Crossword for Sun, 5/Dec/2021

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Across
1: Coping device

4: Nincompoop

8: This one and that

12: Morse's creation

13: Cold duck guzzler

14: Gold, chemically speaking

16: Regretted

17: Like a moonless night

18: Like old bread

19: Killer ___ (excellent computer program)

20: Wrap up

21: Pose for a pic

23: Gaping mouth

24: Traditional stories

26: Nov. 11 honoree

28: Very cold

30: Major rte.

32: Dept. store shopper's privilege

36: Responded 'Not guilty'

39: Way off

41: One way out

42: Hardly hard-nosed

43: Less colorful

45: Fade away

46: Pretty good

48: Refute

49: Break the ___

50: Test-driver's car

51: Brit's alphabet ender

52: Sternward

54: Opposite of paleo-

56: Flooded

60: 'Hee ___'

63: Arouse great enthusiasm

65: Nonsense

67: Polynesian paste

68: Reputation in society

70: Water color

72: Applies lightly

73: Like extreme opposites

74: Gone to Davy Jones's locker

75: Keeps cold

76: Vats for frats?

77: Quarterback's call

78: Chap.'s partner
Down
1: Sentimental

2: Well-versed

3: Tie the knot

4: Ann, to Abby

5: Empty talk

6: Cartridge contents

7: Stocking stuffers

8: Tend to the turkey

9: Away from the office

10: Monorail unit

11: Hawaiian dance

12: Study in a panic

15: Kitten's cry

20: PC bailout

22: Batman foe Poison ___

25: Buried

27: Small amount

29: Talk foolishly

30: Compelled

31: Small songbird

33: Pas de deux conclusion

34: Mint

35: Long haul

36: Walk slowly

37: Baikal is the world's deepest

38: Course climax

40: Lose strength

44: Scandinavian rug

47: Hither's opposite

49: Incidentally, in Netspeak

51: San Diego tourist magnet

53: Jack Sprat no-no

55: Pretty pitchers

57: Quickly

58: Not intoxicated

59: Boo accompaniment

60: With it

61: All over the place

62: Whip mark

64: Winged stinger

65: Ballpark figures

66: Acorn droppers

69: Practical joke

71: Functioning as

72: N.L. Central, e.g.




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