Crossword for Fri, 24/Nov/2023

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Across
1: PC software

5: Pat oneself on the back verbally

9: Muddle

14: Select

15: Old wives' tales and such

16: Captures via VCR

17: Shoulder board (Var.)

19: McIntosh or Granny Smith

20: Ameriquest Field ballplayer

21: Stiffens

22: Apiary occupant

23: Member of the Brownies

26: Vote off the island

27: Gate

29: 'No ___, ands, or buts!'

32: Female

35: Assist larcenously

36: Afternoon brew

37: Matters to be voted upon

39: In an unstructured way

42: Nov. 11 honoree

43: Slave away

45: Schooner staffs

46: Senate vote

47: Contemplated

49: Monorail unit

51: Kind of beetle

52: Dyer's tub

55: Slow movers

57: Jewish occult philosophy

59: 'You've got some ___!'

60: Victoria’s Secret offerings

63: Desert refuges

64: Motion-carrying votes

65: Door fastener

66: Carpus

67: Limited time

68: Cumbersome boats
Down
1: Sour

2: Insect stages

3: Air Force One, for one

4: Counterfeit coin

5: Parson, e.g.

6: Nonsense

7: Food scrap

8: Itty-bitty

9: Professional standing

10: Neck regions

11: Chowhounds have big ones

12: Hew

13: Takes advantage of

18: Map feature

21: ___ voce

24: Left brain's forte, supposedly

25: Freedom, briefly

27: Campaigned for office

28: BB, e.g.

30: Had an opinion

31: Simon ___

32: Full of ripples

33: Type of arch

34: Parts of the feet

38: Matter makers

40: Ends

41: In mourning

44: Passports, e.g (abbr.)

47: Least colorful

48: Pairs of radical citizens smother bigotry (6)

50: Splits apart

52: Heroism

53: Smart guy

54: Busy work

55: Frosty's composition

56: Warm, in a sense

58: Gaucho's cattle catcher

60: Siamese or Persian

61: Bluto's assent

62: Debussy's 'La ___'




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