Crossword for Sun, 27/Dec/2020

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Across
1: Kind of acid

6: Den of thieves

10: Short newspaper piece

14: Appetite stimulant

15: King of the road

16: Stellar phenomenon

17: Re ocean motion

18: Sacred bird of Egypt

19: Curtail

20: Propriety

22: Misfortunes

23: Takes it on the chin

24: Possessing peepers

26: Silver Ghost, for short

29: Two-masted craft

33: Atlantic food fish

37: It's heard in a herd

38: Not thinking well

39: Deal with it

40: Piano practice piece

42: Monorail unit

43: Worshiper

45: Groaner

46: What Wendy does to reattach Peter's shadow

47: Excessive enthusiasm

48: Gives a thrill to

50: Deep purple

52: Barbecue leftover

56: Former Iranian ruler

59: Captivated

63: Fleshy fruit

64: Old Italian money

65: It'll make you red in the face

66: One working with Linux, e.g.

67: Bird with an eerie call

68: Add up

69: Refute

70: Table scraps

71: Scent
Down
1: Nutty

2: Corbeled-out window

3: Bullriding venue

4: Mosque officials

5: Hoedown figure

6: 'Leading With My ___' (Leno book)

7: Pajamas cover

8: Storklike waders

9: Mike of the Stanley Cup-winning New York Islanders

10: Ocurrences

11: Causeway fee

12: 'Touch of ___' (Welles film)

13: Plots of ground

21: Compound with multiple forms

25: Squeeze (out)

27: Auction offering

28: Jeweler's eyeglass

30: Word before irons or chains

31: Kind of hammer

32: Gropes for words

33: Con job

34: Pas de deux conclusion

35: Very familiar with

36: Fringe

38: Email info

41: Pester for payment

44: Vichy water

48: Highest in rank

49: Common sense

51: Viola's bigger cousin

53: Flower

54: Remove by dissolving

55: Befitting a king

56: Common tater

57: Gardener's coil

58: Last word in prayer

60: Harness race pace

61: Biddies

62: Farmer's hangout, in a children's song




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