"Mirror Ends"
20. Horse sense: STREET SMARTS.
28. Main attraction: DRAWING CARD.
36. Test proctor's reminder: TIME LIMIT.
49. Hard-boiled genre: NOIR FICTION.
56. Its measurements include liters and grams: METRIC SYSTEM.
Across:
1. Publisher Alfred: KNOPF. The person and the company.
6. Spur to action: PROD.
10. Mus. key with three sharps: AMAJ. A major.
14. Lost cause: GONER.
15. Overconfident racer of fable: HARE.
16. Hawaiian island: OAHU.
17. Hawaii or Alaska: STATE.
18. Oil gp. that includes 57-Down: OPEC. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
19. Take a load off: REST.
23. Pool tool: CUE.
24. Try to win: WOO.
25. Colonel Sanders facial feature: GOATEE.
32. Lab maze navigator: RAT.
33. Letter flourish: SERIF.
34. "... good witch, __ bad witch?": OR A.
35. Angry or achy: SORE.
40. Soap units: BARS.
43. Gold in Granada: ORO.
44. Semiaquatic salamanders: NEWTS.
48. The "A" in "IPA": ALE.
52. Like Easter eggs before the hunt: HIDDEN.
54. Duct opening?: OVI. "In vertebrates, other than mammals, the passageway from the ovaries to the outside of the body is known as the oviduct. In female mammals this passageway is known as the uterine tube or Fallopian tube." Wikipedia.
55. Debate side: PRO. The affirmative side. An argument in favor of a course of action.
60. Squared up: EVEN.
62. Tax-sheltered plans: Abbr.: IRAs. Individual Retirement Accounts
63. More than suggest: ORDER. Last Tuesday's crossword by Bruce Haight and his daughter Natalie Murphy had many punny "Orders."
65. Partial view?: BIAS. As in partiality. Favoritism.
66. Scandinavian language: SAMI. "...the language has given way to the various official national languages."
67. Circular: ROUND.
68. Decrease: BATE.
69. Organic compound: ENOL. Remember the clue. Almost always, the crossword answer is enol.
70. Sch. district VIPs: SUPTS. Superintendents. The CEO of a school district.
Down:
1. 56-Across wts.: KGS. Kilograms in the metric system. About 2.2 pounds in the avoirdupois weight system.
2. On the fence: NOT SURE.
3. Winning like crazy: ON A TEAR. Like the Boston Red Sox this year. They have a shot at the all time record for wins in a season. Having already clinched a playoff spot, the Red Sox have a 27 % chance to win the World Series. The Houston Astros follow next at 24 %. Then the Dodgers, the Cubs, and the Indians.
4. Korda of '80s-'90s tennis: PETR. His two daughters are golfers competing on the LPGA tour, and his son is the third-ranked junior tennis player in the world.
5. Library amenity: FREE WIFI.
6. Camera buff, for short: PHOTOG. Like this guy and gal getting ready for pictures of the eclipse.
7. Shoots the breeze: RAPS.
8. Utah city near Provo: OREM.
9. 10-point star polygon: DECAGRAM. "In geometry, a decagram is a 10-point star polygon. There is one regular decagram, containing the vertices of a regular decagon, but connected by every third point. Its Schläfli symbol is {10/3}. The name decagram combine a numeral prefix, deca-, with the Greek suffix -gram." Wikipedia
10. Main blood vessel: AORTA.
11. Orchestra leader: MAESTRO. A Top Twenty List
12. Contented sighs: AHS.
13. Stick (out): JUT.
21. Years and years: EON.
22. Word after fuel or fly: ROD. One may be used for fission; the other may be used for fishin'.
23. LP successors: CDs.
26. Cup handle: EAR.
27. Season after printemps: ETE. Printemps - Première saison de l'année. Saison située entre l'hiver et l'été, caractérisée par des jours plus longs, une température plus douce, une végétation renaissante. Ete - Saison de l'année commençant au solstice de juin pour finir à l'équinoxe de septembre. Gén., la période chaude au milieu de l'année. Give Google Translate a try.
29. Erma Bombeck's "At __ End": WIT'S. “Childhood is a time for pretending and trying on maturity to see if it fits or hangs baggy, tastes good or bitter, smells nice or fills your lungs with smoke that makes you cough. It's sharing licks on the same sucker with your best friend before you discover germs. It's not knowing how much a house cost, and caring less. It's going to bed in the summer with dirty feet on clean sheets. It's thinking anyone over fifteen is 'ancient'. It's absorbing ideas, knowledge, and people like a giant sponge. Childhood is where 'competition' is a baseball game and 'responsibility' is a paper route.” - Erma Bombeck
30. Décor choice: COLOR.
31. MLB's D-backs: ARI. Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamonbacks. As of this writing, owners of an 8% chance to make the playoffs.
35. Editorial "let it stand": STET.
37. Event often visible in the evening sky: MOONRISE.
38. "__ tu": Verdi aria: ERI.
39. Cutting teeth: INCISORS.
40. Derisive interjection: BAH. Humbug ! Ebenezer Scrooge.
41. "Rope-a-dope" boxer: ALI. Muhammad Ali created and used this strategy to defeat the heavily favored George Foreman in the world championship bout known as The Rumble in the Jungle.
42. Paleo diet protein source: RED MEAT.
45. Took care of, as a spill: WIPED UP.
46. Annoy persistently: TORMENT.
47. __-cone: summer treat: SNO.
49. Safety feature at a trapeze school: NET. Learning to Fall
50. La Brea discovery: FOSSIL.
51. Wall-climbing plant: IVY.
53. Slow on the uptake: DENSE.
57. Pakistan neighbor: IRAN.
58. "Duck Dynasty" attire, for short: CAMO. Camouflage. Duck Dynasty is a reality television program on A&E.
59. Pants, briefly: TROU. Trousers
60. Flow back, as a tide: EBB.
61. By way of: VIA.
64. Ave. and st.: RDS. Roads
