Crossword for Sat, 21/Dec/2024

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Across
1: Kneecap

8: Take to court

11: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

14: Wifely

15: Anything but straightforward

17: A Catholic sacrament

18: Emulated a surgeon

19: The limit, for some

20: Pallor

21: Wise man

24: Observe

25: Stereo plug-in

28: The Amish, the Shakers, et al.

32: Get ready for a fight

33: Hems partner

34: Tooth's partner

35: Little lie

36: Passports, e.g (abbr.)

37: Hold up

40: Capital of Phoenix?

41: Companion of dark and handsome

43: Old wives' tales and such

44: Unwrought iron

45: Hand cream ingredient

47: March without bending the knees

49: Orphan's lack

51: Ties the knot

52: Devious

55: Contend

57: Most needy

58: Undesired audience reaction

62: Hoarding type

63: Environmental subgroup

64: Jazz instrument, briefly

65: 'Don't give up!'

66: Least likely to understand
Down
1: Litter member

2: Fireman's tool

3: Bon or won follower

4: Cleared a tape

5: Nexus

6: Like a doily

7: Tap output

8: Bert's street

9: Soft palate part

10: Dreamers, to lotus flowers

11: 'Spenser: For ___' (Urich series)

12: Holiday nights

13: Crimsons

16: Like some living rooms

20: Cons' confines

21: Elevator parts

22: Antenna

23: Take a chance

24: Spreadsheet divisions

26: Upsilon follower

27: 'I've ___ it up to here!'

29: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' author

30: Kind of seating

31: Is in the arms of Morpheus

37: Word with beer or cellar

38: Surgery sites, briefly

39: Apiary occupant

42: Biblical outcasts

43: Louisiana politician Huey

46: Least wild

47: Upper class

48: Big celebration for a high schooler

50: Choir's platform

52: Hot tubs

53: State of unconsciousness

54: Piltdown Man, for one

55: Word after sotto or viva

56: Hulks pump it

58: Four-poster, e.g.

59: Stain, as a fabric

60: Photo ___ (campaign events)

61: Came across




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