Crossword for Fri, 23/Dec/2016

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Across
1: Destiny

5: 'Them' insects

9: Nonsense

14: Dubai VIP

15: Blue fish in 'Finding Nemo'

16: Be taken with

17: Roman wrap

18: Abbott and Costello and Burns and Allen

19: Type of pad

20: Sound surge

22: Priggish people

23: Immediately after this

24: Fen fuel

26: Without expending much energy

29: In the thick of

33: Carpenter's pin

37: Blockheads

39: Comedienne Imogene

40: Alpine climber

41: Yardarm

42: Nearly closed

43: Entangle

44: Go one's way

45: Neatniks' opposites

46: Breastbones

48: Run for

50: Scratching post users

52: Olympic object

57: Certificate

60: Helper

63: Oater omen

64: Informal voucher

65: Dirt, so to speak

66: Stress symptom, perhaps

67: You don't need a license to fly it

68: Thwart

69: Loquacious, in slang

70: Common tater

71: Lavish party
Down
1: Get

2: Love, Italian style

3: Comerica Park ballplayer

4: Remove graphite or graffiti

5: Sum part

6: Rock, scissors, or paper

7: Trampled (on)

8: Online VIP

9: Shampoo scenter

10: Cookie-cutter

11: Merrill Lynch's bull, e.g.

12: Excite, slangily

13: They get into sushi

21: Ignition ___

25: Right, on the map

27: Run gracefully

28: Tall stories

30: Karate shop?

31: Sign of healing

32: Sailors

33: Softens, as lights

34: Article that may list survivors

35: Used to be

36: Flashcards, for example

38: Bona ___

41: Smack, as a baseball

45: Goes downhill fast?

47: Table linens

49: Bettered 'Better Homes and Gardens,' say

51: Fires

53: Leave without paying

54: Craft entered gingerly

55: Not qualified

56: Mink wrap

57: Tight-fitting

58: Root beer alternative

59: Large predatory birds of myth

61: Use UPS

62: In ___ (unmoved)




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