Crossword for Sat, 22/Feb/2020

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Across
1: Kind of dresser

6: Constricting snake

9: Bush

14: Mount Vernon, e.g.

15: Piano man Charles

16: Hairdresser's offering

17: Baroque

19: Was worthy

20: For ___ the marbles

21: Zigzagged

22: Eye liner?

23: Word with beer or cellar

25: Primarily nocturnal arthropods

30: Leg crossers

32: Rural outing

33: Descriptor for chapped hands

37: Multiplex choices, for short

38: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

42: Slimy stuff

43: Loss of memory

44: Set up

47: Oktoberfest toast

51: Recidivate

55: Bologna boss

56: Coquettish

57: Contended

59: Go over

60: Pocket breads

63: Quill bearer

65: Just like ewe?

66: Squeeze (out)

67: Do a one step

68: Varieties

69: Tie the knot

70: Outer limits
Down
1: Difficult to read, in a way

2: Hounds hunt holler

3: Popular science fiction magazine

4: Hold up

5: Forepart of a boat

6: Tribal warrior

7: Like Cheerios

8: Bluto's assent

9: Like a referee's shirt

10: Lines at the top

11: Wharf pest

12: Employ

13: Four-poster, e.g.

18: Gigantic 'Arabian Nights' flyer

22: Jungle vines

24: Neat as a pin

26: Macbeth's title

27: Cocktail hour assortment

28: Browser function

29: Birth certificate notation

31: Attack word

34: Kind of dog

35: Greek hymnist

36: Spider in the kitchen

38: Breathing space

39: Put into piles

40: Muhammad Ali a.k.a. 'The Louisville ___'

41: Fabric shop purchase

42: Long-nosed fish

45: Mysterious

46: Hangman's halters

48: Pleasure trip

49: Candle holder

50: Cheyenne shelters

52: Bring forth

53: Bred winners?

54: Brief time, briefly

58: Fellow, slangily

60: Stewing vessel

61: Batman foe Poison ___

62: Helpful hint

63: 'Treasure Island' pirate

64: Goalie's protection




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