Crossword for Thu, 4/Apr/2024

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Across
1: Tree fluid

4: Glissando instrument

8: Turkey

12: Kind of pool

13: Nutmeg covering

14: Roused

16: Goes for

17: '___ Peace a Chance'

18: Pepys kept one

19: Shoe inserts

21: Geographical seven

23: Youngster

24: Take wing

25: Thin-bladed tools

27: Major rte.

29: Coal carriers

30: Prickly casing

31: 'I've ___ it up to here!'

34: Caught sight of

37: Elfin

38: Kind of moron?

39: Spooks' sounds

40: Watch chain

41: Tree trunk

42: Prohibition

43: Burro bellow

45: Malt shop drinks

47: Undercover worker

48: Cyclotron bit

49: Hearts or diamonds

50: Madame of the sty

51: Barn rooster, frequently

52: 'Hee ___'

55: Stroll

58: Gyrate

60: Frighten

62: 'Play It ___, Sam'

64: Foot part

66: Titanic

67: Bullriding venue

68: Prom escort

69: Capping

70: Sanitizer's target

71: Loud door sound

72: 'My Country Versus Me' author ___ Ho Lee
Down
1: Flower part

2: Unable to sit still

3: Pain in the neck

4: Crone

5: Crops up

6: Splits apart

7: “Not guilty,” e.g.

8: Basketball position (abbr.)

9: Clergyman's audience

10: Pretty good

11: Reserved parking space, e.g.

12: Tiger's forte

15: Stain, as a fabric

20: Loafer, for instance

22: Cold-shoulder

26: Like any number finishing with '9'

28: Bitterly amusing

29: 'To each ___ own'

30: Chest protector

31: Basketball shot

32: Drive train element

33: Turns red, perhaps

34: Reduces in intensity

35: Word before opera or dish

36: Express mail carrier?

37: Diminutive dog

40: Idol worshiper

41: Take one's cuts

43: Life story, for short

44: Spreadsheet divisions

45: Daylight

46: Rushes

49: Sacred places

50: One going downhill fast

51: Not bacterial, perhaps

52: High in Versailles

53: Gas used in arc welding

54: Sob

55: Mindless card game

56: Bug-eyed

57: Take on cargo

59: Hippies' homes

61: Mouthful of tobacco

63: Nice handle

65: Line of clothing




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