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1. Some noncoms : MASTERSERGEANTS 16. Risking danger : INTHELINEOFFIRE 17. So as to annoy : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN 18. Cheerful : SUNNY 19. Leave a mess : TRASH 20. Some docs : GPS 21. Biscuit ingredient : MILK 22. Kind of col. or cmdr. : LIEUT 23. Start of a carol's refrain : FALA 24. British verb ending : ISE 25. Bruce of old movies : NIGEL 26. Basque topper : BERET 27. They're spotted in Africa : CHEETAHS 29. Salt of element #5 : BORATE 30. Forward : PERT 31. Resting place : MOOR 32. Neglectful : REMISS 35. Big Apple V.I.P. : GIULIANI 39. Pitch : ERECT 40. Jai alai basket : CESTA 41. Skedaddle : LAM 42. Odd and even, at times : BETS 43. Severe blows : GALES 44. Smoother : RASP 45. Milk source : EWE 46. Truman's birthplace : LAMAR 47. "The ___ Kid" : CISCO 48. Some Slim Fast offerings : CHOCOLATESHAKES 51. Distractive annoyance : COUNTERIRRITANT 52. Impatience : ANTSINONESPANTS		1. Emitting noxious fumes : MIASMIC 2. Torture : ANGUISH 3. The "Incredible Hulk" creator : STANLEE 4. Reflect : THINK 5. Part of a choosing-up routine : EENY 6. Literary inits. : RLS 7. Be patient : SITTIGHT 8. "Specials," often : ENTREES 9. Drag off again : REHAUL 10. "Whither thou ___..." : GOEST 11. What I must follow, in a children's song : EFGH 12. It borders the Atl. : AFR 13. Western New York county : NIAGARA 14. One with instant siblings : TRIPLET 15. Having feeling : SENSATE 22. Tellers of tales : LIARS 23. Iron-containing: Prefix : FERRI 25. Protested event : NTEST 26. When repeated, a college cheer : BOOLA 28. "How the West Was Won" and others : EPICS 29. Matches : BOUTS 31. The 51st Psalm : MISERERE 32. Diane's successor on "Cheers" : REBECCA 33. Utopian novel of 1872 : EREWHON 34. Dispense, as small shares : METEOUT 35. Form of some dynamite : GELATIN 36. ___ king crab : ALASKAN 37. Emerging : NASCENT 38. Duties : IMPOSTS 40. Chevrolet introduced in 1966 : CAMARO 43. Second-century anatomist : GALEN 44. Cowboy's rope : RIATA 46. French novelist Pierre : LOTI 47. China problem : CHIP 49. Brain and spinal cord: Abbr. : CNS 50. Grads-to-be : SRS