A note accompanies this Monday crossword: “When this puzzle is done, the circled letters, reading from left to right and top to bottom, will reveal who wrote the seven songs in the theme.” — LENNON and MCCARTNEY. The seven songs:
LET IT BE (20A. 1970 song with the lyric “Whisper words of wisdom”)
NOWHERE MAN (21A. 1965 song with the lyric “Isn’t he a bit like you and me?”)
GOLDEN SLUMBERS (28A. 1969 song with the lyric “Once there was a way to get back homeward”)
MICHELLE (38A. 1965 song with the lyric “These are words that go together well”)
WE CAN WORK IT OUT (46A. 1965 song with the lyric “Think of what you’re saying”
REVOLUTION (57A. 1968 song with the lyric “We all want to change the world”)
HEY JUDE (61A. 1968 song with the yric “Remember to let her into your heart”)
Other — “For ALL WE know …“, BOO-BOOS, CON JOB, GO STALE, GO NOW, “C’est la GUERRE”, HOOKE, ISLETS, KNOT UP, KANSAS, KISS-UPS (8A. Sycophants, slangily), OCEANIA, OLIVE, Stark RAVING mad, RICE U, SAINTE, SLANT, THE HULK, THOMAS Nast, UNPOSED, UNREAL and UNSEEN.
Short stuff — ABLE, “Amos ‘n’ ANDY“, ANI, CAY, CHUB, COHN, COW and SCOW, “In excelsis DEO“, EASE, EAT, EMIL, END, ENTO, ESO and OSO and USO, FAN, FOLK, GENE, GPS, Feel in one’s GUT, HYPO, ICE, ILL, INCA and INCH, ITE, ITNO and ITOO, KOLN, LCDS, LYE, MIAS, NOBS, NOV, NUT, NYSE, ODDS, OENO, OTOE, Mr. PIBB, REDS, SAES, SET, TAU, UAL, UNH, “Do UNTO others …”, WAIL, ZEST, ZION.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Piquancy; 15. 1/12 of a ruler; 16. Durham sch.; 17. South Pacific region; 18. Nebraska tribe; 19. “___ Beso” (Paul Anka hit); 24. Wealthy Brits; 25. Fictitious; 26. Chow down; 33. Common people; 34. Lament loudly; 35. Sick; 37. Singer DiFranco; 42. Low island; 43. Election mo.; 44. “Am ___ late?”; 45. Heredity unit; 52. Bear: Sp.; 53. Nebraska neighbor; 54. McCarthy-era attorney Roy; 64. Suffix with zinc; 66. Candid, as a photo; 67. Pecan or cashew; 68. Some HDTV screens; 69. Slip-ups; 70. Car rte. Displayer; 71. Comfort. — DOWN: 1. Jewish homeland; 2. Inner: Prefix; 3. Garbage boat; 4. One of filmdom’s Avengers; 6. Invisible; 7. Cartoonist Nast; 8. German cathedral city; 9. Cold cube; 10. Sink, as the sun; 11. Jeanne d’Arc, e.g.; Mr. ___ (soft drink); 14. Mailing encls.; 22. Conclusion 26. Disney’s “___ and the Detectives”; 27. Up to the task; 28. First Moody Blues hit; 29. Martini garnish; 30. Delta competitor: Abbr.; 31. Houston sch.; 32. Bias; 33. Enthusiast; 36. Soapmaking stuff; 38. Unaccounted-for G.I.’s; 39. “Pay ___ mind”; 40. Mooer; 41. Physicist with a law; 45. Lose freshness; 47. Scam; 49. Get tense and hard, as a muscle; 50. Archipelago bits; 51. Letter after sigma; 54. Common bait fish; 55. Wine: Prefix; 56. Syringe, for short; 57. Cherry and ruby; 58. Ancient Peruvian; 59. Bookies give them; 60. Big Board inits.; 62. Troop-entertaining grp.
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