Crossword for Wed, 3/Jan/2024

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Across
1: Flute or saxophone variety

5: Carnation's 'contented' creatures

9: Diva's repertoire

14: Sow's opposite

15: Brainwave

16: Russian villa

17: Grocery store vehicle

18: Popular ABC adventure series

19: Wood nymph

20: Positron, e.g.

23: Church official

24: Cry over spilled milk

25: Brown paper container

28: Goof up

29: Furnished with money

32: Used to be

33: Vice ___ (conversely)

34: Get rid of

35: Professionals who might get your back up?

39: Besmirches

40: Greek gathering spot

41: Emulate a couch potato

42: Peter of Chicago

44: Dance part?

47: Siamese or Persian

48: Fight with fists

49: Sets of fence steps

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

54: Malevolent pachyderm

57: Old-time telephone feature

58: Take on cargo

59: Be taken with

60: Strongly advise

61: Holiday nights

62: Distributed (out)

63: Place for the catbird?

64: Crimsons

Down
1: Game keeper?

2: Good shot, in horseshoes

3: Genghis Khan follower

4: Related to vision

5: Herb that some call Chinese parsley

6: Skunk's funk

7: Adam of 'Batman'

8: Firesign Theatre skit, e.g.

9: Confuse

10: Exceptional

11: Very cold

12: 'Caught you!'

13: In mourning

21: Modeling pros

22: Bossy's chew

25: Tolerate

26: Cumbersome boats

27: 'Golly!'

30: Pharaohs' symbol of power

31: Measure of purity

32: 'Hold your horses!'

33: Ignominious

34: Rock layers

35: Pas de deux conclusion

36: Dagger handle

37: Historical period

38: Breastplate

39: Attack word

42: Pigeon patter

43: Old Testament book

44: Split asunder

45: Drove

46: Take stock of

48: Lineage

50: Time waster

51: Contaminant-free

52: Kind of ant or brigade

53: Indian music

54: St. Louis gridder

55: Pindar product

56: Tricked





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