NY Times, Mon, Sep 28, 2009

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1. Sleep stage, for short : REM 4. Nog ingredient : RAWEGG 10. Opposite of subtracts : ADDS 14. The "E" in 68-Across : ELI 15. Relative of a rhododendron : AZALEA 16. Losing roll in a casino : CRAP 17. Abrupt way to quit : COLDTURKEY 19. Former Big Apple mayor Giuliani : RUDY 20. More greasy : OILIER 21. State of weightlessness, as in space : ZEROG 23. Consumer : USER 24. Suffix with cigar : ETTE 27. Monk's superior : ABBOT 30. Actress Rosie of "Do the Right Thing" : PEREZ 32. Boat rower : OAR 33. Purplish : MAUVE 34. Betray by blabbing : RATON 36. Brings home for a score : BATSIN 37. B-ball official : REF 40. Chocolaty morsel munched at movies : MILKDUD 42. N.F.L. six-pointers : TDS 43. Talks off the cuff : ADLIBS 45. Bluefin and albacore : TUNAS 47. Join forces : UNITE 48. V.P. Biden : JOE 49. ___ congestion : NASAL 53. Bolivian capital : LAPAZ 54. Chooses, with "for" : OPTS 56. Southwest Indian : HOPI 57. Gets around like Superman : FLIES 59. Flared skirts : ALINES 61. Saharan country south of Algeria : MALI 63. Round, red firecracker : CHERRYBOMB 66. Political coalition : BLOC 67. Quit one's job : RESIGN 68. Classic car inits. : REO 69. High points of a European trip? : ALPS 70. Annual tennis championship in Queens, N.Y. : USOPEN 71. Advice columnist Landers : ANN		1. Get back, as lost money : RECOUP 2. Fictional girl at the Plaza Hotel : ELOISE 3. Arthur who wrote "Death of a Salesman" : MILLER 4. Label G or PG, e.g. : RATE 5. Color of a picture-postcard sky : AZURE 6. ___ of 1812 : WAR 7. Antlered animal : ELK 8. Old, crotchety guy : GEEZER 9. Marvin of Motown : GAYE 10. Circus performer : ACROBAT 11. Narcs' raid : DRUGBUST 12. Mom's mate : DAD 13. Nathan Hale, notably : SPY 18. More grim : DIRER 22. Month-long Islamic observance : RAMADAN 25. Hammer or saw : TOOL 26. Close-fitting sleeveless shirt : TANKTOP 28. Roman love poet : OVID 29. Fives and ___ : TENS 31. Africa's fourth-longest river and site of Victoria Falls : ZAMBEZI 35. "___ better to have loved and lost ..." : TIS 36. Hot dog holder : BUN 37. Fidel Castro's brother : RAUL 38. "Giant" writer Ferber : EDNA 39. Beach footwear : FLIPFLOP 41. Performing pair : DUET 44. Type for book titles : ITALICS 46. Form of address in British India : SAHIB 48. Teases playfully : JOSHES 50. Mexican state on the Gulf of California : SONORA 51. Tarzan and kin : APEMEN 52. Portugal's capital : LISBON 55. Beetle Bailey's boss : SARGE 58. Light brown : ECRU 60. One of the Redgrave sisters : LYNN 61. Degree for a C.E.O. : MBA 62. Entirely : ALL 64. That, south of the border : ESO 65. ___ Van Winkle : RIP