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Across
1. * Exclaimed in 1913: "Wow! ___ you see that new Word-Cross in the Fun Section of the Sunday New York World? I'm hooked!"
4. * Honor bestowed to a Crossword Constructor who creates an exceptional puzzle for #53D: The Margaret ___ (Named for Margaret Farrar, an editor of the world's first Crossword Puzzle Book)
9. Compass point
12. Lukewarm
14. * #10D have been around since ancient times, and an example of one was found in the ___ ruins of Pompeii
15. * People who solve x-words probably have high ones!
16. Atlantic, for one
17. * Synonym finder (Aid for solving puzzles)
19. "Star Wars" (1977) character, minus the "R2-"
20. Famous television show
22. Bird in a Barnyard ...gone bananas?
23. TV Network that airs "Biography": __ & __
24. Perfectionist's wish: "I want everything to be __ __ that things run smoothly."
26. Sorts of Seabirds
29. Said in a Salon: "___ my favorite hair removal product."
31. Overly inquisitive (var. sp. & bkwds.)
32. David or Northrop
33. Woodwind instrument
34. * Crossword Constructor's Comment: "I have ___ the grid on graph paper before I can begin filling in the answers."
36. Raise
38. Sort of vehicle
39. Agile
40. Bun in a Basket ...but it's backwards?
42. Not stale, without the "Fr"
44. Trendy
45. * Said by a Solver: "One day, I'd like to make a ___ out of creating the puzzles, as well."
48. Wander
50. "?epicer siht ni dedeen si gge ___ wonk uoy oD" :ssalC gnikooC ni deksA
52. Certain letter of the alphabet (pl.)
54. Two-door car
55. Posh school in Britain
56. Comment made by a Presley Fan: "My favorite Elvis movie __ __ Blues."
57. PM opposite
58. Medical term (for short) concerning blood
60. "Bye-Bye!"
62. Hesitant sound
63. * For Example: 15 x 15. 17 x 17. 21 x 21.
67. "Pen" in French
69. Part on a foot (bkwds.)
70. "!___ dlrow ediw elohw eht ni nosrep etirovaf yM" :draC gniteerG a no egasseM
71. Nut
72. .stuB .sdnA .___
73. Picture element
74. Steven Spielberg, for short
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Down
1. * Date the Word-Cross (original name of the Crossword) appeared for the first time, in 1913, in the NY World newspaper
2. Complain, without the "Gr"
3. * Like the very first Word-Cross
4. * Creator of the first crossword (See #1A, #1D, #3D, #42D and #47D for Related Clues)
5. To what extent (bkwds.)
6. * Crossword Puzzle, without the "Word G"
7. * Correct an answer penciled into a crossword puzzle, without the "E"
8. * ".___ yranoitcid doog a evah ot ekil syawla I ,drowssorc a gnivlos nehW" :revloS a yb diaS
9. Knight's title
10. * Basis for primitive crossword puzzles: Word ___
11. * They are usually at the ends of answers to clues written in the plural
12. Now
13. Genetic letters
18. * Like the majority of words in crossword solutions
21. Tourists might go on one in Africa
25. Calming, without the "thing"
27. State in the U.S.A.
28. * Things under ACROSS or DOWN (bkwds.)
30. Promissory note
35. Member (Initials) of Led Zeppelin
37. Wondered whilst flipping through the Fashion Magazine: "I wonder how ___ model would look without any makeup on."
41. Alternative word
42. * ___ stseuqer ni tnes sredaer ,tubed sti edam ssorC-droW tsrif eht retfA
43. French coin
46. Look ...but in a backward way?
47. * Because of support from the New York World's readers, the Word-Cross became a ___ feature in the Sunday paper
49. * Said by a Solver: "I like to use pencil when solving a puzzle because I don't want to ___ the puzzle with pen, should I make a mistake."
51. In the location of
53. * Publishers of the world's first Crossword Puzzle Book, on April 10th, 1924: ___ & Schuster
54. Things in zoos
59. Q. "What's the capital of Brazil?" A. "It's __ _ think ...or at least it used to be."
61. Cooking measurement, commonly
64. Record of travel, without the "nerary"
65. Flipped around alphabet ender
66. Direction on a compass
68. Frozen ...flipped around?
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