NY Times, Thu, Jul 06, 2006

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Across		Down
1. Malicious one : VIPER 6. Country music legend Ernest : TUBB 10. Poverty and war : ILLS 14. Related on the mother's side : ENATE 15. Oil that's not really oily : OLAY 16. Board unit? : MEAL 17. Relative of "It's not you, it's me" : I NEED MY SPACE 20. Co. name ender : LTD 21. Girl who's having a ball : DEB 22. Like some expensive tickets : SCALPED 23. Actor McGregor : EWAN 25. Prepared : SET 27. "Chasing ___," 1997 film : AMY 28. Two tablets every 12 hours, say : DOSAGE 30. Mother of Ares : HERA 32. Cry of disgust : FIE 35. Jimmied : FORCED 37. "Bye Bye Bye" boy band : NSYNC 39. Almost zero : NEXT TO NOTHING 43. Rule to follow : BYLAW 44. 1979 Vanessa Redgrave title role : AGATHA 45. 50's political inits. : AES 46. Kind of skirt : HULA 48. Rowers : OARMEN 52. The husband's : HIS 53. Old hand : PRO 55. "___ Sutra" : KAMA 56. Judge : ARBITER 60. Yalie : ELI 62. Certain corp. takeover : LBO 63. "We have a big dessert coming" : LEAVE SOME ROOM 66. Trim : PARE 67. Alternative media magazine : UTNE 68. Title boy in old comics : DONDI 69. They may be hard to beat : ODDS 70. Tap-in, e.g. : PUTT 71. Follows : OBEYS		1. Hidden : VEILED 2. Bisected : IN TWO 3. Cuddly zoo animals : PANDAS 4. Hot time in Québec : ETE 5. Rush, e.g. : REED 6. Repeated part of a soliloquy : TO BE 7. Einstein's birthplace : ULM 8. Dark horses : BAYS 9. How many vacationers travel : BY CAR 10. Suggest : IMPLY 11. Bound : LEAP 12. Some frills : LACE 13. Source of many spills : SLED 18. Leave : DESERT 19. Fox with the 1988 hit "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)" : SAMANTHA 24. Borderline agreement? : NAFTA 26. Classic name in retail clothing ? or a hint to this puzzle's theme : THE GAP 29. Blanch : GO WHITE 31. Dame ___ : EDNA 32. Memo starter : FYI 33. B & B : INN 34. Ticker tape, for short? : ECG 36. Shade of black : COAL 38. Predator : SHARK 39. Rockets can be found in this: Abbr. : NBA 40. Check out : EYE 41. Some T-shirts : XLS 42. He played Lord Jim in "Lord Jim" : OTOOLE 47. Deplete : USE UP 49. 1992 and '96 Dream Team member : MALONE 50. Represent : EMBODY 51. Campbell and Judd : NAOMIS 52. Allergic reaction : HIVES 54. Convened again : REMET 56. Meat dish often served with gravy : ALPO 57. Go through : READ 58. Good college for poets? : BARD 59. VW predecessor : RSTU 61. Words of affirmation : I DO 64. It touches four Great Lakes: Abbr. : ONT 65. Deprive (of) : ROB