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1A
Went from tween to teen, say
Aged
5A
Sensei’s teaching
Judo
9A
Stares slack-jawed
Gapes
14A
Roll to the runway
Taxi
15A
Rush-job initials
ASAP
16A
ERA part
Equal
17A
Kleenex, Sinex or Rolex
Brand Name
19A
Assisted living attendant
Nurse
20A
Better qualified
Abler
21A
Made beloved
Endeared
23A
Maggie Simpson or Stewie Griffin
Tot
24A
Mount Carmel’s land (Abbr.)
ISR
27A
It may be pierced or plugged
Ear
28A
Deeply ingrained habit
Second Nature
34A
View from a mountaintop, say
Panorama
37A
Flag pin’s place
Lapel
38A
Plus others, briefly
Etal
39A
Boombox component
Radio
42A
Sci-fi escape vessels
Pods
43A
Called a halt to
Ended
45A
Sort of
In a Sense
47A
Heaping chips-and-cheese fare
Loaded Nachos
50A
Obit, essentially
Bio
51A
Marauding horde member
Hun
52A
Unsettled issues
Ifs
55A
Guacamole needs
Avocados
60A
Farr of “M*A*S*H”
Jamie
62A
Fastener that’s “bucked”
Rivet
63A
Crime lab specimen, and a part of 17-, 28- and 47-Across
DNA Sample
66A
Totally absurd
Inane
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
67A
Nutty, slangily
Loco
68A
Like Clark Kent, but not Superman
Meek
69A
Arm-raising muscles, for short
Delts
70A
Barnyard females
Ewes
71A
Former GM make
Olds
1D
Ready for a pitch
At Bat
2D
Greta of “Grand Hotel”
Garbo
3D
Speak reverently of
Exalt
4D
Sup in style
Dine
5D
Brady who said, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”
Jan
6D
Letters on a Forever stamp
USA
7D
Many a titled Brit
Dame
8D
Began a Broadway run
Opened
9D
James Mattis was one
General
10D
Shade similar to turquoise
Aqua
11D
Manx murmur
Purr
12D
Comfortable state
Ease
13D
Coasting toy
Sled
18D
More thirsty
Drier
22D
Dapper (snappy dresser)
Dan
25D
Evidence of a laceration
Scar
26D
Oblong tomato
Roma
28D
Repaired, as a boot
Soled
29D
Comaneci with five gold medals
Nadia
30D
Captures on cassette
Tapes
31D
“Once” follower, in stories
Upon
32D
Wine list column
Reds
33D
Other than that
Else
34D
Marmalade tidbit
Peel
35D
Periodic table fig.
At No
36D
Zilch
Nada
40D
Screen dimension unit
Inch
41D
Diamond Head’s island
Oahu
44D
Pre-election face-offs
Debates
46D
Skating legend Henie
Sonja
48D
Served, as time
Did
49D
Lo mein morsel
Noodle
52D
Urge forward
Impel
53D
Placed in an archive
Filed
54D
Ferrets out
Seeks
55D
Like Death Valley
Arid
56D
Napa Valley climber
Vine
57D
Caplet shape
Oval
58D
Weight-and-fortune cost, once
Cent
59D
Cause of a white Christmas
Snow
61D
Shooter’s stockpile, briefly
Ammo
64D
Unreturned serve
Ace
65D
Sinking ship’s signal of old
SOS