Crossword for Fri, 17/Nov/2023

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Across
1: Misfortunes

5: Butcher's leavings

10: Eyes

14: Mountain climber's challenge

15: Model wood

16: Tide type

17: Round of four

19: Devil-may-___

20: Giraffe relative

21: Adorned, in a way

23: Devious

26: Louse egg

27: 'Boston Public' figure

34: '___ went thataway!'

36: White Stripes, for one

37: 'Well done!'

38: Horse color

39: Proved to be human

42: All tucked in

43: Let on

45: Time-wasting bother

46: Business letter addressees

47: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

51: Mao follower?

52: ___ culpa

53: Element #84

58: Drying-out place, familiarly

63: Declare openly

64: Holmes mantra, and a hint to this puzzle's theme

67: Lay macadam

68: Kidney-related

69: Puzzle piece

70: Microbrewery offerings

71: Smelled

72: Gropes for words
Down
1: ___ facto

2: Onion's cousin

3: Buddhist leader

4: Do without

5: 'Shogun' sash

6: Idol worshiper

7: Not having enough carbonation

8: Like italics

9: Canine star

10: Formerly

11: Down-to-earth

12: Like a dangerous wire

13: Stepped on it

18: Drop a line?

22: Thrusting blow

24: Prospector's bonanza

25: Thy, nowadays

27: Sordid

28: One with a critical attitude

29: Ship's positioning system

30: Indelicate

31: Riding attire

32: At all

33: Fishing gear

34: Drainpipe bend

35: Coal carriers

40: Cheese with a red coat

41: Loser to Clinton in '96

44: Word after paper or before skinned

48: Basketry twigs

49: Juju or grigri

50: Tall tale

53: Dad

54: Football's contour

55: All-conquering emotion

56: Is short and shy

57: Maître d's offering

59: Inscribe with acid

60: Golfer Irwin

61: Jack-in-the-pulpit

62: Tournament advantages

65: Chess piece

66: Man in a lodge




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