Crossword for Sun, 8/Dec/2024

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Across
1: Pillow cover

5: Got out of Dodge

9: Band boxes?

13: Musical pitch

14: Mechanical learning routines

16: Gondolier gear

17: 'Heinz 57 varieties' dog

18: State flower of New Mexico

19: Forepart of a boat

20: Has a go at

22: What a cast may consist of

24: Prisons, slangily

26: Diddly-squat

27: Spooky sort

29: Tricolor dogs, often

33: Killer ___ (excellent computer program)

34: Dogcatcher's quarry, at times

36: Spartan serf

38: Cauterize

40: Scrapes and scratches

42: Home of heroes?

43: 'Sledgehammer' singer Gabriel

45: Lower, as a light

47: Navigator's need

48: Has a calming influence on

50: Successful dieters

52: Original sinner

53: Kind of costume

54: San Francisco transport

59: 'Googlers'' destinations

62: Rich soil

63: Like many fans

65: Stand on the corner?

66: Primordial sludge

67: Back way

68: Mountain goat's perch

69: Ran in the wash

70: Hand-held harp

71: Mormon Tabernacle Choir number
Down
1: Acct. summary

2: Happy time?

3: Look forward to

4: Space rock

5: Small one

6: They holler into cell phones, e.g.

7: Inscribe with acid

8: Art ___

9: Horror-stricken

10: Dawn and on

11: Walk slowly

12: What Wendy does to reattach Peter's shadow

15: Where to find a sweater

21: Repairs the outfield

23: Nonverbal 'Alas!'

25: Flower sites

27: Winged stinger

28: Olympic weapons

29: Exposes

30: Possessing peepers

31: Holmes mantra, and a hint to this puzzle's theme

32: From the nearest star

35: Pajamas cover

37: Rewards for waiting?

39: Cashed in

41: Window part

44: Rip-roaring review

46: Meadow sounds

49: Colorful aquarium inhabitant

51: Change

53: Announcer of yore

54: Neatnik's nemesis

55: Wrench, e.g.

56: Demolish

57: Summon

58: In a competent way

60: Course climax

61: Indication

64: Stain, as a fabric




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