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1. Door frame upright : JAMB 5. Muslim's journey : HAJJ 9. Mosque officials : IMAMS 14. Kind of arguments : ORAL 15. "Typee" sequel : OMOO 16. KwaZulu-___ province, South Africa : NATAL 17. Airport/hotel connection : TAXI 18. Take to ___ (reprimand) : TASK 19. Sales clerk's minimum : QUOTA 20. Faces up to expected hardship : BITESTHEBULLET 23. Tappan ___ Bridge : ZEE 24. Le ___ Soleil (Louis XIV) : ROI 25. Soapmaking need : LYE 26. Snake with a nasty bite : ASP 29. Reindeer herder : LAPP 32. Promgoers: Abbr. : SRS 34. Emotes : CHEWSTHESCENERY 40. Muscle quality : TONE 41. Prefix with center : EPI 42. 1997 Peter Fonda title role : ULEE 43. Falls for a scam : SWALLOWSTHEBAIT 48. Kipling novel : KIM 49. Shirt brand : IZOD 50. Start of the 16th century : MDI 51. Ex of Frank and Artie : AVA 54. Singer Zadora : PIA 56. Moon vehicle : LEM 58. Takes in recent events : DIGESTSTHENEWS 64. Sicily's "kicker" : ITALY 65. Act on, as advice : HEED 66. Gung-ho quality : ZEAL 68. Constellation with a belt : ORION 69. Linen color : ECRU 70. "Beetle Bailey" boob : ZERO 71. Part of SST : SONIC 72. Carpentry class : SHOP 73. Thumbs-up : OKAY		1. Scribble : JOT 2. Riyadh resident : ARAB 3. Shin-covering skirt : MAXI 4. Football charge : BLITZ 5. Chair facing Regis Philbin, with "the" : HOTSEAT 6. Latin 101 verb : AMAT 7. Kid : JOSH 8. Ace topper : JOKER 9. Ask : INQUIRE 10. Stake-driving hammer : MAUL 11. Bikini, for one : ATOLL 12. Brit's buddy : MATEY 13. Candidate list : SLATE 21. Snakelike swimmers : EELS 22. Pear variety : BOSC 26. "Hamlet" has five : ACTS 27. Come in third : SHOW 28. Elizabeth of "La Bamba" : PENA 30. "That was close!" : PHEW 31. RC competitor : PEPSI 33. Social rebuff : SNUB 35. "Champagne music" maestro : WELK 36. Therapeutic kind of bath : SITZ 37. Western film actor Jack : ELAM 38. Nevada Sen. Harry : REID 39. Himalayan legend : YETI 44. Not really sing : LIPSYNC 45. Leave out : OMIT 46. Hid from pursuers : HOLEDUP 47. First place? : EDEN 51. "So long" : ADIOS 52. In ___ fertilization : VITRO 53. Once more : AGAIN 55. Contents of some urns : ASHES 57. Certain soprano : MEZZO 59. "The Time Machine" people : ELOI 60. Kind of support : TECH 61. Decorated cop, say : HERO 62. Half a fortnight : WEEK 63. "___ Smile" (Hall & Oates hit) : SARA 67. Moviedom's Myrna : LOY