Crossword for Sat, 21/Dec/2019

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Across
1: Coping device

4: URL opener

8: ___ onto (grab)

12: 'Natch!'

13: Pout

14: Eagle's nest

16: Roll call response

17: 'Heinz 57 varieties' dog

18: ___ Carta

19: Rewrite for a film, say

21: Shrewd storybook cat

23: Batik worker

24: Attention getter

25: Montreal streets

27: Suffers from

29: Seethe with rage

30: Hour div.

31: Biathlon need

34: Like someone sawing logs, so to speak

37: Scrawny

38: A pop

39: Virtuoso

40: Center of activity

41: Rock music genre

42: Full circle, on the track

43: Like so

45: Thick-skinned creatures

47: Methodology (abbr.)

48: St. Louis gridder

49: It's not good to have in one's mouth

50: Five-dollar bill

51: Put the kibosh on

52: Pinot Noir or Merlot

55: WWW programming code

58: Spot of brandy

60: Merchandising scheme, briefly

62: Diva's repertoire

64: Kind of hammer

66: Motion-carrying votes

67: Eccentric

68: Paper starter

69: Stable mate

70: Banana discard

71: Overflow

72: Veneer layer
Down
1: Like blue shoes in an Elvis song

2: Duds

3: Sob

4: 'I wonder...'

5: Glare reducer for the bald?

6: Ballet costumes

7: Spot and Fido

8: Leg, to Legs Diamond

9: Clues, to a detective

10: Bacchanalian blast

11: 'I'll catch it!'

12: Former Iranian ruler

15: Van Gogh's love offering

20: Test choice

22: Ankle-knee connector

26: Diamond judge

28: Whichever

29: Tasseled topper

30: Wild bunch

31: Created a web site?

32: Numbers game

33: Vexes

34: Piercing tools

35: Old-fashioned conveyance

36: ChapStick target

37: Commuter's option

40: Run smoothly

41: Set as rivals

43: Cycle starter

44: Round of applause

45: Nonsense

46: NBA target

49: XX carrier

50: Bit of snowfall

51: Worth

52: Like the best flushes

53: Nail file material

54: Medicinal amount

55: 'Hee ___'

56: Drainpipe bend

57: Cats' prey

59: Proof of pmt.

61: Stadium passage

63: Helios, to the Romans

65: Secretary's stat




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