE 5. Ancient meeting places : AGORAS 6. 19th-century James : JESSE 7. Sugar ending : OSE 8. Filly : LASS 9. New York cardinal : EGAN 10. Headwear banned by the N.F.L. in 2001 : DORAG 11. "Battle Cry" soldier : MARINE 12. Like paradise : EDENIC 13. Thingumbob : GADGET 19. Just manages, with "out" : EKES 21. Hindu sage : RISHI 25. 1973 horror flick about a doctor who turns his assistant into a cobra : SSSSSSS 28. Phnom ___ : PENH 30. Having words : ATIT 31. Bro or sis : SIB 34. Like unwashed hair : OILY 35. Mathematician Turing : ALAN 37. TV control: Abbr. : VOL 38. Maternally related : ENATE 39. Eau ___ : MINERALE 40. Yank : AMERICAN 41. Told tales : NARRATED 44. The Rum Tum Tugger, e.g. : TOMCAT 45. New York theater on the National Register of Historic Places, with "the" : APOLLO 46. Like some algebra : LINEAR 47. 1987 Suzanne Vega hit : LUKA 49. Words of objection : ITISNT 51. Indicator of brightness : MENSA 53. Astronaut's attire : GSUIT 56. Founded: Abbr. : ESTD 57. Where the Mets once met : SHEA 59. Don Juan's kiss : BESO 61. Vs. : OPP