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This week's theme: Vanquishers & Villains

Across

1. * It (with #52D) was vanquished by the conquistador, Hernán Cortés
6. * One would be propelled with oars (See #40A for a Related Clue)
10. taes a sekaT
14. Works hard
15. Cracker spread
16. Make-A-Word! _-c-_-i-e-_-_ (Accomplish)
17. Mr. Chaney
18. Region
19. Make-A-Word! _-_-h-e-_-_ (Warm up leftovers)
20. Bronze money
22. * smitciV rof yna wohs t'nod snialliV
24. Movie rating, for short
25. Canadian prov.
26. Q. "Is ___ _ baseball term?" A. "Yes."
28. 24 hr. banker
29. Not later
31. * King of the Huns who was feared for his savagery
33. Chic hit, with Freak
34. Well-nigh
36. Topping on a hamburger, without the "on"
37. Classic opera
39. Egg mass
40. * Battles for Berserkers
45. Suffix that means "Similar"
46. Office attire
47. Break one of the Ten Commandments
48. stah hsittocS
50. French pronoun (bkwds.)
51. * What the Conquerors often made the Conquerees do
54. Greenish-Blue ...all jumbled up?
56. Presidential monogram
57. trohs rof ,yrnopaeW
59. Green Light meaning
61. Ms. O'Donnell, for short
62. * Athenian who made harsh laws
64. Stir Fry need
65. Mr. Korbut
67. Appear to be
68. Will Smith movie
70. Nirvana hit: "Smells Like ___ Spirit"
71. Root vegetable
72. * Conquer = To subdue or defeat by ___
74. Wooded hill
75. Glorious Garden
76. * Plunder (Take from the conquered)

Down

1. * Enemies, often
2. dlrow s'yhtoroD
3. * The Treaties of ___: In 1807, they were signed by the French with the Russians and with the Prussians after Napoleon's victories over Russia and Prussia
4. Jeff Lynne's gr.
5. "Teach Your Children" gr.
6. * Agesilaus II: King who was the commander of the army of ___ throughout most of its supremacy in Greece
7. Abbott & Costello movie: "Lost in a ___" (1944)
8. Particular
9. Type of soup
10. * ___ II: King of Assyria and founder of the last Assyrian dynasty who deported the Israelites throughout Assyria, making them the "Lost Tribes of Israel"
11. * ___ Terrible (Russian tsar who reigned terror against upper nobility)
12. * With #11D
13. * To the Villages of the Vanquished, Villains would do it
21. slap ot ,nlocniL .rM
23. * In 40 A.D., his army plundered the inhabitants of Gaul
24. European river
27. tiB
29. * To conquer the Holy Land from the Muslims, European Christians took part in them (bkwds.)
30. * Ruthless Roman Ruler
32. Rest stops for travelers
33. Ms. Tyler the Actress
35. Perfume by Cacharel (bkwds.)
37. Stepped-on bug
38. "Yeah, right!"
40. * Member of a group that raided Roman territories
41. Belief
42. * Genghis ___ (Mongol conqueror --See #51D for a Related Clue)
43. * Thutmose ___: King of Egypt who conquered Syria
44. Subject matter, for short
49. * Oppressive ruler
51. * Mongol tribes, for example (bkwds.)
52. * See #1A
53. Sort of Sheep ...all shook up?
55. Atomic #27
56. Brother: French
58. * Conqueror of Satan = Michael the Arch___
60. Margarine
62. * How a law-breaker during the time of #62A would often wind up
63. Lummoxes
66. Styling product
67. * Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.
69. Parcel of land
73. Locale of L.A.