Crossword for Wed, 27/Dec/2017

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Across
1: Confident to an extreme

5: Ancient Egyptian emblems

9: Important work

13: Spot for a mike

15: Make academic

16: Departed

17: Ultraviolet ray absorber

18: Take turns

20: Not good enough for

22: Red or Yellow

23: Madame of the sty

24: Supporting bracket

26: Heart of the matter

28: Medicating

31: One of the Muses

35: Extended and dramatic narratives

36: Sleeveless outer garment

37: Root beer alternative

38: Supplied

39: Behavioral bases

40: Ancient mariner

41: Hematite and galena

43: Feels poorly

44: 'Daphne' division

46: It's burned on the road

48: Had a phobia for

49: Neural fiber

50: Bulb in a bed

52: Goalie's protection

54: Family

56: Solar 'blemish'

60: Law

63: Piano practice piece

64: Gold layer

65: Warm, in a sense

66: Place for tanning

67: Tributes in verse

68: Morning moistures

69: Geek's cousin

Down
1: Neatnik's nemesis

2: Language-neutral puzzle

3: Very familiar with

4: Kind of engineer

5: Asian caregivers

6: Helios, to the Romans

7: Flower sites

8: Belfry spots

9: Have stuff

10: Small-caliber weapon

11: Golden Rule preposition

12: Hearty meal

14: Picks up

19: One way to travel

21: Harbor helper

25: Blood-red

27: Personal quirk

28: Clear the windshield

29: La Scala offering

30: One way to ride a horse

32: Fossey's focus

33: Air Force One, for one

34: Dog-___

36: Mint

39: The Lower 48, to a Hawaiian

42: Boston Red ___

44: Large fishing nets

45: It moves tape through a machine

47: Filet mignon source

48: Winter ailment

51: Kind of fee

52: Okefenokee Swamp inhabitant of fiction

53: Like the Atacama

55: Joint with a cap

57: Be a whiner

58: Skunk's funk

59: Keep an eye on

61: Tag players

62: Crow's cry





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