Crossword for Fri, 30/Aug/2024

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Across
1: Constant complainer

5: Hard hit

9: 'Ghostbusters' goo

14: Theater section

15: Have the final say

16: British salt's sobriquet

17: Bug-eyed

18: Ammonia compound

19: More than sufficient

20: Source of bad taste

23: Get nosy

24: Blob of used gum

25: Verbal zinger

26: 'Silent' prez, familiarly

27: Not whole, as milk

29: 'I wonder...'

32: More ticked

35: 'At what time?'

36: Last of Great Britain's King Henrys

37: Disease experts

40: Like some excuses

41: Capping

42: Musical symbols

43: Take wing

44: Dermatologist's concern

45: Good, ironically, in slang

46: Haunting sound

47: Spider in the kitchen

48: Sailor, in slang

51: Job category

57: Love, Italian style

58: Bad driver's shout

59: Attempt at filming a scene

60: Assumed

61: Head for the hills

62: Keeps cold

63: Get going

64: Tall tale

65: Post-Mardi Gras period

Down
1: Bracelet fastener

2: Four-minute mile breaker Bannister

3: Extreme pain

4: Bums change

5: Savage

6: Cheaply sensational

7: Table spread

8: Make less dependent

9: Skiing event

10: Casino ceiling

11: Mischief-makers

12: Cheesy sandwich

13: Spots

21: Clued in

22: Part of PABA

26: Give up

27: 'Phooey!'

28: Sushi wrap

29: Boo accompaniment

30: Massachusetts governor Romney

31: Debutante, typically

32: Starter starter?

33: October birthstone

34: Frosty

35: Keen perception

36: Contended

38: Houston honcho, e.g.

39: Lee's opponent

44: Clear and convincing

45: Whalebone

46: With fewer furnishings

47: Less sullied

48: Debra Messing character, whose name goes 'around' four answers in this puzzle

49: 'The Old ___ Bucket'

50: Divinely favored

51: Carps constantly

52: Fail to include

53: Stellar phenomenon

54: Uncertain

55: Root beer alternative

56: Elec., e.g.





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