Crossword for Thu, 14/Dec/2023

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Across
1: Lower, as lights

4: Pharaohs' symbol of power

7: Go postal

11: Single thing

13: Pass out

15: Fabled race loser

16: Final prelim

17: Secret store

18: Thus

19: Fashionable doggy?

22: Debate side

23: More obdurate

24: Some pine extracts

26: Craving

27: Spinach, etc.

29: The old man

32: Gaze fixedly

34: Rugmaking fiber

37: Coagulated milk

39: Some medical procedures

41: Cocoon's contents

42: Brook catch

44: Keeps secret

46: Stitch up

47: Naval draftees

49: Baby bear

51: Drift down to the bottom

53: Fashions

57: Van Gogh's love offering

58: Cord in some backyards

61: Drainpipe bend

63: What a little bird told me

64: Decision made at home?

65: Flute or saxophone variety

66: Popular side dishes

67: Like the Atacama

68: Possessing peepers

69: The limit, for some

70: Whichever
Down
1: Sprinkles powder

2: Slow to act

3: Obsolete repro

4: Take out or in

5: Trellis piece

6: Station

7: '___ Loves You'

8: 'I will pay more attention to my appearance,' said ___

9: Gas used in arc welding

10: Unskilled laborers

12: Metallic-sounding

13: Goes for

14: 'Ta-da!'

20: Runs out of gas

21: Lobster and beluga products

25: Barbershop sound

27: Tiniest amount of rice

28: Tear apart

29: Per hundred (Abbr.)

30: '___ Town'

31: Overthrown, overcome, or helpless

33: Feel compassion

35: Musclebound brute

36: Guiding principle

38: Song for two

40: Confidential matters

43: Baby powder

45: Litigates

48: Kind of grilled sandwiches

50: Model wood

51: Bristles

52: Ahead of schedule

53: Like caramel

54: Sparkling topper

55: In conclusion, in Cannes

56: Shabby-looking

59: Night birds

60: Wood used for furniture

62: School of whales




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