Crossword for Fri, 12/Jul/2024

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Across
1: Crescent-shaped mountain range

5: Guns in the garage

9: They may be liberal

13: Scoundrels

15: Burn soother

16: Down-to-earth

17: Colorful eel

18: Letters

19: Drug unit

20: A dynamic speaker, e.g.

23: Player's peg

24: Start to mature?

25: Prepares an apple, perhaps

27: Turkish bigwig

30: Ripped shred of clothing

32: Lose feathers

33: Rock gently

35: Clears the deck

38: Fly alone

39: Bred winners?

41: Capping

42: Stimulate the economy

44: Narrow margin of victory

45: Trust, with 'on'

46: Hollow rocks

48: Center

50: Dip out, as soup

51: Full amount

52: Picked up a lap

53: Three-horned dinosaur

60: Geishas' sashes

62: Spy spying on a spy

63: Free-for-all

64: Civil unrest

65: Bit to split

66: Betray contempt

67: Wedding entertainment

68: Shavers

69: Drink to excess
Down
1: Provides weapons to

2: Roller coaster feature

3: Contaminant-free

4: Flippered fish fancier

5: Durable fiber

6: Sparkle

7: Not legally binding

8: Pick

9: First zoo?

10: Repeats

11: Stories

12: Fruit for flavoring gin

14: Graceful young woman

21: Heavy metal

22: Goes bad

26: Word on a wanted poster

27: Palinromic ship deck

28: Charge

29: Threw rocks at

30: Edible tubers

31: Motion-carrying votes

32: Mag. submissions

34: Beverage with a bouquet

36: Frankenstein monster feature

37: Undercover worker

40: Take exception

43: Birdbrain

47: Of the skin

49: Mosque officials

50: Lips, in Latin

51: Appears to be

52: Gather on a surface

54: Greek letter

55: Stumblebum

56: Camp sight

57: Table spread

58: Tiniest protest

59: Withered

61: Avg.




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