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1 A mule pulls it

5 Deck opening

10 Small songbird

14 Construction toy

15 Strangely

16 Long-eared

lagomorph

17 Declare

18 Gush forth

19 Monogram pt.

20 Returns

22 Hostile forces

24 Telegraph signal

25 Slippery — — eel

26 Recommission

30 “Star Wars” thug

35 Tavern fare

36 Voice vote

37 Dumpster outputs

38 G.I. identifiers (2

wds.)

41 Rifle attachment

43 Express one’s views

44 Screw things up

45 Sense organ

46 Snug retreats

47 Exaggerated

manliness

50 Molokai neighbor

53 Scenery chewer

54 Backslide

58 Swats

62 Cyclotron target

63 Zesty dip

66 Advance 67 Jockey’s whip

68 Without exception

69 Jazzy Fitzgerald

70 Urges

71 Waco’s state

72 Plug away

dOWN

1 Frisk about

2 Strauss of jeans

3 Type of arch

4 — apart

5 Raising

6 Billboards, briefly

7 NFL events

8 Fingerprints and

such

9 “Laughing” animal

10 Capricious notion

11 Indian noblewoman

12 Ontario neighbor

13 Seines

21 Bad-mouth

23 Appreciate

25 — day now

26 Ecological hazard

27 Wed on the run

28 Sponsorship

29 Oil alternative

31 Turmoil

32 Leakey finds

33 Sunfish

34 Houston baseballer

39 Explosive ltrs.

40 Noted fabulist

41 Halter 42 Curved entrances

44 Flightless bird

48 Sarcastic retort

49 Drawings

51 Cash, for instance 52 Lift with effort

54 Spicy

55 French I verb

56 Diving bird

57 Hi-fi components 59 Pay a visit

60 Metric pound

61 Sweater flaw

64 Law, to Caesar

65 Mexican Mrs.