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| 1. | With 4- & 9-Across, sports news of 1919 : BLACKSOXSCANDAL |
| 14. | Part of E.N.T. : EAR |
| 15. | Stand for a sitting : EASEL |
| 16. | Part of a waste reduction strategy : REUSE |
| 17. | With 18- & 19-Across, Toys "R" Us department : ELECTRONICGAMES |
| 20. | Figure in Raphael's "The School of Athens" : PLATO |
| 22. | Painter's aid : LADDER |
| 24. | Drawer at a doctor's office? : SYRINGE |
| 26. | Not moved from the original location : INSITU |
| 30. | Lib ___ (U.K. party member) : DEM |
| 31. | Times or Century : FONT |
| 33. | Some French? : DES |
| 34. | With 37- & 39-Across, Fredric March's last film : THEICEMANCOMETH |
| 41. | ___ Gallimard, protagonist of "M. Butterfly" : RENE |
| 42. | Something to contemplate : NAVEL |
| 44. | Tributary of the High Rhine : AARE |
| 45. | With 47- & 48-Across, like some student activities : EXTRACURRICULAR |
| 49. | Third of November? : VEE |
| 50. | Like bright red cardinals : MALE |
| 52. | Egyptian headdress feature : ASP |
| 54. | Children of ___ (descendants of Jacob) : ISRAEL |
| 56. | Goldsmith, for one : ARTISAN |
| 60. | Like "Wedding Crashers" or "Bridesmaids" : RRATED |
| 63. | A current flows into it : ANODE |
| 64. | With 67- & 69-Across, role that garnered 12 consecutive unsuccessful Emmy nominations, 1985-96 : JESSICAFLETCHER |
| 70. | Brother of Moses : AARON |
| 71. | Beauty pageant judging criterion : POISE |
| 72. | Iraq war danger, for short : IED |
| 73. | With 74- & 75-Across, "invisible" part of a distribution list ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : BLINDCARBONCOPY |
| 1. | Urban cacophony : BEEPS |
| 2. | ___ column (construction piece) : LALLY |
| 3. | Toward the back : AREAR |
| 4. | Organic compound with a double-bonded oxygen : KETONE |
| 5. | Isl. south of Corsica : SAR |
| 6. | "___ mio" : OSOLE |
| 7. | Princess known as the Defender of the Elijans : XENA |
| 8. | Declined, as stocks : SLID |
| 9. | Composer Dominick whose name means "silver" in Italian : ARGENTO |
| 10. | Almost reaches : NEARS |
| 11. | Musical syllable before and after "da" : DUM |
| 12. | Enzyme suffix : ASE |
| 13. | "___ Miz" : LES |
| 21. | Comparatively neat : TIDIER |
| 23. | Racket : DIN |
| 25. | Feds : GMEN |
| 27. | Model : IDEAL |
| 28. | Aquarium fish : TETRA |
| 29. | Program presenter : USHER |
| 31. | N.F.L. record-holder for consecutive starts : FAVRE |
| 32. | Embarassing spelling mistake? : ONER |
| 34. | Fountain name : TREVI |
| 35. | Spells : HEXES |
| 36. | Sign with an arrow : ENTER |
| 38. | Mangle : MAUL |
| 40. | "Tales of the City" novelist : MAUPIN |
| 43. | Make-up person? : LIAR |
| 46. | Ute or Cree : AMERIND |
| 51. | What's put before the carte? : ALA |
| 53. | New York's ___ Island : STATEN |
| 55. | "Backdraft" crime : ARSON |
| 56. | Wing it : ADLIB |
| 57. | Bygone gas brand : SOHIO |
| 58. | "Take ___ breath" : ADEEP |
| 59. | Uncool : NERDY |
| 61. | Spanish appetizer : TAPA |
| 62. | Get an ___ effort : EFOR |
| 64. | Get one's point across? : JAB |
| 65. | Suffix with arbor or ether : EAL |
| 66. | ___ Lanka : SRI |
| 68. | "___ Beso" : ESO |