Crossword for Sat, 13/May/2023

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Across
1: Vexes

5: Inscribe with acid

9: Rose oil

14: Work hard

15: Have the final say

16: Brief instant

17: Swamp danger

19: Promoted to excess

20: Rhythmic pattern in poetry

21: Holding areas for newcomers?

23: Attend

25: Rowing team member

30: Stage of advancement

33: 'You ___ here'

35: Hippodrome section

36: Fruity desserts

37: Entangle

39: Game for high rollers

42: ___ fiber (flax, hemp, ramie, or jute)

43: Wanted poster word

45: Duct product

47: Methodology (abbr.)

48: Insincere ladies' men

52: University course outlines

53: Teamwork deterrent

54: Neatniks' opposites

57: Fearful request by the IRS, to some

61: Disconcert

65: Like some campgrounds

67: Insect stages

68: Bolts down

69: '___ Cowgirls Get the Blues'

70: Gets ready

71: Judge

72: Broodmares
Down
1: Shiite leader

2: Butler, for Gable

3: Tartan wraparound

4: Most furtive

5: Long time

6: Bishop Desmond

7: Coagulate

8: Immediately after this

9: Eager

10: 'Don't give up!'

11: Helpful hint

12: Star pitcher

13: Pinot Noir or Merlot

18: Welcome guests

22: Tease mercilessly

24: Multigenerational story

26: Thrusting blow

27: Bog

28: Unable to sit still

29: They’re often out on a limb

30: Episodic story

31: A pop

32: Ticked off

33: Asian caregivers

34: Life of ___

38: Count's counterpart

40: Soup veggie

41: Rice drink

44: Hidden drug supplies

46: Befitting a king

49: Unit of oil production, briefly

50: Overturned cars, perhaps

51: Built a fire under

55: Scottish hillside

56: Stuff to the gills

58: 'Goddess' of the opera, literally

59: Footnote word

60: Sawbucks

61: Killer ___ (excellent computer program)

62: Prickly casing

63: Musclebound brute

64: Tree fluid

66: Mao follower?




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