Crossword for Mon, 21/Aug/2023

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Across
1: Works the land

6: Spruce cousins

10: Bridle path excursion

14: Kind of acid

15: Footnote word

16: Cheese with a red coat

17: Residential building

18: The Sail (southern constellation)

19: Final prelim

20: Opposite extreme

22: Camp sight

23: Tenant

24: Burn to a crisp

26: Talks wildly

29: Flies high

33: Eulogy, Part 3

37: 'Sweet Pea' singer Tommy

38: Sung by a group

39: Get an eyeful

40: Go over

42: Isinglass

43: Biased viewpoints

45: George W. Bush, to George H.W. Bush

46: Did in, old-style

47: Overexcited

48: Coppers

50: Legend

52: Uplifts

57: Very top

60: The golden years

63: Bird with an eerie call

64: Many millennia

65: Reed of 'From Here to Eternity'

66: Gold layer

67: Filthy deposit

68: Tiler's need

69: 'Them' insects

70: Rookie

71: Spine-tingling

Down
1: Word with point or plane

2: Flying solo

3: Flat rates?

4: Knee hiders

5: Sea duck

6: Break-taker's number

7: Roman date

8: Ancient Egyptian treasures, e.g.

9: Big hit

10: Comfort stations

11: ___ fixe

12: Word of frustration

13: Give off

21: Artichoke delicacy

25: Can opener?

27: Easter preceder?

28: Hairdresser's offering

30: Nutmeg covering

31: Speedway competition

32: Deli side

33: Kid around

34: Really hard on the eyes

35: Masher's comeuppance, maybe

36: Run-down digs

38: Position Bill Russell played for the Celtics

41: Debate side

44: 'Don't give up!'

48: Bright and pleasant

49: Heavy hammer

51: Developer's land

53: Love, Italian style

54: Opera hero, usually

55: Weariness

56: New South Wales, for one

57: Pond organism

58: Mint

59: Lose feathers

61: Term of enlistment

62: Prefix with European





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