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This week’s theme is: animal world. Solution in next week’s Rappahannock News. ACROSS 1. Girder that looks like a letter 6. *Largest North American deer 9. *Methane release by a cow 13. ___-__-la 14. Actress ___ Thompson 15. Ranee's wrap 16. Luxurious sheet fabric 17. Opposite of guzzle 18. Donor's loss 19. *Cause of African Sleeping Sickness 21. *Dangerous delicacy 23. Nada 24. Rented on the links 25. Distant 28. Fountain order 30. Like body temperature of 98.6∞ 35. Month of Purim 37. Barber's supply 39. A Judd 40. Rounded elevation 41. Member of the lowest Hindu caste 43. "Goodbye" to Sophia Loren 44. Fat cat in the Orient 46. Toot one's horn 47. Julia Robert's character 48. Bad blood 50. Bassoon cousin 52. Ensign, for short 53. Student aid 55. Grandmother, for short 57. *Dian Fossey's domain 60. "Bob Dylan's words, e.g. 63. Indian coin 64. Austin Powers, e.g. 66. Inhabitants of Thailand 68. Poker stakes 69. Across, in verse 70. *It opens wide 71. ____ lighting 72. Country song "Harper Valley ___" 73. Walk through mud DOWN 1. "___ alive!" 2. Babysitter's nightmare 3. Chow or grub 4. Sci-fi classic 5. *Praying insect 6. "... or ____!" 7. "Fantasy Island" prop 8. 10th letter of Greek alphabet 9. Throw up 10. Encourage 11. Infantry's last rows, e.g. 12. Mont Blanc, e.g. 15. "____ __ crime" 20. One-armed bandits 22. Big coffee server 24. Used for boiling 25. *Animal life of particular period 26. Don Draper of "Mad Men", e.g. 27. Teacher of Torah 29. Slap on 31. Preakness, e.g. 32. Wavelike design 33. At full speed 34. *Tsavo man-eaters 36. One of "Clue" clues 38. Mr. Eugene Krabs, e.g. 42. "The _____ of defeat" 45. Protrudes outwards 49. Sun in Mexico 51. 3rd rock from the sun, pl. 54. *He used animals to demonstrate morals 56. Root of nihilism 57. Ellen Page's 2007 role 58. Plotting 59. Financial aid criterion 60. Vega's constellation 61. Al Capone, e.g. 62. Plural of #17 Across 63. Ewe's mate 65. *Not a wild one 67. Fifth note