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1. They put the frosting on the cake : ICERS 6. Grant's is in New York : TOMB 10. ___ as a post : DEAF 14. Pacific archipelago nation : SAMOA 15. "Young Frankenstein" role : INGA 16. Golden State sch. : UCAL 17. Fix the hair just so, say : PRIMP 18. Bind with a band : GIRD 19. Actress Singer of "Footloose" : LORI 20. ___ as an arrow : STRAIGHT 22. Jug capacity : GALLON 24. ___ as a pin : NEAT 25. ___ as a fox : CUNNING 26. ___ as an ox : STRONG 29. Outlaw Barrow : CLYDE 30. "Bingo!" : AHA 31. Newton's Black Panther Party co-founder : SEALE 33. Barbecue remnants : ASHES 37. ___ as an owl : WISE 39. Command to a dog : SPEAK 41. ___ as a dog : SICK 42. Some chips, maybe : SNACK 44. Less loony : SANER 46. 4 on a telephone : GHI 47. Bottom dog : LOSER 49. Some chips : NACHOS 51. Theme of this puzzle : SIMILES 54. Eric who played 2003's Hulk : BANA 55. Like, with "with" : ONAPAR 56. ___ as an eel : SLIPPERY 60. Chowderheads : LUGS 61. Sparkling wine locale : ASTI 63. Indoor trees may grow in them : ATRIA 64. Words after "woe" : ISME 65. One end of a hammer : PEEN 66. ___ as a judge : SOBER 67. ___ as a doornail : DEAD 68. ___ as a diamond : HARD 69. The way things are going : TREND		1. AOL and others : ISPS 2. Auto denter in a supermarket parking lot : CART 3. Leader in a robe : EMIR 4. Italian cheese : ROMANO 5. Latin for 37-Across : SAPIENS 6. ___ as a drum : TIGHT 7. Doing the job : ONIT 8. Apartment bldg. V.I.P. : MGR 9. The Joker in Batman movies, e.g. : BADGUY 10. Tedium : DULLNESS 11. Gastroenteritis cause, maybe : ECOLI 12. Baseball All-Star every year from 1955 to 1975 : AARON 13. Impulsive indulgence : FLING 21. Light green plums : GAGES 23. Lawrence Welk's "one"/"two" connector : ANDA 25. ___ as a whistle : CLEAN 26. Fellers in the woods? : SAWS 27. ___ as a rail : THIN 28. Literally, "scraped" : RASA 29. ___ as a bell : CLEAR 32. Cathedral recesses : APSES 34. ___ as a kite : HIGH 35. Repetitive reply : ECHO 36. Nordic runners : SKIS 38. Overshadowed : ECLIPSED 40. Alaskan peninsula where Seward is located : KENAI 43. Nut for caffeine? : KOLA 45. Told to in order to get an opinion : RANPAST 48. Angelic figure : SERAPH 50. Prisoner's opposite : CAPTOR 51. ___ as a rock : SOLID 52. Busy : INUSE 53. Volcanic buildup : MAGMA 54. ___ as a bat : BLIND 56. Suffix with pun : STER 57. Kathryn of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" : ERBE 58. It means nothing to Sarkozy : RIEN 59. Area within a picket fence, say : YARD 62. Pirate's realm : SEA