Crossword for Sun, 27/Nov/2016

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Across
1: Smidge

4: Act the butterfly

8: World Series winners of 1908 and not since

12: Kind of ant or brigade

13: All-conquering emotion

14: Love affair

16: Bug-eyed

17: Figurine mineral

18: It's marked with a slash

19: Lower, as lights

20: Part of a journey

21: Feline, to Tweety

23: Birth certificate notation

24: 'All the world's a ___' (Shakespeare)

26: Shape with cutting blows

28: Point, as a rifle

30: At bats

32: Repulsive

36: Without value

39: Curly coif

41: Grandmother, affectionately

42: Teamwork deterrent

43: Church holding

45: Not very many

46: Insignificant upturn

48: Tape spool

49: Command to Fido

50: Lip-___

51: Supplied

52: In need of fuel

54: T-bar offering

56: Pumps up

60: Not right

63: Wood-dressing tool

65: 'Run to ___' (Bobby Vee hit)

67: Like cherries jubilee

68: Almost eternity

70: Nearly closed

72: Wild (over)

73: Prima ___

74: Get into a spot?

75: Throbbing

76: Kidders tickle them

77: Nurses, as a drink

78: Furry friend

Down
1: 'Savvy?'

2: Appetite stimulant

3: Solicit alms

4: Slippery sheet

5: Louisiana politician Huey

6: Batman foe Poison ___

7: Actual wording

8: Social system sector

9: Diamond judge

10: Neck wraps

11: 'Natch!'

12: Pet rocks and Beanie Babies

15: Mardi Gras luminary

20: Welcoming gift on Maui

22: Starts of sneezes

25: Hoedown honey

27: Get five in a row, in bingo

29: Bananas, nuts, or crackers

30: Cajoled

31: Fleshy fruit

33: Small restaurant

34: Joint with a cap

35: Sailing vessel

36: Beaks

37: Really hard on the eyes

38: Filet mignon source

40: Bad driver's shout

44: For ___ the marbles

47: Per hundred (Abbr.)

49: Major rte.

51: Basketball position (abbr.)

53: Electrical unit

55: Desert refuges

57: Proper niche

58: Black ball, in billiards

59: Hang around

60: Loutish fellow

61: Claustrophobia, for one

62: Central points

64: Hits, raygun-style

65: Glissando instrument

66: Vexes

69: Quill tip

71: ___ alai

72: Generation separator





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