Crossword for Sun, 25/Dec/2016

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Across
1: Scrooge's exclamation

4: Pool accessory

8: Pic takers

12: Cooked sufficiently

13: Movie detective Charlie

14: Starboard side

16: Bacchanalian blast

17: English poet Alexander

18: Knight dress?

19: Contend

20: Amt.

21: Took the gold

23: Diminutive dog

24: Razzle-dazzle

26: 'My Country Versus Me' author ___ Ho Lee

28: Tick off

30: For ___ the marbles

32: Foot part

36: Fall sound

39: ___ facto

41: Gaucho's cattle catcher

42: Cyclotron bit

43: Small waterway

45: The old man

46: Types of Atlantic fish

48: Take pleasure in

49: Spritzes

50: Word on an octagon

51: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

52: Gaping mouth

54: Not the other guy

56: Clears the deck

60: Chicken-to-be

63: Utterance of revulsion

65: ___-relief

67: Itty-bitty

68: Jordan's team

70: Qualities of the conceited

72: Assured of success

73: Object whiningly

74: Dovetail

75: Ever so proper

76: Table supports

77: Floral arrangement

78: Amethyst or tourmaline
Down
1: Kind of acid

2: Clarence in 'It's a Wonderful Life'

3: Attention getter

4: Proof of pmt.

5: Sailor's greeting

6: Biretta or beret

7: Was certain of

8: Construction site hoist

9: Tune

10: CEO, CFO, etc.

11: 'Flee, fly!'

12: Peace symbol

15: 'Don't give up!'

20: 15 min. on the gridiron

22: Temple student

25: It may be financial

27: Apprehend

29: 4-H member, usually

30: Moving about

31: Door fastener

33: Lassoer's cord

34: Coagulate

35: Chance occurrences

36: Nervous twitches

37: Owl's utterance

38: Annul

40: Fortune

44: Line of clothing

47: Undercover worker

49: Internet address letters

51: Show of affection

53: Balaam's mount

55: Topples from power

57: Clued in

58: Lower, as a light

59: Appear

60: Fall off, as the tide

61: Beach scavenger

62: Tickled-pink feeling

64: Rope fiber

65: Padrone

66: Like burnt briquettes

69: Fail to keep up

71: Metro maker

72: EPA computation




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