Crossword for Thu, 8/Dec/2022

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Across
1: In mourning

4: Cass Elliot, once

8: Dept. store shopper's privilege

12: Devil-may-___

13: 'Hamlet,' for example

14: Courted

16: Trout tempter

17: Roll call response

18: Island near Molokai

19: Type of squash

21: Unused portion

23: Youngster

24: Just released

25: Goes for

27: 9 - 5, e.g.

29: African antelopes

30: Vichy water

31: Veneer layer

34: Axis foes

37: Dull, resonant sound

38: Sundial figure

39: Horse color

40: Burger roll

41: Leak slowly

42: Stylish, in the '60s

43: Reason and Enlightenment

45: Lab monkey

47: Undercover worker

48: Label

49: Piltdown Man, for one

50: Supplied

51: Bigfoot's Asian cousin

52: Butter square

55: Hew

58: Feature of Karloff's Frankenstein monster

60: Prefix with virus

62: Duck

64: The others

66: Whom the yoke's on?

67: Chef, at times

68: Repetitive routine

69: Heather

70: Colorful parrot

71: Bird with an eerie call

72: In the time left
Down
1: It covers your ribs

2: It shows the way

3: Whitetail buck

4: Speed meas.

5: Warnings

6: Fillies, when grown

7: Motion-carrying votes

8: Hole punch

9: Articles on a rack

10: Rabbit fur

11: Wood used for furniture

12: Extended family

15: Fade away

20: What the fourth little piggy had

22: Comparison word

26: Boil fluid

28: Shampoo target

29: Beefeater, e.g.

30: Many, many moons

31: Diner desserts

32: Stead

33: Sharp barks

34: Provides weapons to

35: Roller coaster feature

36: Woman of wealth, often

37: Commuter's option

40: Solicit alms

41: Birth certificate notation

43: Had a bite

44: Wanders (about)

45: Nonsense

46: 'Aquarius' musical

49: 'From __ Eternity'

50: Aviator

51: Popular search engine

52: Playful sprite

53: About

54: Use a grasping device at the barbecue

55: Streaking, once

56: 'Touch of ___' (Welles film)

57: Plumb crazy

59: Letters on a keyboard key

61: ___ Cross

63: Unproductive

65: American voters before 1920




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