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1. Maître d's offering : MENU 5. Name on planes, once : USAIR 10. Storyline : PLOT 14. Drug dealer's customer : USER 15. TV antenna of old : RABBITEARS 17. Lee of Marvel Comics : STAN 18. Hirsute Himalayan beast : TIBETANYAK 19. Rug rat : TOT 20. Vintner's prefix : OENO 21. RR stop : STA 22. Tourist attraction near Giza : SPHINX 24. Pacino danced it in "Scent of a Woman" : THETANGO 29. Neural network : RETE 31. Stein contents : ALE 32. PC monitor part : CRT 33. Exotic jelly flavor : GUAVA 36. "The Soup ___" (classic "Seinfeld" episode) : NAZI 38. ___ Tzu (toy dog) : SHIH 39. Appropriate comment for this puzzle : ITSALLGREEKTOME 42. Jockey strap : REIN 43. Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL 44. Pinker in the middle : RARER 45. La-la lead-in : TRA 46. An ex of Frank : AVA 47. Coal-rich German region : SAAR 49. Mets contest at Shea, e.g. : HOMEGAME 52. Go from pub to pub : BARHOP 56. "Lord, is ___?" : ITI 57. Cash holder : TILL 59. G.P. grp. : AMA 60. Project's conclusion : FINALPHASE 64. Bikini parts : BRAS 65. Is compliant : COOPERATES 66. "___ it a pity?" : ISNT 67. Smoke or salt, maybe : CURE 68. Day one : ONSET 69. ___ Pet : CHIA		1. They're required : MUSTS 2. Bar, legally : ESTOP 3. Not o'er : NEATH 4. Large coffee container : URN 5. Composition's original form : URTEXT 6. Spahn teammate Johnny : SAIN 7. Monk's superior : ABBOT 8. "Can ___ dreaming?" : IBE 9. Slower, in mus. : RIT 10. Tetra- plus one : PENTA 11. Secure oneself in port : LAYANCHOR 12. "? man ___ mouse?" : ORA 13. Sound of rebuke : TSK 16. Have a sample of : TASTE 20. Tatum of "Paper Moon" : ONEAL 23. Former Nascar driver Ernie : IRVAN 25. Filberts : HAZELS 26. Wiesel who wrote "Night" : ELIE 27. Dirt : GRIME 28. Catchall category : OTHER 30. Memory trace : ENGRAM 33. Waist size : GIRTH 34. In ___ (not yet born) : UTERO 35. Turkey's locale : ASIAMINOR 37. Celestial altar : ARA 38. Reporter Brenda of the comics : STARR 40. Magma, after surfacing : LAVA 41. Rural village in South Africa : KRAAL 46. Nimble : AGILE 48. Most up to the task : ABLEST 50. Marchers' camp : ETAPE 51. Les ___-Unis : ETATS 53. Hard on the ears : HARSH 54. Muscat native : OMANI 55. Fusilli or rotini : PASTA 58. "Ah so!" : ISEE 60. TV regulatory grp. : FCC 61. Marker letters : IOU 62. Old hand : PRO 63. ___ Solo of "Star Wars" : HAN 64. Inexpensive pen : BIC