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1. Sea creature that sidles : CRAB 5. Group of eight musicians : OCTET 10. Underhanded plan : PLOT 14. Greeting in Granada : HOLA 15. Get up : ARISE 16. Toy block brand : LEGO 17. Andy's partner in old radio : AMOS 18. *Sci-fi barrier : FORCEFIELD 20. *Newspaper article lead-in : DATELINE 22. Quenched : SLAKED 23. Big name in audio equipment : BOSE 24. Martial artist Jackie : CHAN 25. Result of a belly flop : SPLASH 28. *When the curtain goes up : SHOWTIME 32. Quiet spells : LULLS 33. Bed board : SLAT 34. Turf : SOD 35. Kind of history : ORAL 36. Word that can precede each half of the answers to each of the eight starred clues : AIR 37. Performed ballads, e.g. : SANG 38. President pro ___ : TEM 39. Go after bucks or ducks, say : HUNT 40. Outpouring : SPATE 41. *Wrestling move that puts an arm around someone's neck : HEADLOCK 44. Less bold : MEEKER 45. Slick : OILY 46. Corduroy ridge : WALE 47. Measly : PALTRY 50. *Secret communication location : MAILDROP 54. *Mars Pathfinder, for one : SPACECRAFT 56. Rouse from slumber : WAKE 57. Regarding : ASTO 58. Western flick, in old lingo : OATER 59. Farm measure : ACRE 60. Abound (with) : TEEM 61. One of a reporter's five W's : WHERE 62. Annum : YEAR		1. Punched-out part of a paper ballot : CHAD 2. Capital of Italia : ROMA 3. Plenty : ALOT 4. *Diamond game : BASEBALL 5. Like a lout : OAFISH 6. Hag : CRONE 7. Become bushed : TIRE 8. PC bailout key : ESC 9. Golfer's opening drive : TEESHOT 10. Flexible : PLIANT 11. Cousin of an onion : LEEK 12. Gawk at : OGLE 13. Sondheim's "Sweeney ___" : TODD 19. Scratch on a diamond, e.g. : FLAW 21. Amount printed in red ink : LOSS 24. Nautical map : CHART 25. Slow-moving mammal : SLOTH 26. Blender setting : PUREE 27. South American wool source : LLAMA 28. Move with one's tail between one's legs : SLINK 29. Actor and rockabilly crooner Chris : ISAAK 30. Three-card hustle : MONTE 31. Yard worker's tool : EDGER 33. Impertinent : SAUCY 37. *Indy 500 venue : SPEEDWAY 39. "Yikes!" : HOLYCOW 40. Hawk, as wares : SELL 42. Business that may have gone boom and then bust in the '90s : DOTCOM 43. Pre-euro money in 2-Down : LIRE 44. ___ d' : MAITRE 46. Eucharist disk : WAFER 47. H.S. junior's exam : PSAT 48. Cathedral recess : APSE 49. Tardy : LATE 50. Corner, as a king : MATE 51. 10K or marathon : RACE 52. Gumbo ingredient : OKRA 53. House of Lords member : PEER 55. Pep squad shout : RAH