Crossword for Sat, 30/Dec/2023

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Across
1: Walk leisurely

6: Byte fraction

9: Antitoxins

13: Courted

14: Tune

15: With fewer furnishings

16: Dog-___

17: Life story, for short

18: Feeling expressed in many a Woody Allen film

19: Aseptic

21: Clergymen

23: Senate vote

24: Down-to-earth

25: Electrical unit

28: Stopping place?

30: Participates in the Tour de France

35: Turned to the right

37: Snitches

39: Thing of the past

40: Miles per hour, e.g.

41: Bend a bit

43: Strong cotton

44: Makes level

46: Unspecified amount

47: Follow

48: Six-line poem

50: Bring in

52: Pig's digs

53: Emulates Eminem

55: Hansom vehicle

57: Looking less healthy

61: One of 100 in Washington

65: Become accustomed

66: Musclebound brute

68: Desire desperately

69: Celebrities

70: Half a score

71: White wading bird

72: Fruit for flavoring gin

73: Feed one's face

74: Visionaries

Down
1: Knocks for a loop

2: Protective trench

3: The death of the party?

4: Skeptical

5: Circulated, in a way

6: Paul's ox

7: Sundial figure

8: Figure of speech

9: Rational

10: Units of work

11: Unused portion

12: They may be liberal

15: Bucket user, perhaps

20: Hibernation locales

22: Word before sheet or session

24: Updates, as a device

25: Grimm goons

26: Throw with effort

27: Parcels (out)

29: Bathroom rugs

31: Pt. of USDA

32: Wanted poster word

33: Casino ceiling

34: Like snakeskin

36: Fender flaw

38: Body of an organism

42: Coppers in Coventry

45: Annual October event, with 'the'

49: Menlo Park monogram

51: Trips the light fantastic

54: Rattle on

56: River transport

57: Mat wins

58: Uptight, slangily

59: Akebono's sport

60: Family follower?

61: On cloud nine

62: Weight allowance

63: Kaput

64: Soaks, as flax

67: Soup veggie





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