Crossword for Fri, 10/Nov/2023

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Across
1: Star pitcher

4: Garments worn by the Ganges

9: Small aperture

14: Blubber

15: Self-esteem

16: Desire wrongfully

17: Menlo Park monogram

18: Do Miss Piggy, say

20: Terminator

22: Observed

23: Bowlers

26: Appears again

30: Acquire

32: Adjusts, as a trip counter

34: Band blaster

36: Barbershop band?

38: 'Touch of ___' (Welles film)

39: Drink to excess

41: Letter flourish

43: Proofreader's mark

44: Kaput

45: Process ore

47: Pinot Noir or Merlot

48: Full-length, for one

51: Ancient Egyptian amulet

53: Test answers in blue books

55: Start of a Huxley title

58: Follow

60: Walk proudly

61: Ornaments that resemble diamonds

67: In the past

68: Titleholder

69: Quick-thinking

70: Carp constantly

71: Force units

72: Silver Ghost, for short

73: 'Don't give up!'

Down
1: Performed on stage

2: Construction site hoist

3: Ophthalmologist's supply

4: Seance visitors

5: Get ready for a fight

6: Lambaste

7: Roman date

8: More dry and withered

9: Candle holder

10: Bon or won follower

11: Some gametes

12: Came across

13: Had a bite

19: Person of vision

21: Fall off, as the tide

24: Bolts down

25: Royal addresses

27: Secondhand

28: Ringing

29: Gate alternative

31: Expected outcomes

33: Kane's dying thought

34: Bit to split

35: Date destination

37: Morsel

40: Slips

42: Skin

46: Flowing hair

49: Horse operas

50: Handwoven rugs

52: Peak stat

54: Indian lute

56: Jamaican export

57: Cheap cigar

59: Merrill Lynch's bull, e.g.

61: Abacus part

62: Major rte.

63: Quaint lodging

64: Wedding page word

65: Diddly-squat

66: Building wing





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