Crossword for Thu, 25/Feb/2021

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Across
1: Smidge

4: Brouhaha

8: Orchestra that plays light classical music

12: Dummy

13: Prospector's bonanza

14: Ear-related

16: Ladder step

17: Primordial sludge

18: Small aperture

19: Employ

20: Moisten

21: Butter square

23: 'Treasure Island' pirate

24: Setting for Frankie and Annette

26: Brutally frank

28: Hold up

30: Secretary's stat

32: Pronoun in a Hemingway title

36: Floral arrangement

39: K or G

41: Silent greeting

42: Coat of many colors?

43: Distress

45: Shampoo target

46: Counterfeit coin

48: “Not guilty,” e.g.

49: Precious stones

50: Rookie

51: Tie the knot

52: Deep distress

54: Haunting sound

56: Summarize

60: Slow running pace

63: Repetitive computer program

65: Leaf in many sculptures

67: In the manner of

68: Spice rack selection

70: Sesame starter?

72: Read quickly

73: Mentors

74: Too diluted

75: Dumbo's 'wings'

76: Unspecified amount

77: Not one

78: Dot follower
Down
1: Throw water on

2: Breathing problem

3: Solicit alms

4: Slippery sheet

5: Rioter's illegal take

6: Wood-dressing tool

7: Tiniest protest

8: Orzo or ziti

9: Away from the office

10: Stage piece

11: Identical

12: Beat the tar out of

15: Guiding principle

20: 'Quadrophenia' band, with 'The'

22: Get ready for a fight

25: Blubber

27: Internet address letters

29: Incidentally, in Netspeak

30: Realm

31: Contaminant-free

33: Fabled race loser

34: Egg, classically

35: Computer capacity, for short

36: Station

37: Like some garage floors

38: Pronounce indistinctly

40: Anticipatory feeling

44: Deviation at sea

47: Sailor, in slang

49: 'Golly!'

51: Seek favor with

53: Ending of many WWW addresses

55: Beyond beefy

57: Chocolate source

58: Morning rouser

59: Bad reviews

60: Classic sports car, informally

61: Responsibility

62: Copter's cousin

64: City relative

65: Claustrophobia, for one

66: Like a moonless night

69: Full amount

71: Soup veggie

72: Brief time, briefly




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