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1. Alternative to newspaper classifieds : CRAIGSLIST 11. Loses intensity : SAGS 15. Constitution precursor : MAGNACARTA 16. Short : CURT 17. Curaçao ingredient : ORANGEPEEL 18. Top status : ONEA 19. Member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty : NERO 20. "Stillmatic" rapper : NAS 21. Stuff : MATTER 23. 19th Amendment champion : CATT 25. Editor's job, often : CUTTING 26. Dessert, in Dover : AFTERS 29. Time before TV : RADIOERA 30. Had a spirited session? : DRANK 31. Rate : MERIT 32. "Les ___" : MIZ 33. E.U. mem. since 1995 : AUST 34. Like the scriptures on which Hare Krishna is based : VEDIC 35. Thing caught near the shore : WAVE 36. Sch. in the New England Football Conference : MIT 37. School area with mice : PCLAB 38. A light may be set on one : TIMER 39. Restaurant staffers : STEWARDS 41. They're reflective : MUSERS 42. Groups : ASSORTS 43. "The Human Stain" novelist : ROTH 44. Storied shrine : PAGODA 45. Something to shoot for : PAR 46. Bodice fastener : LACE 50. Lumber : PLOD 51. A bout to remember? : PRIZEFIGHT 54. Golden Triangle land : LAOS 55. Have some humble pie : EATONESHAT 56. Possible result of pulling the plug : EDDY 57. "The Wrecking Crew" actress, 1969 : SHARONTATE		1. "Don't be shy!" : CMON 2. Like some gases : RARE 3. Food stabilizer : AGAR 4. Papal name last used in 1724 : INNOCENT 5. Shut up : GAG 6. Dogs often pick them up : SCENTS 7. Splash gently against : LAPAT 8. Burns up : IRES 9. Ursule, e.g.: Abbr. : STE 10. Like yeshiva studies : TALMUDIC 11. Her 1965 Met debut was as Cio-Cio-San in "Madama Butterfly" : SCOTTO 12. Play for which Peggy Cass won a Tony in 1957 : AUNTIEMAME 13. Largest tributary of the Colorado : GREENRIVER 14. Night watchmen? : STARGAZERS 22. In a row : ATIT 24. Major ancient construction project : ARK 25. Native Trinidadian : CARIB 26. It goes up and down at dinner : ADAMSAPPLE 27. Picnic staple : FRUITSALAD 28. "Mmm!" : TASTESGOOD 29. "... thy cheeks look ___ Titan's face": Shak. : REDAS 31. Unites : MELDS 34. Maxell products : VCRTAPES 35. It has things you want : WISHLIST 37. Ponderosa pal : PARD 38. Subject of a 1976-79 Met exhibit : TUT 40. Like the smell of fresh pine : WOODSY 41. Puerto Rican-born Oscar winner of 1961 : MORENO 43. Trimming aid : RAZOR 45. Bun alternative : PITA 47. Muslim honorific : AGHA 48. Many people do it online : CHAT 49. Couch extension? : ETTE 52. Motivation exclamation : RAH 53. Setting for sedges : FEN