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1. A Turner : TED 4. Plopped (down) : SAT 7. Critic, at times : RATER 12. Seine sight : ILE 13. Oklahoma city : ENID 15. "Boom" preceder, in song : TARARA 16. Unit of cell phone usage: Abbr. : MIN 17. Actress Conn : DIDI 18. Snare again : RETRAP 19. The Wizard of Menlo Park : EDISON 21. Start of a Latin 101 conjugation : AMO 23. Liquid meas. : PTS 24. Staff again : REMAN 25. Show utter disrespect for : SPITON 28. Went smoothly : SAILED 30. Three trios : NONET 34. City of 100,000+ or the lake it's on : ERIE 37. Patriotic org. : DAR 38. Thin layer : LAMINA 39. Parisian possessive : TES 40. Thanksgiving time: Abbr. : NOV 41. Rocket scientist Wernher ___ Braun : VON 42. Firm up : SET 43. One with absolutely no manners : ANIMAL 45. "Awesome!" : RAD 46. Limerick land : EIRE 47. Part of some joints : TENON 48. Screenwriter Ephron and others : DELIAS 50. Policy of many hotel shuttles : NOTIPS 52. Title giver : NAMER 56. Engine additive : STP 59. Medical suffix : OMA 60. Main course only : NOSIDE 61. Moses vis-à-vis the Red Sea : PARTER 64. "Look what ___!" : IDID 66. Game with matchsticks : NIM 67. Biblical landing site : ARARAT 68. Eat by candlelight, say : DINE 69. Whitney after whom Whitneyville, Conn., is named : ELI 70. Pave over : RETAR 71. Univ. aides : TAS 72. Badge flasher: Abbr. : DET		1. Stove feature : TIMER 2. Skip over : ELIDE 3. Shade of blue : DENIM 4. Arizona locale famous for its red rocks : SEDONA 5. Have ___ with (know well) : ANIN 6. Prescription abbr. : TID 7. "Norma ___" : RAE 8. Technique : ART 9. Rain check? : TARP 10. Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT 11. Criticizes : RAPS 14. It's a wrap : DIAPER 15. Easy pace : TROT 20. MS. enclosure : SASE 22. Season opener? : MID 25. Balkan native : SLAV 26. ___ even keel : ONAN 27. Monique ou Dominique : NOM 29. Object of many screams : IDOL 31. Not final, at law : NISI 32. Cabinet dept. : ENER 33. Gallery on the Thames : TATE 34. Coup d'___ : ETAT 35. Descartes who thought "I think ..." : RENE 36. Hasn't left : ISIN 38. City in California or New Jersey : LODI 40. iPod type : NANO 41. Actor Kilmer and others : VALS 44. "___ Dieu!" : MON 45. Made good on, as a loan : REPAID 46. Those, in Madrid : ESAS 48. Unfavorable : DIM 49. Battery poles : ANODES 51. Libel, e.g. : TORT 53. Dug : MINED 54. Ancient Roman magistrate : EDILE 55. "Please ___" (invoice request) : REMIT 56. Fight, but not all-out : SPAR 57. Weight allowance : TARE 58. Backside, slangily : PRAT 60. Jazz singer Simone : NINA 62. La preceder : TRA 63. Ring setting : EAR 65. Dah's counterpart : DIT