17A. Fish-derived supplement : COD LIVER OIL This is one of those oddities where a scrambled version of a word can be built from either direction. Having to down a tablespoon of this supplement was one of the fears of childhood in my youth.
24A. Prince Charles' closetful : SAVILE ROW SUITS. The London street where the Tailors toil.
37A. Leaving the jurisdiction, perhaps : PAROLE VIOLATION. The legal system has gone away from Parole to a new type of supervised release.
48A. 1982 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts hit : I LOVE ROCK'N ROLL.
1. Famiglia nickname : MAMMA. Italian for family.
6. Celtic language : WELSH. One of 4 which remain spoken. I wonder why the basketball team was never pronounced the "keltics.'
11. Base enforcers, briefly : MPS. Military Police. Interesting because it is a plural but no place to put the S.
14. Menu listings : ITEMS.
15. Muse with a lyre : ERATO. She appears so often I am no longer amused.
16. Bugler in a forest : ELK.
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19. Behold : SEE.
20. Diners Club competitor : AMEX. I think American Express would debate this clue.
21. Binding promise : I DO. And you will.
22. Tool that's not for crosscuts : RIP SAW. I hope you have SEEN all the types of saws. Maybe Splynter will come by and give more personal information on sawing.
27. Title stuffed bear in a 2012 film : TED. More from the mind of Seth McFarlane. TRAILER. (2:07)
28. Valley where Hercules slew a lion : NEMEA. The first of his labors. LINK.
29. Site of the Alaska Purchase transfer ceremony : SITKA.
33. Blues home: Abbr. : STL. The hockey franchise.
34. Cellular messengers : RNAS.
41. Brest pals : AMIS. I think it works better with milk.
42. Most soldiers : MEN.
43. Hall of Fame umpire Conlan : JOCKO. Those of us who love baseball and study the game know this MAN, but I cannot imagine many here know the name.
44. App writer : CODER. My meh of the day.
46. "... against a __ of troubles": Hamlet : SEA. Take arms...
54. Luxury watch : BULOVA
55. Bailed-out insurance co. : AIG
56. Mislead : FOOL
58. "The Prague Cemetery" novelist : ECO
59. Literary orphan ... and what 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across each contains? : OLIVER TWIST,
62. It may be fresh or stale : AIR
63. Milk source : UDDER
64. Sculled : OARED
65. House and Howser : MDS
66. Bygone monarchs : TSARS
67. Winemaking tool : PRESS
Down:
1. Mineral found in sheets : MICA
2. Basic matter : ATOMS
3. Vengeful sorceress of myth : MEDEA
4. Appomattox bicentennial year : MMLXV
5. Faulkner's "__ Lay Dying" : ASI
6. Did lawn work : WEEDED
7. Proofer's find : ERROR
8. Thai native : LAO
9. Last words in a drink recipe, perhaps : STIRWELL
10. "Total patient" treatment : HOLISM
11. Like one expected to deliver? : MESSIANIC
12. Fabric fold : PLEAT
13. Slants : SKEWS
18. Revolting : VILE
23. __ Rico : PUERTO
25. Angled ltrs. : ITAL
26. Not misled by : ONTO
29. Where to get wraps and scrubs : SPA
30. "Are you going?" response : IAM
31. French and Italian flags : TRICOLORS
32. Disputed Balkan republic : KOSOVO
33. Vice principle : SIN
35. Hunky-dory : AOK
36. __-cone : SNO
38. Taurus birthstones, perhaps : EMERALDS
39. Florida's __ Beach : VERO
40. Out of a jamb? : AJAR
45. Pious : DEVOUT
46. They're often on a slippery slope : SKIERS
47. MIT grad, often : ENGR
48. Construction girder : IBEAM
49. Understandable : LUCID
50. Underground worker : CAVER
51. Sun Tzu's "The Art __" : OFWAR
52. Longest river in France : LOIRE
53. Gets knocked off : LOSES
57. Old Fords : LTDS
60. Gilbert and Sullivan princess : IDA
61. Part of an inning : TOP
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