Crossword

Across

1 Ancient tales 6 Date with a doc 10 Ear cleaner 14 Lofty abode 15 Develop, as a

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16 Kinks' 1970 tune 17 Singer — Abdul 18 H.H. Munro's pen name 19 WWW addresses 20 Beach finds 22 Sugar cane product 24 Adherent 26 Balmy temperature 27 Hot pepper 31 Dude 32 Moving right — 33 Nouveau — 36 IRS form expert 39 Nurse's beat 40 Cravat cousin 41 More

42 NNW opposite 43 Arduous journeys 44 Asimov genre (hyph.)

45 Mex. Mrs. 46 Warns (2 wds.) 48 Plunges 51 B'way posting, once

52 Large banana 54 Handles dough 59 Kind of chop 60 Get better 62 Where Damascus is

63 Give the eye 64 People devourer 65 Easy-to-find constellation 66 Furtive whisper 67 Minority group 68 Parents

Down

1 Travel guides 2 Uh-huh 3 Actual 4 Upgrade 5 Closing tight 6 Pecs' partners 7 Wheels for nanny 8 Tea variety 9 Dusk 10 Half-frozen 11 — case scenario 12 Kind of cat 13 Freshwater catch 21 9-digit ID 23 Malaria symptom 25 Succinct 27 Harsh calls 28 Woe is me! 29 Good old days 30 Finish 34 Gross! 35 Overhead 36 Ad award 37 Wisp of smoke 38 Get real! (2 wds.) 40 Wyoming tribe 41 Hackers' machines

43 Easy gait 44 Supporter 45 14-line poem 47 Tick off 48 Plugs away 49 Keens 50 Attack on a castle 52 Drop heavily 53 Anti-drug cop 55 Bronte orphan 56 Verdi number 57 Prada rival 58 Without, to Pierre 61 Endorse