Crossword for Thu, 31/Dec/2020

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Across
1: Lackluster

6: Pillow cover

10: A or B, in personalities

14: Half of an '80s crime-fighting duo

15: Stand on the corner?

16: Highway hooter

17: Like a roc

18: Earthenware jar

19: Quaint oath

20: Makes wet and dirty, as from rain

22: Little bit

23: Fifth calendar page

24: Tangled, as hair

26: Dugout figure

30: Ess or ell

32: Juicy plants

33: Dance part?

34: Trudge through melting snow

38: Bright, as a color

39: 'To each ___ own'

40: Last of Great Britain's King Henrys

41: Benevolence

43: Band blaster

44: Trapper's collection

45: Tall-tale tellers

47: Propaganda target

48: Powerful

51: Slice

52: Fen fuel

53: Entirely

60: Foot part

61: Waterproof cover

62: Depart

63: Family follower?

64: Dubai VIP

65: Embankment down by the riverside

66: Dumbo's 'wings'

67: Sprawling narrative

68: Change for the better

Down
1: Spill the beans

2: Bathe

3: LSD, informally

4: Warm, in a sense

5: Energetic ones

6: Cheap cigar

7: Oates partner

8: Drive train element

9: Vile vapor

10: The only ones they have to blame?

11: Leg crossers

12: Rattle on

13: Finito

21: 'Honor Thy Father' author Talese

25: At bats

26: Aromatic salve

27: Burn soother

28: Term of enlistment

29: Nightcaps, e.g.?

30: Wedges or washers, perhaps

31: Door clasp

33: Burn to a crisp

35: Keeps from squeaking

36: Something to build on

37: Boo accompaniment

42: Yang's opposite

44: Kneecap

46: Glass marbles

47: Kisser

48: Sudden outpouring

49: ___ firma

50: Jeff Gordon, notably

51: Coconut product

54: Buddhist leader

55: Math subj.

56: Overflow

57: Give birth to

58: '___ Cowgirls Get the Blues'

59: Woodwind requirement





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