Crossword for Thu, 18/Jan/2024

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Across
1: Tear tubes

6: 'Treasure Island' pirate

9: Pooch in 'The Wizard of Oz'

13: Bay

14: Welcoming gift on Maui

15: Snooty critter?

16: Minutes taker, perhaps

17: Trite

18: Exchange high-fives, e.g.

19: Cringed

21: Singers of 'I'm a Believer'?

23: Afternoon brew

24: Whiskey measure

25: Bounce like a kangaroo

28: Word following eye or nose

30: Plumb-line measures

35: Gives the heave-ho

37: Old wives' tales and such

39: Of the countryside

40: Slinky, essentially

41: Say something

43: Former capital of Italy?

44: Undemocratic law

46: Ambassadorial fashion accessory

47: Separate

48: Certain Soviet nuclear submarines

50: Pair

52: Old soap ingredient

53: Fivesome on a five

55: Barrel of suds

57: Endurance

61: Sharp retort

65: Fielder's faux pas

66: 'The Catcher in the ___'

68: Eager, to the max

69: Walks unevenly

70: Flesh and blood

71: Kidney-related

72: Give the slip to

73: 'Not only that ...'

74: Low cards
Down
1: Frisbee, for one

2: Golden Rule preposition

3: Ball of yarn

4: Something to believe in

5: In the garage, maybe

6: Walk slowly

7: Slim swimmer

8: Shoe designation

9: Stand on the corner?

10: Important work

11: Lean

12: Table scraps

15: Wobble

20: Viscounts' superiors

22: Bricklayer's item

24: Butter and peanut butter

25: Turned left

26: Rust, tarnish, or laughing gas

27: Danger

29: 'Clumsy me!'

31: Paper starter

32: Court TV feature

33: Popular Potter

34: Party's candidates

36: Quakers or Shakers

38: 'No problem!'

42: Pants material

45: Rhino relatives

49: Confession topic

51: Blow the joint

54: Arctic jacket

56: Errand runner

57: Unload, as stock

58: Group of three

59: Provides weapons to

60: Gloomy Gus

61: Tear apart

62: Trig ratio

63: Waiter's tote

64: They get into sushi

67: Yang's opposite




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