Crossword

Ben Tausig May 23, 2012

1.	Quartet that broke out in spring 1972, and the scheme of this puzzle's theme
5.	Spot on the tube
9.	They may be herniated
14.	Got to third base, say
15.	"Don't be a stranger"
16.	Cheri of comedy
17.	Sift through
18.	Small dead fish left in someone's bed?
20.	Big name in pest control
22.	Outbursts from Bart, at times
23.	Buddy
24.	Formalwear worn in a '90s workout video?
27.	Summer on the Seine
28.	New South Wales airport code
29.	Focus of a 2012 NYC sports craze
30.	Egyptian god of the underworld
32.	Offer accepters
35.	Corp. moneymen
36.	Nutritious grain à la Phoenix?
40.	"You ___ my battleship!"
41.	Solicit, as business
42.	Grinding sameness
45.	Mystery writer buried in Baltimore
46.	"Here's the answer at last!"
49.	Grammy winner Kool Moe ___
50.	Goalie with a bounce in his step?
54.	Do the wrong thing
55.	Brought in, as a crowd
56.	Birth-related
57.	Ancient Scientology dictator selling papers on the street?
61.	Penne cousin
62.	"Wicked Game" singer Chris
63.	North Carolina liberal arts school
64.	Part of YSL
65.	Prepare, as hair
66.	Faction
67.	Organs used in balance

Ben Tausig

Mod scarves	.1
DVD alternative	.2
Stiffed	.3
Perform in the Upright Citizens Brigade, say	.4
Channel that shows RKO films	.5
1973 Super Bowl number	.6
Dad's competition	.7
Prohibition beginning?	.8
Uses a divining rod	.9
Judge Lance of crosswords	.10
Marine's motto	.11
Subject of religious myths	.12
Pure	.13
2012 Obama campaign kickoff state	.19
He directed DiCaprio in "Inception"	.21
Anti-apartheid activist Stephen	.25
Year in the life of Confucius	.26
"Word" spelled aloud by naive third graders	.31
Torch type on some bar patios	.32
___ Nabisco	.33
Thick with fog	.34
Most flamboyant, say	.36
Happening	.37
In a frenzy	.38
Mercury group	.39
Site of a noted Parisian basilica	.40
Longtime New Yorker author John	.43
Paltry	.44
IBM model from 1994-2001	.46
Fastball, in baseball slang	.47
HBO sitcom about an agent	.48
Critic Reed and football coach Ryan	.51
Rapper Talib who feuded with Fox News	.52
Rapper who feuded with Dr. Dre	.53
Actor Mineo	.58
Wynken and Blynken's partner	.59
Serge Gainsbourg's "___ Petite Tasse d'Anxieté"	.60

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