Crossword for Wed, 7/Jul/2021

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Across
1: They may be liberal

5: Very top

9: Rock music genre

13: Talked fondly

15: Ring-tailed critter

16: In the near future

17: Minor role

18: Wander about

19: Command on a submarine

20: Fashionable doggy?

23: Guiding principle

24: Brake neighbor

25: Bristles

27: Spot for a mike

30: Shocked

32: Buckwheat noodles of Japan

33: Story by Chaucer

35: Rub the wrong way

38: Assist larcenously

39: Besmirch

41: Deuce topper

42: Computer connections

44: Upgrade the decor

45: Rational

46: Second look, on 'Monday Night Football'

48: Resided

50: Boom box, e.g.

51: Finder's charge

52: Wager

53: Surgery is rarely recommended for it these days

60: Elec., e.g.

62: Eerie sound

63: Peace maker

64: 'Aeneid' city

65: Upper hand

66: Not intoxicated

67: Musical pitch

68: More than slow, in retail

69: Zippo

Down
1: Dept. store shopper's privilege

2: Niagara Falls sound

3: Heavy book

4: Observed

5: Lots, sometimes

6: Diving bird

7: Protective trench

8: Trap in a net

9: Goalie's protection

10: One-sided

11: Super stars

12: Was certain of

14: Get out of the way

21: Popeye's buddies

22: Sow's opposite

26: Fly over Africa?

27: Gray wolf

28: Mental lapse

29: Stroked playfully or lovingly

30: Back way

31: Neuter, as a horse

32: Tree fluid

34: Mystique

36: Dryer outlet

37: Spot

40: Alpine aria

43: Barbecue accessory

47: Appeared, in a threatening way

49: Whip marks

50: 'It's b-a-a-c-k!' fashion

51: More than reprimanded

52: Joke object

54: Connecting point

55: Sprawling narrative

56: Hulks pump it

57: Oktoberfest horn

58: Chilled, in a way

59: Antitoxins

61: Old soap ingredient





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