Crossword for Mon, 8/Jul/2024

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Across
1: Hot tubs

5: Tree branch

9: Sow's sustenance

13: Foot part

14: Corbeled-out window

16: Gray wolf

17: Plumb crazy

18: Tiny

19: Enthusiastic

20: Nest units

22: Austerity

24: Quacker

26: Spirited horse

27: Lessee

29: Teetertotter

33: Get five in a row, in bingo

34: Dimwits

37: Type of queen

38: URL opener

40: Prickly shrub

42: Kind of beetle

43: Morning rouser

45: Dragged

47: Employ

48: Noisy fights

50: Medieval weapons

52: Nincompoops

55: Gyrate

56: Agreement

60: Lady's companion

63: Conductance units

64: Improvise

66: ___ cheese

67: Gas station store

68: Wasn't upright

69: Feels poorly

70: Is short and shy

71: Girls' books hero Nancy

72: Wanders (about)
Down
1: Shaker contents

2: Forepart of a boat

3: Sign that changes the pitch of a note

4: James Clavell novel

5: Tennis shot

6: Colored eye part

7: Dugout gear

8: Attack from every angle

9: Actionable statements

10: All-conquering emotion

11: Geishas' sashes

12: Veggie vessels

15: Laptop instruments of yore

21: Sign of healing

23: Exigency

25: Radio dial

27: King or queen

28: Libel, for instance

30: Wild revelry

31: Accumulate

32: Worker's reward

33: Loud sound

35: Life story, for short

36: Tired adages

39: Advance trials

41: Sales staff members

44: Kittens' cries

46: Pt. of USDA

49: Rugmaking fiber

51: Inflatable car safety device

53: ___ over (assisted through difficulty)

54: From the nearest star

56: BB's and bullets

57: Mouthful of tobacco

58: Roy Innis's org.

59: Span's inches

61: Merge

62: Shrewd storybook cat

65: Incidentally, in Netspeak




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