Crossword for Wed, 25/Dec/2019

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Across
1: Brit's alphabet ender

4: Cattail's locale

9: Responded to reveille

14: Devon river

15: Appetite stimulant

16: Whoop it up

17: Puts down

19: Alternate to cash

20: Regretted

21: Full circle, on the track

22: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

23: Termite terror

26: Hearty meals

29: Thief

30: Like Max Ernst's art

31: Divot material

32: Commuter's option

33: Musclebound brute

34: NPR has none

37: Least calm

40: Stitch up

41: It may be dry

42: Cyclotron bit

43: Faux follower

45: Ouzo flavoring

48: 'A Fistful of __'

52: Nosy Parkers

53: Sane

54: Tricked

55: What golfers try to break

56: Copy editor's bane

57: Ammonia compound

59: Legal title

62: Nearly 90 degrees

63: Superman who was a super man

64: Undivided

65: Heavy and awkward-looking

66: Proved to be human

67: Tie the knot

Down
1: Serengeti equines

2: Leave yon stage

3: Removal key

4: Golf range surface

5: Gallery objects

6: Long wave

7: Character assault

8: Door clasp

9: Bow and quiver carrier

10: Listen to again

11: Abroad

12: Brief time, briefly

13: Man in a lodge

18: Think tank output

24: Burn soother

25: Some skimpy sleepwear

26: Hard-to-please type

27: A runner may break it

28: Did in, old-style

30: Take to court

32: Container

34: On vacation, perhaps

35: Patronize a fine restaurant

36: More penurious

38: Creator of the universe

39: Ankles, anatomically

44: Casino machines, briefly

46: 'Rolling' rockers

47: Place to get a bite

48: One fixing holes, maybe

49: 'Be that as it may ...'

50: Pillage and plunder

51: Inclined

53: More callow

55: Breathing space

57: Can opener?

58: Electrical unit

60: Original sinner

61: Pinot Noir or Merlot





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