Crossword for Sat, 23/Dec/2023

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Across
1: Spot to park

6: Band blaster

9: Short partner?

14: Song of tribute

15: 'I'm Sorry' singer Brenda

16: Desire desperately

17: Like a situation that could have been prevented

19: Desert refuges

20: Deep desires

21: Life story, for short

22: Steer straight

23: Like logical reasoning

25: Furry friend

26: Mottled inlay material

31: Dry with a twist

33: Vehicle at a drive-in movie

34: Fruit for flavoring gin

35: Crone

36: Thanksgiving staple

39: 'Silent' prez, familiarly

41: Oath

42: Feel compassion

44: Grassland

46: Correct copy

48: Change

52: Water temperature 'gauge'

53: Calls, in a way

54: 'Snow Falling on ___' (David Guterson bestseller)

57: For ___ the marbles

58: Name on the marquee

62: Simple organism

63: Blood vessel connected to a capillary

65: Small brooks

66: 'Golly!'

67: Snobbishly unfriendly

68: ___ up (quits talking)

69: Trite

70: Parcels (out)
Down
1: Fix a hot dog?

2: Lay macadam

3: Many millennia

4: Military funeral carriage

5: Wrap up

6: '__ Alligator' (Matt Dillon movie)

7: Tuneful

8: Capital of Phoenix?

9: Groups of twenty

10: Apparitions

11: Life of Riley

12: '___ Cowgirls Get the Blues'

13: SAT part

18: Share a border with

22: La Scala offering

24: Bacchanalian blast

26: Closely constrained

27: Pouch in the body

28: Fairy tale shoemaker's helpers

29: Bird with an eerie call

30: Salacious

31: Loud sound

32: Speedway competition

37: Juicy plants

38: Debussy's 'La ___'

40: Add-on for Congo

43: Fit to be taken in

45: Garb

47: Brickbat

49: Bog

50: Obeyed the sentry

51: Get an eyeful

54: Greeting bearer

55: Dubai VIP

56: Home of heroes?

59: Hit the horn

60: Burn soother

61: Whistle-blowers, of a sort

63: In the past

64: St. Louis gridder




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