Crossword for Thu, 4/Feb/2016

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Across
1: Biretta or beret

4: Vies for the break, in billiards

8: Bellhop's burdens

12: A runner may break it

13: Got grounded?

14: Juicy plants

16: Beverage with a bouquet

17: Musical pitch

18: Get going

19: Unwrought iron

20: Attend

21: Water temperature 'gauge'

23: Place (a bet)

24: Game trap

26: Balaam's mount

28: Check

30: Logic circuit element

32: Ancient Egyptian emblems

36: Church recess

39: Jai ___

41: It may be Olympic-sized

42: Dr. No, to Bond

43: Jib and spanker

45: Grassland

46: Microbrewery offerings

48: Naval post?

49: Explosive device

50: Went by horseback

51: In mourning

52: Printer spec.

54: Dance like Hines

56: Sticker prices

60: Hole punch

63: Male youth

65: Picked up a lap

67: Mai ___

68: Lead to

70: Fossey's focus

72: ___ accompli

73: Fielder's faux pas

74: Information from Deep Throat

75: Java vessels

76: Actual wording

77: Bolts down

78: Court divider
Down
1: Stone heap

2: Breathing problem

3: Capital of Phoenix?

4: Not on schedule

5: Burn soother

6: Beefeater, e.g.

7: Leave in, to an editor

8: Points on a diamond?

9: Peak stat

10: One-third of a hat trick

11: Antitoxins

12: 'Terrible' phase

15: Pig's digs

20: Red or Yellow

22: Feed seed

25: Map abbr.

27: Tree fluid

29: ___-relief

30: Water sprite

31: Keeps from squeaking

33: Fly alone

34: Words by Wordsworth

35: Hunk of cheese

36: Way off

37: Game on horseback

38: Watermelon beginning

40: Buddhist leader

44: Avg.

47: Go down

49: Life story, for short

51: Resort hotel

53: Per hundred (Abbr.)

55: Tornado siren, e.g.

57: Gaze fixedly

58: Despoil

59: Gains a lap

60: Star pitcher

61: Feature of a wicked witch

62: Trout tempter

64: Either of the racing Earnhardts

65: Place for the catbird?

66: Responds correctly on 'Jeopardy!'

69: Boston Red ___

71: Soup veggie

72: Enjoyable




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