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1. Utters : SAYS 5. Military plane acronym : AWACS 10. Desertlike : ARID 14. Wyoming neighbor : UTAH 15. Striped critter : ZEBRA 16. Hurting : SORE 17. State of financial independence : EASYSTREET 19. CAT ___ : SCAN 20. Singer Lopez : TRINI 21. Kett of old comics : ETTA 22. Little guitars : UKES 23. Singer Cara : IRENE 25. Guard : SENTRY 27. It's a stitch! : SEAM 29. Mint and sage : HERBS 32. Stadium sounds : RAHS 35. Basketball hoop site, often : GARAGE 39. Acorn, in 2020? : OAK 40. "Surfin' ___" (Beach Boys hit) : USA 41. Gandhi's title : MAHATMA 42. Ryan's "Love Story" co-star : ALI 43. Russian space station : MIR 44. Puzzle : ENIGMA 45. 4:1, e.g. : ODDS 46. Mubarak's predecessor : SADAT 48. Recipe direction : STIR 50. Some Broadway shows : DRAMAS 54. Overhead shot : SMASH 57. Last name in spydom : HARI 59. "There ought to be ___!" : ALAW 61. Suggest itself (to) : OCCUR 63. Thrift shop stipulation : ASIS 64. "The Birdcage" co-star : NATHANLANE 66. Possess : HAVE 67. Whitney Houston's "All the Man That ___" : INEED 68. Verve : ELAN 69. Parrots : APES 70. Chooses actors : CASTS 71. E-mail command : SEND		1. Winter bird food : SUET 2. Video arcade name : ATARI 3. Arafat of the P.L.O. : YASIR 4. Wallflower's characteristic : SHYNESS 5. Much-publicized drug : AZT 6. Existed : WERE 7. Helps in dirty deeds : ABETS 8. El Greco's birthplace : CRETE 9. Underworld figure : SATAN 10. Guarantee : ASSURE 11. Ice cream parlor order : ROCKYROAD 12. "Dies ___" : IRAE 13. TV rooms : DENS 18. ___ qua non : SINE 24. 1991 Tony winner Daisy : EAGAN 26. "Take ___ Train" : THEA 28. When repeated, a fish : MAHI 30. Like a worn tire : BALD 31. T-bar sights : SKIS 32. Jamaican exports : RUMS 33. Pacific Rim region : ASIA 34. Computer part : HARDDRIVE 36. Joplin piece : RAG 37. 24-hr. conveniences : ATMS 38. Certain exams, for short : GMATS 41. Prefix with physical : META 45. The Scriptures : ORACLES 47. Gets up : ARISES 49. "___ Fire" (Springsteen hit) : IMON 51. Wired, so to speak : MANIC 52. "The George & ___ Show" (former talk show) : ALANA 53. Fills up : SATES 55. Union rate : SCALE 56. Chinese province : HUNAN 57. Joker's gibe : HAHA 58. Rush job notation : ASAP 60. Stimulate : WHET 62. Rip apart : REND 65. Want ___ : ADS