Across
1. One or two tablets, say : DOSE
5. Lead-in to punk or Cuban, in music : AFRO
9. Adjust, as an alarm clock : RESET
14. “___, Brute?” : ETTU
15. Sand wedge, for one : IRON
16. Justice Kagan : ELENA
17. Classic activity for family night : BOARDGAME
19. Card groupings in canasta : MELDS
20. Barbershop quartet voice : TENOR
21. Tent, backpack, hiking shoes, etc. : GEAR
23. Money execs : CFOS
24. Carson’s predecessor on “The Tonight Show” : PAAR
26. Bad thing to go flat : CARTIRE
28. Serving in a bowl with milk : BREAKFASTCEREAL
32. Resistance unit : OHM
33. Sicilian volcano : ETNA
34. Colorful pond fish : KOI
35. Imbecile : BOOB
37. Girl group that’s also the name of a cable channel : TLC
39. “___ Mia” (1965 #4 hit for Jay & the Americans) : CARA
43. One of two parts of a shirt : ARM
46. “He was,” in Latin : ERAT
49. ___ and cheese : MAC
50. Periodical format not much seen nowadays : PICTUREMAGAZINE
55. Like a pet dog from a pound : ADOPTED
56. Radius, for one : BONE
57. Meyers of “Late Night” : SETH
58. Frisbee, e.g. : DISC
60. “On the Waterfront” director Elia : KAZAN
64. Suppressed : SATON
66. Comment of resignation applicable to 17-, 28- and 50-Across? : THATSLIFE
68. Agreeing (with) : ATONE
69. Acorn producers : OAKS
70. Actor and bridge expert Sharif : OMAR
71. Something to believe in : TENET
72. Perlman of “Cheers” : RHEA
73. Luau tuber : TARO
Down
1. What many college students accrue : DEBT
2. Siouan people : OTOE
3. Lee of Marvel Comics : STAN
4. Moon of Jupiter : EUROPA
5. Insurance giant bailed out in the Great Recession : AIG
6. Like potpourri : FRAGRANT
7. Home of the Circus Maximus : ROME
8. Without intermission, as a play : ONEACT
9. Period of sleep with dreaming : REM
10. Crowd-wowing : ELECTRIC
11. Pic from a stick : SELFIE
12. “Bewitched” witch, in 1960s TV : ENDORA
13. Mortarboard trim : TASSEL
18. Male duck : DRAKE
22. Deer hunter’s trophy : RACK
25. Rear, at sea : AFT
27. Competitor of the Essex or Hupmobile : REO
28. Weave’s partner : BOB
29. Greek “P” : RHO
30. Expressive rock style : EMO
31. Westernmost state capital in the contiguous United States : SALEM
36. Gotham City hotline : BATPHONE
38. Seafood item often served with a lemon wedge : CRABCAKE
40. “Who ___?” (amnesiac’s query) : AMI
41. Did a 5K, say : RAN
42. Quickest tennis point : ACE
44. Dirt road feature : RUT
45. Talking horse of ’60s TV : MRED
47. “It’s ___” (“O.K. for liftoff”) : AGO
48. Scuba necessities : TANKS
50. Volkswagen sedan : PASSAT
51. Dream up : IDEATE
52. T-shirt material : COTTON
53. Letter to the ___ : EDITOR
54. Fanatical supporter : ZEALOT
59. Political figure granted asylum by Anwar Sadat : SHAH
61. Product of the Coors Brewing Company : ZIMA
62. A ways away : AFAR
63. Leader whose death sparked the Year of the Four Emperors : NERO
65. Shrimper’s accessory : NET
67. Baggage checker at the airport, for short : TSA
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