CROSSWORD PUZZLE |
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1 Clever stroke 5 Stage genre 10 Secured, in a way 14 Too 15 Actor Firth 16 Initial contribution 17 Illicit buzzing in the hive? 19 Surplus 20 Painful spots 21 Speak or creak 23 Altar promise 24 Slipshod building addition? 28 Zodiac animal 31 Aran Islands country: Abbr. 32 Chopping tool 33 Always 35 Parker's rank in “McHale’s Navy”: Abbr. 37 Pincered insect 40 Beginning of a very thorough biography? 43 Strands at the lodge, maybe 44 Six-pack set 45 Jazz singer James 46 Nevada was the first st. to allow it 47 Clickbait site, as of Sep. 2016 49 Metaphorical hiding place 50 Aerosol product that will help you fit in in Houston? 56 Athlete lead-in 57 French honey 58 Coffee shop order 62 Immune lead-in 64 Too much shooting at the table? 67 Thought 68 Architect Frank 69 One of three in “To be or not to be” 70 Office staple 71 Donkeys 72 They sometimes intrude at weddings, and also in this puzzle’s theme
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1 Uber competitors 2 Margarine 3 Many a typist, nowadays 4 Fake 5 Early 7th-century year 6 Go bad 7 Still in play 8 Like much ore 9 Hot 10 Identification method 11 Conforming to 12 Chopin work 13 Rehab process 18 Actor Morales 22 Religion founded in Persia 25 Gullible 26 Group including some Brat Pack members 27 Mazatlán-to-Chihuahua dirección 28 Monthly pmts. reducer 29 “Voulez-vous coucher __ moi?” 30 Falling stars that reach the ground 34 Many a reggae artist 36 Eponymous Belgian town 37 English county on the North Sea 38 Tiny bit 39 Airborne pest 41 OPEC member since 1962 42 High wind? 48 Lake makers, at times 50 Unwavering 51 Goody two shoes 52 End of a series 53 Vetoes 54 Theymay deal with freezes 55 Fabled lost mittens punishment 59 Cajole 60 Residence 61 Priestly garments 63 Shade provider 65 Poetic word of order 66 Part of CBS: Abbr.