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20A. Place for a brewski : WATERING HOLE
35A. No longer valid : NULL AND VOID
42A. Imbalance of income distribution : ECONOMIC GAP
59A. Introductory remarks ... and, in a different sense, what the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across are : OPENING WORDS. Like many platitudes, there's really nothing there.
Argyle was here.
Across:
1. Crossword hint : CLUE. 78 in this puzzle.
5. Three-sided sails : JIBS
9. Crook : THIEF
14. Home plate crossings : RUNS. And 50. Crosses home plate : SCOREs
15. Middle layer of the eye : UVEA
16. Main blood vessel : AORTA
17. "Put a lid __!" : ON IT
18. Pickle containers : JARS
19. "No bid," in bridge : I PASS
23. Wood decay : DRY ROT
24. Keep in reserve : SAVE
25. Scientist Wernher __ Braun : VON
28. Ms. enclosure : SASE. Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope.
30. Affluent Los Angeles district : ENCINO
32. Bygone intl. carrier : TWA
38. "The __ of the Ancient Mariner" : RIME
40. Linden or Holbrook : HAL
41. Opening for a coin : SLOT
47. "That's __-brainer" : A NO
48. Credit card ID : ACCT NO
49. Feels poorly : AILS
51. Confucian "path" : TAO
52. Northern Nevada county or its seat : ELKO
55. Launched capsule : ROCKET
61. Insurance giant : AETNA
64. Baseball family name : ALOU
65. "The Scarlet Letter" letter : RED 'A'
66. '70s New York congresswoman Bella : ABZUG
67. Ore layer : VEIN
68. Qatari bigwig : EMIR
69. Rough up : ABUSE
70. Plays the wrong golf ball, say : ERRs
71. Witnesses : SEEs
Down:
1. Two : company :: three : __ : CROWD
2. __ Module: moon lander : LUNAR
3. Togetherness : UNITY
4. Fragrant compounds : ESTERS
5. Japanese self-defense method : JUJITSU. Literally, Soft Technique.
6. Netman Lendl : IVAN
7. Antarctic floaters : BERGs
8. Youngest Obama : SASHA
9. Caboose's place : TAIL END
10. Cross one's fingers : HOPE
11. Golden-yrs. income source : IRA
12. "Mars Attacks!" enemies, for short : ETs
13. Notes before sols : FAs
21. Reddish equine : ROAN
22. Where baguettes bake : OVEN
25. String quartet member : VIOLA
26. Vidalia veggie : ONION
27. Acknowledge with a head gesture : NOD TO
29. Pre-college, for short : EL-HI. Elementary- High.
31. Walgreens rival : CVS
32. Reward for a pet trick : TREAT
33. Modern witch's religion : WICCA
34. BP merger partner : AMOCO
36. Fond du __, Wisconsin : LAC
37. Pond organism : ALGA
39. Tonsillitis-treating MD : ENT
43. Recommended résumé length : ONE PAGE
44. Burrowing animal : MOLE
45. Pellet shooters : AIR GUNS
46. Work the fields : PLOW
53. Jack in a deck : KNAVE
54. Crude carrier : OILER
56. Krispy __: doughnut chain : KREME
57. Actor Redmayne of "The Theory of Everything" : EDDIE
58. Old Russian rulers : TSARs
59. Burden : ONUS
60. Gritty film genre : NOIR
61. Duracell size : AAA
62. Flow back : EBB
63. Shih __: Tibetan dog : TZU
Argyle
