Crossword for Wed, 9/Aug/2023

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Across
1: Cold-shoulder

5: Flyers with narrow waists

10: Borrrring

14: Shot in the arm

15: Weariness

16: Jambalaya grain

17: Church recess

18: Coral reef

19: Alpine climber

20: Wrongdoer's bane

23: Ran in front

24: NPR has none

25: Combat site

28: Betray contempt

30: Wails

33: President pro ___

34: Visible to the audience

37: Word on an octagon

38: BIG DIPPER

41: Ditties

42: Came in

43: Avg.

44: Goes for

45: Brings in at harvest time

49: Church group

51: Put up preserves

53: Tree fluid

54: Input for a recorder

59: Puff like a pooped pup

61: Army uniform fabrics

62: Soft cheese

63: Formerly

64: High-ranking Boy Scout

65: Wedding entertainment

66: Batik worker

67: Hand cream ingredient

68: Delight, as a comedy club crowd
Down
1: Garments for granny

2: Word connector

3: Positive aspect

4: Some votes

5: Uncultivated country

6: Chips in a chip

7: 'I'm better than you' sort

8: Tow

9: Farm tower

10: Smoker's choice

11: Text of an opera

12: Star pitcher

13: Evil spell

21: Mountain pools

22: Used to be

26: Lighted sign contents

27: Band blaster

29: Geological time periods

30: Popeye's buddies

31: Get an eyeful

32: Tolerate

35: Blended-family prefix

36: Camp sight

37: Fries, often

38: Part of a gas mileage rating

39: Weapons, ammunition, and so on

40: Shore birds

41: Balaam's mount

44: Like any number finishing with '9'

46: Having star quality?

47: Thin coating

48: Fleet

50: Like some garments

51: The 'C' in C-SPAN

52: Balance sheet positive

55: Roman date

56: Spoken

57: Elevator car

58: Reduces in intensity

59: School of whales

60: Whichever




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