Crossword for Mon, 13/Dec/2021

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Across
1: PC software

5: Start to mature?

8: Two-footers

14: Nitty-gritty

15: Bounce like a kangaroo

16: Condition that can cause permanent tissue damage

17: Sea spot

18: 'Sweet Pea' singer Tommy

19: Sesame, e.g.

20: Place to buy smoked meats

23: Certain secretaries

24: Brooding type?

25: Not right

28: Small amount

29: Too bad

33: Television and radio

34: Ring-tailed critter

35: Dunderheads

38: Beefeater, e.g.

40: Barely flows

41: Carnation's 'contented' creatures

42: Has trouble saying sassafras

44: Banquet figure

48: Resort hotel

51: Pig's digs

52: Ring toss item?

53: Goat

55: Happy-go-lucky

58: Regular customer

61: Ad ___ committee

62: Not fooled by

63: Creature in a Tennessee Williams title

64: Choose

65: Geographical seven

66: Camped out

67: Mag. submissions

68: Small whirlpool
Down
1: In the thick of

2: Spanish monetary unit

3: Hung (around with)

4: Oktoberfest souvenir

5: Expressed in words

6: Word with beer or cellar

7: Olympic weapon

8: Type of hound

9: Steadfastly fixed

10: X-rated material

11: Devon river

12: Fade away

13: Picked up a lap

21: Prepares an apple, perhaps

22: '___ Loves You'

25: Chamber music instrument

26: Turkey

27: Marshes

30: Job for the Blues Brothers

31: Train lines?

32: Card pack foursome

33: GI's diner

35: Behaves

36: Chimney sweep's target

37: Rock gently

39: Louse egg

40: Lively outing

43: Picks out

45: Seat of power

46: Frenzied female

47: Had a bite

48: Polished

49: The senses, e.g.

50: Large merchant ship

54: Warm, in a way

55: Sigma Nu, for short

56: Pronoun in a Hemingway title

57: Brewery supply

58: Set as rivals

59: Historical period

60: Merlot cask




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