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1. Place for an oath : ALTAR 6. It's bugled on a base : TAPS 10. Elevs. : HGTS 14. Electron tube with two elements : DIODE 15. Loads : ALOT 16. Asia's shrunken ___ Sea : ARAL 17. "Sharp Dressed Man" band : ZZTOP 18. 1970 Kinks song : LOLA 19. TV explorer of note : DORA 20. Slapstick puppet show : PUNCHANDJUDY 23. Didn't bother : LEFTBE 26. Guthrie at Woodstock : ARLO 27. Baseball's Young and others : CYS 28. The Monkees' "___ Believer" : IMA 29. Kind of tide : LEE 31. Impress permanently : ETCH 33. "I'm ready for anything!" : SOCKITTOME 37. Centers of circles : FOCI 40. Room at the top of stairs : ATTIC 41. Mideast fed. : UAE 42. Tacitus or Tiberius : ROMAN 43. Not a mainstream religion : SECT 44. Go get some shuteye : HITTHESACK 46. Prefix with pad : HELI 48. Mermaid's realm : SEA 49. Mail carrier's assignment: Abbr. : RTE 50. State of shock : AWE 52. Custard ingredients : EGGS 55. Drink said to prolong life : ELIXIR 57. Yuletide tune : DECKTHEHALLS 60. Mercury or Saturn : MAKE 61. Wise to : INON 62. da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM : IAMBS 66. Tied : EVEN 67. Je ne sais ___ : QUOI 68. Like redheads' tempers, supposedly : FIERY 69. Villain in 2009's "Star Trek" : NERO 70. Bygone barrier breakers : SSTS 71. Mystery writer's award : EDGAR		1. Carpenter's tool with a curved blade : ADZ 2. Eight-times-married Taylor : LIZ 3. Tyke : TOT 4. Take on : ADOPT 5. Form of government Plato wrote about : REPUBLIC 6. Baby powder ingredient : TALC 7. Lei giver's greeting : ALOHA 8. ___ opposites : POLAR 9. Co-creator of the Fantastic Four : STANLEE 10. Journey to Mecca : HADJ 11. He said "Here's to our wives and girlfriends ... may they never meet!" : GROUCHOMARX 12. Arriving after the bell, say : TARDY 13. Wows at a comedy club : SLAYS 21. Classic brand of hair remover : NEET 22. E, in Morse code : DOT 23. Simpson and Kudrow : LISAS 24. Ham it up : EMOTE 25. Magazine staffer : FACTCHECKER 30. It has many needles : ETUI 32. Bus. honchos : CFOS 34. Toy you might enjoy while running : KITE 35. Basis for a Quaker cereal : OAT 36. Citi Field team : METS 38. They have many needles : CACTI 39. Worker on a comic book : INKER 42. Actuality : REALLIFE 44. 140 and up, say : HIGHIQS 45. Cad : HEEL 47. Tennis umpire's cry : LET 50. Some Madison Ave. workers : ADMEN 51. Drive drunkenly, perhaps : WEAVE 53. The "Homo" in "Homo sapiens" : GENUS 54. "Tell me" : SHOOT 56. "In case you didn't hear me the first time ..." : ISAID 58. Casino game with Ping-Pong-like balls : KENO 59. Spanish liqueur : ANIS 63. Computer unit, informally : MEG 64. Cup holder? : BRA 65. Leb. neighbor : SYR