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BestCrosswords.com - "5-4-3-2-1-" by Frank Virzi on 7/30/2017 [moderate]
Across 1- Cause ____: major public controversy; 8- Bear; 13- Write in code?; 14- Naval construction worker; 15- Chaco Canyon people; 16- Dreary; 17- Sessions, in 2016; 18- "Gotta fly, sorry!"; 19- Verdi's "___ tu"; 20- Man's name that's another man's name backward; 21- TV or monitor part: Abbr.; 22- When to start driving?; 23- Be in the can; 24- 2017 White House communications honcho Scaramucci (for 10 days), with "the," familiarly; 27- Deborah's "The King and I" co-star; 28- Heavenly abodes; 30- "___, Sing America": Hughes poem; 31- Recess for a joint; 33- Defaulter's comeuppance; 34- "That's ___!": "Piece of cake!"; 35- ____ Bridge, historic 1874 span across the Mississippi; 39- Auto maintenance jobs; 41- Like the Beatles' early work; 42- Quake; 45- USMC enforcers; 46- Gulf of Aqaba city; 47- Letter add-ons, for short; 48- Spanish newspaper El ____; 50- Good way to arrive; 51- "Who am ___ say?"; 52- Eventually; 53- Chinese menu general; 54- Connie Mack, for 53 yrs.; 57- Dieter's unit; 59- Mentalist Uri Geller or philosopher Martin Buber, e.g .; 61- Whirlpools; 62- "Pencils down" - and what happens 5x in this puzzle; 63- Willy Wonka creator Dahl; 64- Is in a tizzy;   Down 1- Masters of deduction?; 2- Fish-eating bird; 3- It may get some interest; 4- Illustrative instance introducers, initially; 5- Word after olive or before Rickey; 6- Five o'clock shadow remover; 7- Throw out; 8- Phoenicians, Hebrews, et al.; 9- Abe Lincoln's boy; 10- Rub the wrong way?; 11- Brain cell; 12- Resigns; 14- "You betcha!"; 16- Shoe lifts; 21- Skedaddles; 22- Pants cuffs, to Brits; 24- Peace, in Russia; 25- Suffix with Capri; 26- "Alley ___!"; 27- Home of the 1,612-foot Ribbon Falls; 29- ___ necessary: decide that something needs to happen; 31- "I can't believe it!"; 32- Tape recorder speed meas.; 36- "You've got mail" co.; 37- Material tested by 23andMe; 38- Drunkard; 40- Called balls and strikes; 42- Sean portrayed by Melissa McCarthy on SNL; 43- Nueva York, por ejemplo; 44- Tristan's love, in some versions; 46- Massive, in Marne; 49- French cordial flavoring; 50- "Do the Right Thing" actor Davis; 53- Wee warblers; 54- Mosquito protection; 55- Stickum; 56- Home run swings; 58- Painter's medium; 60- Hartford-based insurance giant's NYSE symbol;