ACROSS

1. Card game for three

5. Average grades

9. Four Holy Roman emperors

14. Sampras of tennis

15. Other, to Ortega

16. Actor Reeves

17. Overlay with wood

18. Sierra Club founder John

19. Corset tightener

20. Diner order

23. Part of RSVP

24. “Whazzat?”

25. Back muscle, for short

28. “The King and I” co-star

31. Capacity

36. “Last one ___ a rotten egg!”

38. Familia members

40. Single-celled organism

41. Secret teller's lead-in

44. Loosen up

45. Put on

46. Visible

47. Syrian city

49. Mariner Ericson

51. NFL linemen: Abbr.

52. Water under le pont

54. Sportscaster Scully

56. Former Washington duo

65. Japanese dish

66. Not e'en once

67. Ones in suits

68. “Escales” composer

69. D'Urberville lass

70. “__ boy!”

71. Bristles

72. “Vissi d'_____,” Puccini aria

73. They may be rolled

DOWN

1. Where stray cats strut

2. Retain

3. Eagerly expectant

4. Informs

5. Whole

6. Pins and needles holder

7. Niagara's source

8. Singer Vaughan

9. State of USA

10. Bulls or Bears

11. Tex-Mex snack

12. Lacking width and depth

13. Confident

21. Apt. feature, in the classifieds

22. Sweetie, across the pond

25. Seventh sign of the zodiac

26. Slippery as ___

27. Sir or madam

29. Circular band

30. Shade of blue

32. Basketball coach Kruger and namesakes

33. Beneath

34. “Oleanna” playwright

35. Perfect spots

37. Give and take

39. Peau de __: satin-weave cloth

42. Speed up

43. Cosmos

48. Granola morsel

50. Cone maker

53. Range that includes Kings Peak

55. Author Marsh

56. Warts and all

57. Lubricate

58. “I'd hate to break up ___”

59. Drag racing org.

60. Noble

61. Terminator's target

62. Eight: Comb. form

63. Take it easy

64. Those, to Teresa

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