Crossword for Wed, 14/Jun/2023

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Across
1: Winter ailment

4: Low-quality diamond

8: Tumultuous noise

11: Charged particles

13: Separated

15: Fabled race loser

16: Babe in the stable

17: Super conclusion?

18: Cumbersome boats

19: Come after

21: Most reliable

23: Junction

25: Batik worker

26: Don't run with these

30: Simon Legree

34: Not share

35: Salad days

37: Reed of 'From Here to Eternity'

38: Your father's sister

40: Bend a bit

42: Con job

43: Answer a court charge

45: Many a 'Mad' article

47: Lambaste

48: Circulated, in a way

50: Fruit-filled pastries

52: Potato chip maker

54: Geek's cousin

55: Dig finds

60: Some are tender

63: Give notice

64: Dorothy's visit to Oz, e.g.

66: Listen to

67: Bug-eyed

68: Infection fighter

69: Course of action

70: 'Sure thing'

71: Botched up

72: List abbr.

Down
1: Military band flute

2: Bird with an eerie call

3: Not designated

4: Good, ironically, in slang

5: Important work

6: Spellbound

7: Brought to bay

8: Have the nerve

9: Vexes

10: Digs of twigs

12: Swings around

14: Cafeteria stack

15: Beehive and bouffant

20: 'No problem!'

22: More than slow, in retail

24: Meadow sounds

26: Ess or ell

27: 'I'm So Lonesome I ___ Cry'

28: Road grooves

29: Puts the kibosh on

31: Awesome!

32: Slow critter

33: Packs down firmly

36: Owl's utterance

39: Following behind

41: X-rated material

44: Unhearing

46: Petroleum or propane

49: Twosomes

51: Hang like basset hound ears

53: Scour

55: On vacation, perhaps

56: Roid or road follower

57: De ___ (too much)

58: Drop a dime on

59: Decision made at home?

61: 'Far out!'

62: Lip-___

65: Gaping mouth





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