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1. Copycat : APER 5. Alternative to MasterCard and Visa, informally : AMEX 9. "Aw, quit your joshin'!" : PSHAW 14. Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives" : TERI 15. Spy from within : MOLE 16. Erie Canal city : UTICA 17. Secular : LAIC 18. Poet Ezra's favorite desserts? : POUNDCAKES 20. Give in (to) : ACCEDE 22. Have a gander : LOOK 23. It transcends sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch : ESP 24. City with ships at docks : SEAPORT 26. Christmas carol : NOEL 28. Eye parts : UVEAS 30. In need of a nap : DROWSY 34. Main part of a knife : BLADE 37. When said three times, a film about Pearl Harbor : TORA 39. Taboo : NONO 40. Skin of a fruit : RIND 41. Hollywood's Dennis or Randy : QUAID 42. Magician Henning : DOUG 43. Prefix with present : OMNI 44. Officials who cry "Yer out!" : UMPS 45. River to the Caspian : VOLGA 46. Activity in a darkened room : SEANCE 48. Become established : SETIN 50. Lady's man : GENT 52. Attempt at getting a tan : SUNBATH 56. Bank offerings, briefly : CDS 59. Prefix with phobia : ACRO 61. Belgrade's land : SERBIA 62. Essayist Charles's favorite entree? : LAMBSHANKS 65. Opposite of dry, as hair : OILY 66. Sky-blue : AZURE 67. Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL 68. Not scheduled to compete : IDLE 69. Impressionist Edgar : DEGAS 70. Voice quality : TONE 71. Minus : LESS		1. Book often stored horizontally : ATLAS 2. War's opposite : PEACE 3. Jong who wrote "Fear of Flying" : ERICA 4. Writer Anne's favorite dessert? : RICEPUDDING 5. Electric current unit : AMPERE 6. Call to a calf : MOO 7. Hebrew month : ELUL 8. Gas in arc lamps : XENON 9. Purse the lips, with "up" : PUCKER 10. Depot: Abbr. : STA 11. QB's cry after a string of numbers : HIKE 12. Perfect tennis serves : ACES 13. Stinging flier : WASP 19. Thingamajig : DOODAD 21. Antiwar advocate : DOVE 25. Actress O'Neal : TATUM 27. Writer Jack's favorite entree? : LONDONBROIL 29. Afternoon TV fare : SOAPS 31. Winter coat material : WOOL 32. Like a bug in a rug, according to an expression : SNUG 33. Exercise with crossed legs : YOGA 34. Parker ___ (game co.) : BROS 35. Lemon-___ (Kool-Aid flavor) : LIME 36. Tennis's Kournikova : ANNA 38. Reacts to yeast : RISES 41. Satisfy, as thirst : QUENCH 45. Plant with tendrils : VINE 47. Puts an end to : CEASES 49. Tug-of-war : TUSSLE 51. Stubbornness or kindliness, e.g. : TRAIT 53. Put up with : ABIDE 54. Money drawers : TILLS 55. President after Grant : HAYES 56. Decked out (in) : CLAD 57. Stupefy : DAZE 58. Contentedly confident : SMUG 60. Aware of : ONTO 63. Playtex product : BRA 64. State west of Mo. : KAN