Crossword for Thu, 8/Feb/2024

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Across
1: Annoyance

5: Appraiser

10: Shaker contents

14: Obnoxious

15: Duck

16: 'Cessa di più resistere,' for one

17: Hematite and galena

18: Irrational zeal

20: Flock leader

22: Last word in prayer

23: Mont Blanc, for one

24: Palindromic preposition

25: Balanced states

27: One who knows the score

33: Many, many moons

34: Unfortunate turn of events

35: Little litter members

39: They may be liberal

41: Abacus part

42: Entangle

43: Bend a bit

45: Geometry calculations

48: Stitch up

49: Organizations with Greek letters

52: Fixed part of an electric motor

55: Had a bite

56: Video recorder, for short

57: Quilting parties

60: They come in shades

64: Kind of food canal

67: Pt. of MIT

68: What the fourth little piggy had

69: Lots, sometimes

70: Long lunch?

71: Frosty's composition

72: Keyboard key

73: Common tater
Down
1: Stage piece

2: Mystique

3: Roman date

4: Empty ___

5: Stimulate, as memory

6: In the manner of

7: Sandwich fish

8: Cheese with a red coat

9: Give a makeup exam to

10: Pouch in the body

11: Diva's repertoire

12: Tightly-twisted thread

13: Packs down firmly

19: Bury

21: Table scraps

26: Jack-in-the-pulpit

27: Geographical seven

28: Dessert wine

29: Not fooled by

30: Diamond weight

31: Love, Italian style

32: Kosher meal

36: Not finalized, legally

37: Family follower?

38: What Wendy does to reattach Peter's shadow

40: Warm and cuddly

44: NASA project

46: Market watcher

47: Something to build on

50: Where to catch Magic and Wizards

51: Dimes, in a way

52: Some medical procedures

53: Eagle's claw

54: Part of PABA

58: Inscribe with acid

59: Bombay garment

61: Leak slowly

62: Non-clashing color

63: Wearing wedgies, say

65: Kitten's cry

66: KO caller




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