Crossword for Sat, 24/Dec/2022

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Across
1: Uploading initials

4: Tracy of the comics

8: Rubbernecked

13: Knocks for a loop

15: Sea spot

16: Duds

17: Gus McRae's occupation in 'Lonesome Dove'

19: It won't hold water

20: Jeweled headpieces

21: German shepherd, for one

23: Stepped on it

24: Surfing without water?

25: Musclebound brute

27: Place to buy smoked meats

34: Mirthful states

37: Less likely to offend

38: Excessively

39: Ditties

40: Dessert trays

41: Clamors

42: Droop

43: Gold dealer's unit

44: By no means long-winded

45: Ones who tell you when your slip is showing?

48: Tag players

49: Reduced, as a sail

53: Gloom

56: Man in a lodge

59: Breed of sheep

60: Egg-shaped

62: Hard to brush off

64: Bullriding venue

65: No in Nuremberg

66: Turn on an axis

67: Pretty pitchers

68: Kind of pool

69: Accomplished

Down
1: Ipso ___

2: 'A Tramp Abroad' author

3: 'Loves me not' unit

4: Vin of 'xXx'

5: Mao follower?

6: Attired

7: Numbers game

8: Brake neighbor

9: Crops up

10: Warm up, for short

11: Roof rim

12: Not the original color

14: Progress

18: Freeway divisions

22: Garden swingers

26: A pop

28: Foolish

29: About

30: Performed on stage

31: Recipe direction

32: Geological time periods

33: Narrow margin of victory

34: Fight for breath

35: False witness

36: Thus

40: Put a hex on

41: Fails to support

43: Many a time

44: Giant sequoias, e.g.

46: More sebaceous

47: Elegant fur

50: Wide open space

51: Weariness

52: Loved to excess (with 'on')

53: Breathing space

54: Declare openly

55: Prospector's bonanza

57: Heather

58: Joint with a cap

61: Fancy affairs

63: Confession topic





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