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1. Bogged down : MIRED 6. Sword handles : HAFTS 11. ___-Magnon man : CRO 14. High-speed train from Boston to Washington : ACELA 15. Stand in a queue for, say : AWAIT 16. Drink with Grabbin' Grape and Smashin' Wild Berry flavors : HIC 17. College professor's mantra : PUBLISHORPERISH 20. Splenda rival : EQUAL 21. Short-sheeting a bed, TP'ing a house, etc. : PRANKS 22. 2K race, e.g. : FUNRUN 25. Bloodhound's trail : SCENT 27. Yoko of "Double Fantasy" : ONO 28. Uganda's ___ Amin : IDI 30. As, chemically : ARSENIC 34. G.P.S. offering: Abbr. : RTE 35. Highway entrances and exits, typically : RAMPS 37. "First, ___ harm" (medical axiom) : DONO 38. Highly collectible illustrator : MAXFIELDPARRISH 42. Kuwaiti chief : EMIR 43. ___ orange : OSAGE 44. The upper Midwest's ___ Canals : SOO 45. Hits the hay : RETIRES 48. Stimpy's cartoon pal : REN 49. Ernie of golf fame : ELS 50. Penny vis-à-vis a dime : TENTH 52. Gird oneself : GETSET 54. Finisher of pottery or cakes : GLAZER 57. ___ note (dictionary bit) : USAGE 59. Lafayette or Orleans : LOUISIANAPARISH 64. Bed-and-breakfast : INN 65. Dazzling effect : ECLAT 66. Dull, in poetry : DREAR 67. "Wanna ___?" : BET 68. What light bulbs and bootblacks do : SHINE 69. English nobles : EARLS		1. Atlas page : MAP 2. Critical hosp. area : ICU 3. Yank's foe in the Civil War : REB 4. Aunt from "Oklahoma!" : ELLER 5. Rum and lime juice drink : DAIQUIRI 6. LOL, out loud : HAHA 7. Mil. truants : AWOLS 8. Distant : FAR 9. One leaving cash on the table? : TIPPER 10. Backs of boats : STERNS 11. It might be cut by an uppercut : CHIN 12. Jeopardy : RISK 13. Adolph who was chief of The New York Times from 1896 to 1935 : OCHS 18. Dairy Queen order : SUNDAE 19. Deemed not suitable for kids : RATEDR 22. Previous : FORMER 23. Wild : UNTAME 24. 1944 Jean-Paul Sartre play : NOEXIT 26. One of the Wise Men : CASPAR 29. "Please help me with directions" : IMLOST 31. Boom, zoom and vroom : NOISES 32. Cushiony part of a shoe : INSOLE 33. Matt Lauer or Meredith Vieira for "Today" : COHOST 36. They have precincts: Abbr. : PDS 39. Nancy's 56-Down in the comics : FRITZI 40. Feature of a May-December romance : AGEGAP 41. Deserter : RENEGADE 46. ___ Peanut Butter Cups : REESES 47. Fortify with vitamins, e.g. : ENRICH 51. Style of Chinese cuisine : HUNAN 53. ___ incognita : TERRA 54. Fast-talking : GLIB 55. Unaccompanied : LONE 56. See 39-Down : AUNT 58. Completely fill : SATE 60. Rope-a-dope boxer : ALI 61. Suffix with cash : IER 62. "My gal" of song : SAL 63. 60-min. periods : HRS