Crossword for Sat, 25/Dec/2021

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Across
1: Trumpet

6: Amateur radio broadcasters

10: Ancient Egyptian emblems

14: Like lungs

15: Football's contour

16: Position

17: Eyed rakishly

18: Chomp

19: Soft drink nut

20: Hot dog

22: Tobacco pipe part

24: Coat of many colors?

25: Snapple selections

27: Whiskey component

29: Accentuates

33: Absorb, with 'up'

34: Thy, nowadays

35: Every one individually

37: Locales

41: Dauphin's denial

42: Destroys

44: Opposite of paleo-

45: They're on the staff

48: Acct. summary

49: Sign of healing

50: Tune

52: Takes in the coral, e.g.

54: Spendthrift

58: Fix a hot dog?

59: Coke's partner, at the bar

60: Uttered

62: Stored fodder

66: Brainwave

68: Pitch indicator

70: Hash house

71: Window part

72: Unresisting

73: Terminator

74: Causeway fee

75: Garbage barge

76: Cubicle fixtures

Down
1: Hard hit

2: Theater section

3: Up to the task

4: Type in again

5: Whirlpools

6: Quoits target

7: Dollar competitor

8: Photo finish

9: Chilling downpours

10: 'Shoot'

11: '___ River Anthology'

12: Salk's conquest

13: Kiosk

21: Lightens, as a burden

23: Conductance units

26: Official stickers

28: Killer ___ (excellent computer program)

29: Lip-___

30: Wrench, e.g.

31: Ancient character

32: Improvises like Ella

36: Ditties for the deity

38: Formerly

39: Dark greenish blue

40: Wails

43: Puts the kibosh on

46: Jack Sprat no-no

47: Business letter addressees

49: Manhattan feature

51: Flinches or frowns, say

53: Stole from

54: Carpus

55: Record output

56: Scent

57: Popular fragrance

61: Test-driver's car

63: 'No ifs, ___, or buts!'

64: Nerd's friend

65: Slips

67: For ___ the marbles

69: Not very many





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