Crossword for Mon, 1/Jan/2024

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Across
1: Indelicate

6: Pond organism

10: Misfortunes

14: Foamy pick-me-up

15: Charges for admission

16: Leak slowly

17: Type of squash

18: Corn containers, in Cornwall

19: Christmas trio

20: Remove from office

22: Goes out with

24: Campaigned for office

25: Meadows

27: One way to give a reprimand

29: Salon workers

33: Verbalize

34: Diner desserts

35: Bolts down

37: Skate's cousin

41: Building wing

42: Reactions to fresh remarks, maybe

44: Hole punch

45: Biology units

48: He has his pride

49: Fail to include

50: Away from the office

52: Some police tactics

54: They check for poison

58: Word before irons or chains

59: Out of work? (abbr.)

60: Listened to the bears

62: Close to midnight, say

66: Jack-in-the-pulpit

68: Galoot

70: Inner legbone

71: State tree of Maine

72: Plumb crazy

73: Nail file material

74: Words with precedent

75: Do a spit take

76: Battle of the ___

Down
1: Attired

2: Speedway competition

3: Capping

4: Ambles along

5: Dojo VIP

6: Sternward

7: Island souvenirs

8: They're passed on from father to son

9: They're good to hold

10: Mao follower?

11: Take lessons in

12: Type of pad

13: Like a hedgehog

21: Lightens, as a burden

23: Junction

26: Kiosk

28: Scandinavian rug

29: What some writers work on

30: Scrabble letter

31: Loud utterance

32: No-nonsense

36: Wear with pride

38: Application form blank

39: Nincompoop

40: Hgts.

43: Slow critter

46: Auction offering

47: Litigates

49: Former

51: Fishes, in a way

53: Rankles

54: Game keepers?

55: Eagle's nest

56: Job for a daredevil

57: Single-masted sailing vessel

61: Bologna boss

63: Alpine climber

64: Foal's father

65: Robert of ''Airplane!''

67: ___ culpa

69: T-bar offering





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