CROSSWORD

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1 Rifle range rounds 5 Rainfall measure 9 Transitional state 14 Bread buy 15 NYC area above Houston Street 16 Hunter constellation 17 *Half a percussion pair 19 “__ bleu!” 20 From India, say 21 Civil uprising 23 Account exec 24 *Fill-in-the-blanks agreement, e.g. 28 Post-WWII feminine flier 31 Small swallow 32 __ bubbles 33 Bigheadedness 34 *Cake soaked in alcoholic syrup 39 Cake pan trademark 42 Zilch 43 Africa’s Sierra __ 44 *Brand for bubble blowers 47 Trivial point 48 Yet again 49 High-arcing tennis shot 51 Purported UFO fliers 52 *Security device that may be silent 57 Opposite of WNW 58 __ about: roughly 59 Soothed 63 Golf analyst Nick 65 Wander aimlessly ... and a hint to a divided word in the answers to starred clues 68 Get ready to compete, bodybuilder-style 69 Parting words? 70 Actress Hayworth 71 Crisscross frameworks 72 London gallery 73 __-bitsy DOWN

1 Actress Jessica 2 Cattle chorus 3 Salon service with a pedi 4 Gift __: chattiness 5 Hoosier St. 6 Here-there link 7 Butter-making device 8 Bro 9 One in need of spiritual guidance 10 Gershwin brother 11 Emcee’s need 12 Destructive insect 13 Hr. after noon 18 Burden 22 Mount of Greek myth 25 Bro, to a sis 26 “Brusha, brusha, brusha” toothpaste 27 Cab ride price 28 Jack of “Dragnet” 29 Water, to Juan 30 Full last name of a “Happy Days” cool dude 35 Gargantuan 36 __ in the conversation 37 Self-storage compartment 38 Citi Field team 40 Doorbell sound 41 Figure skating jumps 45 Nine-time U.S. skating champ Michelle 46 Extinct emu-like bird 50 Uncle Remus rabbit’s title 52 Confuse 53 TWA competitor 54 Many a modern assembly-line worker 55 Caribbean resort isle 56 New Zealand settler 60 Hearts or clubs 61 Sinus docs 62 WWII turning point 64 Defective firecracker 66 Cambridge univ. 67 Munched on