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1. Where to get a good view of a hit and run : BOXSEAT 8. Comic book series that spawned films in 1994 and 2005 : THEMASK 15. Gives last rites to, e.g. : ANOINTS 16. Lightly and quickly, in music : VOLANTE 17. Dr. Ruth, e.g. : SEXPERT 18. Prepare to ship : CRATEUP 19. Member of la familia extensa : TIO 20. Pop superstar's informal name since 1997 : SIRPAUL 22. Wyo. is on it in the summer : MDT 23. "Listen Like Thieves" band : INXS 25. They may be greased : PALMS 26. Chapter 13? : XIII 27. Missouri relatives : OTOES 29. One of the Baltimore Ravens' mascots : POE 30. Strips on a table : BACON 31. At the head of the line : NEXTUP 33. It's unreal : DREAM 35. Had a 33-Across, say : SNOOZED 37. Song standard with the lyric "Can't you see I'm no good without you?" : ALLOFME 41. Conform : FITIN 43. End of a middle watch : FOURAM 44. Rona who wrote "Mazes and Monsters" : JAFFE 47. Far out : RAD 49. Best : ONEUP 50. A leading manufacturer of cars : OTIS 51. Reference book abbr. : ETSEQ 53. Sinew: Prefix : TENO 54. Funeral home item : URN 55. New Jersey shopping mecca : PARAMUS 57. Be windy : JAW 58. Got hitched : SAIDIDO 60. Food similar to a bannock : OATCAKE 62. Uranus's largest moon : TITANIA 63. Alternative to a tanning booth : BRONZER 64. Responded contemptuously : SNORTED 65. Round parts, perhaps : STANZAS		1. Strong defenses : BASTIONS 2. Pretty poor chances : ONEINTEN 3. Love letters? : XOXOXOXO 4. Nurse : SIP 5. Hydrocarbon endings : ENES 6. Just off the bottom, nautically : ATRIP 7. Sandal variety : TSTRAP 8. An anchor often faces it : TVCAMERA 9. Falcon-headed god : HORUS 10. Company whose slogan is "Home away from home" : ELAL 11. Purchase at a home store : MAT 12. Weak : ANEMIC 13. Small pad : STUDIO 14. Didn't strike : KEPTIN 21. Move slowly : PLOD 24. Counterbalances : SETOFFS 26. An unknown quantity : XAMOUNT 28. Wong of book and film : SUZIE 30. "The Jungle Book" bear : BALOO 32. Kind of rock : PET 34. Mischievous tyke : ELF 36. Way out in the country : DIRTROAD 38. Bop alternative : FREEJAZZ 39. Literally, "white mountain" : MAUNAKEA 40. Delegates : EMPOWERS 42. Pioneer's org. : NASA 44. Old tournament events : JOUSTS 45. Title transport in a 1941 song : ATRAIN 46. Done, slangily : FINITO 48. Retires from the R.A.F. : DEMOBS 51. Title lady in a 1933 song : EADIE 52. Two 55-Downs : QUART 55. Half a 52-Down : PINT 56. Ancient walkway : STOA 59. Women's org. with the motto "God, home and country" : DAR 61. "House Call" airer : CNN