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1. Cavern : ANTRE 6. Famous : BIG 9. Bone: Prefix : OSSE 13. Mimicked some farm animals : MOOED 14. Application : USE 15. "___ to please" : WEAIM 17. Song of praise : PAEAN 18. Longtime morning TV host : MATTLAUER 20. Iowa, for one : SIOUAN 22. "From my perspective ..." : ASISEEIT 23. Remote mail service: Abbr. : RFD 24. "And the ___ goes to ..." : OSCAR 26. Ranch extension? : ERO 27. Award place for a green ribbon : FIFTH 29. Discern : TELL 31. Stretched much too far, as language : TORTURED 34. Invite for : ASKTO 38. "Yes" : IDO 39. Soviet military force : REDARMY 42. A, as in Augsburg : EIN 43. Part of U.N.C.F. : NEGRO 45. Hors ___ : DOEUVRES 47. Mesopotamia, today : IRAQ 50. ___ luxury : LAPOF 51. Call letters? : ATT 53. Fab : SUPER 55. Lots of caresses, e.g., for short : TLC 57. Relative of a kingfisher : BEEEATER 59. Had dinner at a restaurant : ATEOUT 62. Be idle : LIEAROUND 64. Rubbish : HOOEY 65. Query at a poker table : YOUIN 66. E-mail suffix : EDU 67. Expected : DUEIN 68. Prom coif : UPDO 69. ___-pitch : SLO 70. "Funny Girl" composer : STYNE		1. Band boosters : AMPS 2. Condition in outer space : NOAIR 3. Ingredient in a witches' brew : TOEOFFROG 4. Check again, as the books : REAUDIT 5. "Enid and ___ dine" (palindrome) : EDNA 6. Cadge : BUM 7. Prolific Asimov : ISAAC 8. Intimates : GETSAT 9. Mice catchers : OWLS 10. Congers : SEAEELS 11. Kraut modifier : SAUER 12. Kid's song refrain : EIEIO 16. Mohawked actor of 1980s TV : MRT 19. It rotates ... and may be rotated : TIRE 21. ___ Dame : NOTRE 25. Lose hair : SHED 28. Uproar : FUROR 30. Easy two-pointer : LAYUP 31. Common alloy component : TIN 32. Literature class reading : ODE 33. Pop : DAD 35. Out of whack : KERFLOOEY 36. Liaison : TIE 37. Slip-___ (some shoes) : ONS 40. It must be cast : ROLE 41. Stiller's partner : MEARA 44. Walgreens rival : RITEAID 46. Reject, as an incumbent in an election : VOTEOUT 48. Memo start : ASTO 49. Lines : QUEUES 51. Language quintet comprising the only elements in the circled boxes : AEIOU 52. Prepare for a drive : TEEUP 54. Gearshift sequence : PRNDL 56. Make aware : CUEIN 57. Globe circler of 1889-90 : BLY 58. River through Pisa : ARNO 60. Seminary degs. : THDS 61. Actress Daly : TYNE 63. Husband-and-wife team, e.g. : DUO