By Joe DiPietro

Across 

1. “Moby Dick” captain
5. Wear by rubbing
11. James Bond, for one
14. Dress lines
15. Shutter part
16. Where “she blows”
18. What “Survivor” is about?
20. Senate employee
21. It’s often in a pickle
22. Actor McKellen
23. Richmond of “Mo’ Better Blues”
25. Prune
26. Conger, for one
28. Singer Cantrell
29. Racket swinger’s org.
31. What “Punk’d” is about?
35. It may be heard from the herd
37. “Just like me”
38. Intertwines
39. “Suicide Blonde” rock group
41. Olin of “Chocolat”
43. 100 yrs.
44. What “Pimp My Ride” is about
51. Umenyiora of the N.Y. Giants
52. Old phone feature
53. Sub
54. Place
58. Beauty queen’s crown
61. Draft device
62. What “America’s Most Wanted” is about?
65. Coffeehouse choice
66. ___-X
67. Like propellers
70. This bites
71. Scottish refusals
73. A 2 may stand for it: Abbr.
75. Early late-night name
76. Muddy up
78. What “Dog the Bounty Hunter” is about?
81. Log-burning time
82. Fruit and cereal mix
83. Charlton Heston title role
84. ___-Mex
85. Sen. Thurmond, et al.
86. Feds

Down 

1. Hawk’s home
2. Try to get a ride
3. English novelist Eric
4. “Be prepared” org
5. Thomas ___ Edison
6. Blessing
7. Tiresome grind
8. With enthusiasm
9. Catherine of “The Convent”
10. Proof word
11. “It’s the racer’s edge”
12. Like cucumber or a banana, maybe
13. “I give up”
14. Chlamydia and others: Abbr.
17. Lap again
19. Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant builder
24. Protons’ places
27. Frozen Wasser
28. Start the betting on the first round, in poker
30. Stop the flow of
32. Shiva’s wife
33. Improve, as text
34. Rainfall measure
35. Took the bait
36. Santa ___ winds
40. Laggard
42. Be of use
45. Certain Japanese
46. Baptism, for one
47. Carrier to Ben Gurion Airport
48. David Bowie #1 hit of 1983
49. Pitcher’s stat
50. Soak (up)
54. Beatified mother
55. Resolve, as differences
56. Felt
57. Barely beat
59. Temple V.I.P.
60. Feel crummy
63. Evening bell
64. Flamethrower fuel
68. Like some kitchens
69. Scott in a famous court case
72. Places to pick up cabbage?
73. Thin haze
74. Auspices: Var.
77. Big Apple ave.
79. Letters on a brandy label
80. Journey segment

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