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1. Big catch of 2003 : HUSSEIN 8. Applauded with shouts : BRAVOED 15. Estate taxes, e.g. : INTERNALREVENUE 17. Grosbeak relatives : SCARLETTANAGERS 18. Common sight in Venezia : PONTE 19. Temp. reducers : ACS 20. It's north of the Dodecanese Islands : SAMOS 21. Line pair : ENDS 22. Joseph ___ Ratzinger, birth name of Pope Benedict XVI : ALOIS 24. Casual rejection : NOPE 25. Nigerian native or language : EDO 26. "Fess up!" : SPILLIT 28. La ___ Caspienne : MER 29. Parts of some studios : DINETTES 31. 11-Down's request : NOMEAT 33. Reactionaries : TORIES 34. "Valley of the Dolls" novelist : SUSANN 35. ___ Building, company headquarters erected in 1908 in New York City, at the time the tallest building in the world : SINGER 36. Crunchy cafe treats : BISCOTTI 38. Want ad abbr. : EOE 39. Herbal brew : SAGETEA 41. Sentence part: Abbr. : PHR 42. Looped vase handle : ANSA 44. Disables : LAMES 45. Title apiarist of a 1997 film : ULEE 46. Like shoes and socks : MATED 48. French shooting match : TIR 49. Cager who starred in "Kazaam" : ONEAL 50. Tons of work to do : ALOTONONESPLATE 53. Carnival offerings : PLEASURECRUISES 54. Digestion and circulation : SYSTEMS 55. Intrepid palace employees : TASTERS		1. Like many Net connections : HISPEED 2. Without reservations : UNCONDITIONALLY 3. Try to get a better view, say : STANDONONESTOES 4. Some Spanish murals : SERTS 5. "Phineas Finn" character Barrington ___ : ERLE 6. Serpent's tail? : INE 7. Wood and others : NATALIES 8. Five-time winner of the Copa do Mundo : BRASIL 9. TV canine : REN 10. Prizes for video production : AVAS 11. One on a strict diet : VEGAN 12. Operator's line : ONEMOMENTPLEASE 13. It included the Eastern and Western fronts : EUROPEANTHEATER 14. There's sometimes no room for it : DESSERT 16. Maj. superiors : LTCOLS 22. Having no aisles, in architecture : APTERAL 23. Allergies often affect them : SINUSES 26. Major messes : STIES 27. Object of Cavaradossi's affection : TOSCA 30. Dyne-centimeter : ERG 32. Red giant? : MAO 34. Be no slouch in class? : SITERECT 35. Oceanographers' references : SEAMAPS 36. Words from the heart? : BEMINE 37. Having no spleen : IRELESS 40. Southern snappers, briefly : GATORS 43. Old tombstone abbr. meaning "at the age of" : AETAT 45. Dark : UNLIT 47. Recommended intake : DOSE 49. Work ID : OPUS 51. O.T. book : NUM 52. Title of respect in 8-Down: Abbr. : SRA