themeless 39 { solution! }
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| 1. | ___ of tears |
| 5. | Heraldic band |
| 9. | Time of madness? |
| 14. | Throughout |
| 15. | Neglect to say |
| 16. | Renée Fleming's milieu |
| 17. | Ride with a steak under the saddle, perhaps? |
| 19. | Sheer |
| 20. | Structural support |
| 21. | Fancy fetes |
| 23. | Agent, briefly |
| 24. | Barbarian |
| 25. | Scenes of many close shaves |
| 28. | Fabric made from beech trees |
| 29. | Early Ford competitor |
| 30. | Befitting |
| 33. | Hoops trio |
| 37. | Jon ___, leader of the jazz band Stay Human |
| 38. | Popular Thanksgiving fundraising event |
| 41. | Letters for Gorbachev? |
| 42. | Winner of a ribbon other than blue |
| 43. | Fade away |
| 46. | Snakes |
| 47. | They come on at intermission |
| 51. | Party food offering |
| 54. | Devilkin |
| 55. | Guitar accessory |
| 56. | Roughly, datewise |
| 58. | Savvy about |
| 60. | Double whammy for some exes |
| 62. | Word after free or secret |
| 63. | It gets to a point |
| 64. | Piece of evidence |
| 65. | Pastry shop display |
| 66. | Jet lag is usually worse heading this way |
| 67. | Shot in the arm, for short |
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| 1. | Prophetical |
| 2. | Protoplasmic creature: var. |
| 3. | Like many jackets and swimsuits |
| 4. | Icelandic literary work |
| 5. | "___ No One," track off the Beatles' Revolver album |
| 6. | Move abroad |
| 7. | Pretty big |
| 8. | Inscribed stone marker |
| 9. | Much-abused hair product of the 1980s |
| 10. | Clever |
| 11. | Throwback style |
| 12. | Weirdo |
| 13. | Plucked instruments |
| 18. | Do some relief work? |
| 22. | PATH station info |
| 26. | Mine entrance |
| 27. | They get put out to pasture |
| 28. | Curtain fabrics |
| 30. | ___ Simbel, temples relocated for Lake Nasser |
| 31. | Dance step |
| 32. | Bad things to collect on a driver's lic. |
| 34. | Canal site |
| 35. | Winter woe |
| 36. | Virgo's mo. |
| 38. | Map markers, at times |
| 39. | Part of NIH |
| 40. | Department 56 parent company |
| 42. | Royal trappings |
| 44. | Infatuates |
| 45. | Lunch order, initially |
| 47. | Set of cymbals |
| 48. | Watch brand |
| 49. | Sole attachment |
| 50. | Having a meltdown |
| 51. | How Steven Wright tells jokes |
| 52. | Freeze over, as a windshield |
| 53. | Toyota Tercel cousin |
| 57. | Move slowly |
| 59. | Dynamite stuff |
| 61. | Citi Field player |
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