Crossword for Wed, 25/Jan/2023

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Across
1: Turn on the waterworks

4: Drainpipe bend

8: Pronounce indistinctly

12: Incite

13: Time past

14: Sponsorship

16: Greek letter

17: Measure off a distance, perhaps

18: Model wood

19: Silent sayso

20: Supplied

21: Chart shape

23: Archery bow wood

24: Dagwood's 'SKNXX-X'

26: Blubber

28: Temple student

30: Undercover worker

32: Piercing tools

36: Acct. summary

39: Nearly closed

41: Keen

42: 'Caught you!'

43: Melonlike fruit

45: Bearded African grazer

46: Average

48: Strong cotton

49: Sugar source

50: Bologna boss

51: Ran in front

52: Scandinavian rug

54: 'Honor Thy Father' author Talese

56: Feeling expressed in many a Woody Allen film

60: Coke's partner, at the bar

63: Just released

65: Fare for the toothless

67: Star pitcher

68: Unsuitable

70: Object of pagan worship

72: Entangle

73: Concluding dance movement

74: Lose feathers

75: Favorable factor

76: Small birds

77: They're 16th of 26

78: Place for P.E.
Down
1: '___ River Anthology'

2: Surpass in performance

3: Two-piece piece

4: A or B, in personalities

5: Word in seven Hope titles

6: Eyebrow shape

7: Tiniest protest

8: One-edged sword

9: Grassland

10: Really hard on the eyes

11: Get ready to shine?

12: Greed and gluttony

15: Coping device

20: Not very many

22: Very cold

25: Nonsense

27: Deviation at sea

29: Full circle, on the track

30: Palatable

31: British baby buggy

33: Worker's reward

34: Pat response

35: Slattern

36: Storm particles

37: K or G

38: 'The Sabbath' painter Chagall

40: Prank

44: Mindless card game

47: Actress Ryan

49: Prohibition

51: Old soap ingredient

53: Talk foolishly

55: Chips in a chip

57: In a joyful manner

58: Get-together at a rugby match

59: Golf ball pegs

60: Trucker's ride

61: Single thing

62: Christmas trio

64: Milquetoast

65: Gondolier gear

66: Hgts.

69: Call's counterpart

71: She's a deer

72: EPA computation




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