June 20, 2014, Jacob Stulberg

24A Source of much government history : NATIONAL ARCHIVE.

32A Tax-exempt outlet : DUTY FREE SHOP

40A. Theme of many a ballad : ROMANTIC LOVE.

50A. Warning to a would-be rebel : DON'T ROCK THE BOAT.

18A. With 56-Across, memorable snack food slogan ... or a hint to what's hidden at the end of 24-, 32-, 40- and 50-Across : BETCHA CAN'T. and 56A. See 18-Across : EAT JUST ONE.

Across:

1. "Good one!" : HA HA.

5. See 55-Across : PAUL. More cross-referencing.55A. With 5-Across, musician for whom a classic Gibson guitar model is named : LES. The inventor of the electric guitar, and pioneer with his wife Mary Ford.

9. Lexicographer's concern : USAGE.

14. Dutch export : EDAM. Cheesy answer.

15. Big Apple sch. : CCNY. The City College New York. Actually part of the CUNY system, so the full name is the The City College of the City University New York LINK.

16. Procreates : SIRES.

17. Monk's wear : ROBE.

20. Company name tag? : INC.

22. Glass on a radio : IRA.

23. Symbol of industry : BEE. Busy as a...

30. Campaign staple : ORATION.

31. Surveillance device : SPYCAM.

35. Crash site initials : EMS.

36. Eggs that may be served with grits : ROE.

37. Roadside purchase : GAS.

46. 1980s Mets relief star Jesse : OROSCO.

49. Like some elephants : ASIATIC.

53. Souse's woe : DTS.

54. A little light : RAY.

61. Bound : LEAP.

64. Desolate : STARK. Where they lived, Winterfell, was all of that.

65. Series curtailer : ETAL.

66. They lack pelvic fins : EELS. Well, I have a pelvis...

67. Short and sweet : TERSE. Sweet in a not very sweet way.

68. Deprives (of) : ROBS. Tempted to write ROBB just to be consistent.

69. June observance : D-DAY. We always should thank the soldiers and their families,


Down:

1. Start of some royal titles : HER. Does PIA count as the rest of the expression?

2. Flap : ADO. Is quiet adont?

3. Rainforests, for many : HABITATS. Wonderful people building and helping others.

4. Hotel pool, say : AMENITY.

5. Banned chem. pollutant : PCB.

6. More than just pass : ACE.

7. No later than : UNTIL.

8. Wet suit material : LYCRA.

9. "Covert Affairs" airer : USA. The network not the country.

10. [Not my typo] : SIC. Latin for thus.

11. Like some numerals : ARABIC. Like 1, 2, 3 etc.

12. YMCA world headquarters city : GENEVA. Never knew this.

13. Value : ESTEEM. How do Italians remove wrinkles?

19. Desolate : HARSH.

21. Do : COIF.

24. Bump on a branch : NODE. Much better than being a bump on a log.

25. Calla lily family : ARUM.

26. Logical connector : NOR.

27. End of __ : AN ERA.

28. Nav. noncom : CPO. Chief Petty Officer.

29. Right triangle part: Abbr. : HYPotenuse.

33. Quite a stretch : EON.

34. Ripped into : SET AT.

37. Deteriorate : GO TO SEED. Always wondered about this expression since seeds begin life, but then as vegatables go abd...
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38. Adidas competitor : AVIA.

39. Religious faction : SECT.

40. Queue after Q : RST.

41. Text-scanning technology, briefly : OCR.,Optical character recognition,

42. Secures, in a way : MOORS. How many own boats?

43. Native suffix : ISH. Moorish, Turkish, Spanish

44. Sky, to Sarkozy : CIEL.  Simple French.

45. Called : LABELED.

46. Most unusual : ODDEST.

47. Perform a pirouette, say : ROTATE.

48. GM navigation system : ONSTAR.

51. Supply with a spread : CATER.

52. City near Lake Biwa : KYOTO.

57. PSAT takers : JRS.

58. Luau entertainment feature : UKE.

59. Pinch : NAB.

60. Some Bronx lines : ELS. We culdn't have Ernie again so soon.

62. Like : A LA.as Splynter would say, frawnch.

63. Would-be social worker's maj. : PSYchology.Mine in undergraduate and graduate study.