Crossword for Fri, 22/Sep/2023

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Across
1: Hansom vehicle

4: Hippies' homes

8: Place for a rubber duckie

11: Overwhelmed

13: Biz bigwigs

15: Rational

16: Take on cargo

17: Embroidery loop

18: Without a stitch

19: Fragrant gum resin

21: Lawyer in London

23: All over the place

25: Word following eye or nose

26: Bach prelude player

30: Drained of energy

34: Links tee

35: Has down pat

37: By no means long-winded

38: Companion of dark and handsome

40: Contests for two

42: Tip for a casino dealer

43: Model of excellence

45: Holes

47: Not masc.

48: Of the gallbladder

50: Birdsong makeup

52: Hit the ___ (get mad)

54: Abbott and Costello and Burns and Allen

55: Hint slyly

60: Type of training

63: Break time

64: Prize money

66: Soap site

67: Patronize a fine restaurant

68: Straight-billed game bird

69: Fly alone

70: Surgery sites, briefly

71: ___ nitrate

72: Just released
Down
1: Storm preceder

2: On vacation, perhaps

3: Makes wet and dirty, as from rain

4: Kind of talk

5: World War II partnership

6: Art ___

7: Lay into

8: Without give

9: Annul

10: Ballpark beverage

12: Stuffed delicacy

14: Ruins 007's martini?

15: Scrap

20: Goose sound

22: Joseph had one of many colors

24: Variety

26: Related to vision

27: Poised for action

28: Body's companion

29: What a little bird told me

31: Line definition

32: Gravelly glacial ridge

33: Judges

36: Deli side

39: Military head?

41: Lose traction

44: He has his pride

46: Pencil remnant

49: Overthrow attempts

51: Natterjacks, e.g.

53: Zoologist's study

55: Prefix with European

56: Film follower

57: Juniors, usually

58: Hang decorations on

59: Get a glimpse of

61: Sea spot

62: Food, informally

65: Slim swimmer




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