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ACROSS 1 Antiquated 4 Sneaky plots 11 Bit of butter 14 Lot for Wednesday’s child 15 Big expense for an employer 16 Just-prior period 17 Illegal daily lottery 19 ___ annum 20 Viscounts’ superiors 21 Always, in music 23 Bedside awakener 25 It’s of miner concern? 28 Browning and Blake 29 Headache cause 30 “Scope” starter 32 “Major” animal 33 Invoice number 37 Diner-counter freebies 39 Celebrate an eventful time 44 Good way to leave Vegas 45 Chairperson’s plan 46 Muscle spasms 49 Sailing the Pacific 51 Light toss 52 Ghastly pale in appearance 54 Helper in a cold workshop? 55 Brings up, as young 57 Seasickness symptom 59 Churchgoers 61 1920s bathtub contents 62 They may defy logic 67 Acorn, later 68 Make, as dinner 69 Old name preceder 70 Far from a drama queen 71 Capitol Hill figure 72 Herd of whales DOWN 1 Have, free and clear 2 “Incredible Hulk” actor Ferrigno 3 Bearing 4 Kind of whale 5 Weathers in “Rocky” 6 Herb in the mint family 7 A little bit of work 8 Wingless extinct bird 9 Some shady trees 10 Nocturnal ambition 11 Jalapeno, to name one 12 Turns away from 13 Noted Mother 18 Quaffing place 22 Chilled dessert 23 Genesis name 24 Type of bean 26 Do over, as a room 27 Holder in Obama’s Cabinet 31 Andean civilization 34 Fiats 35 Considerable degree 36 “Take ___ Train” (Duke Ellington song) 38 A touching game 40 Put at ___ (reassure) 41 Decorating wood surfaces, in a way 42 It just plain stinks 43 Arrests 46 Does a Latin-american dance 47 Second-longest Bible book 48 Fat, euphemistically 50 How a life preserver should keep you
53Lowest levels of high tides 55 More prevalent
56 Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet 58 Fraction of a square mile 60 Large, round hairdo 63One of two in a score 64 Reducing salon 65 4 o’clock refreshment 66 Tailor- made line