Crossword

ACROSS

1 Beauty attracted to a beast 6 Sci. test sites 10 Mexican abode 14 Approximately 15 A Baldwin brother 16 Wildly excited 17 Gangster’s cold symptom? 19 “Proud Mary” rocker Turner 20 Make desirable 21 Onetime Chinese chairman 22 Bit of fan appreciation 23 Hanoi’s home, for short 25 You may be lost in the middle of it 27 Airport security worker 32 Auto gear selection 33 Soprano solo 34 Decorative sewing case 36 Birth-related 40 The Jets or the Sharks 41 Feel the presence of 43 Uncle Remus offering 44 Goaded (with “on”) 46 Group of two 47 Musical staff symbol 48 Irving’s Van Winkle 50 Handout at the doctor’s office 52 Time of few users 56 Kind of ball or card 57 “___ Few Dollars More” (film) 58 Biology class abbr. 60 Got close to 65 Wound with a grenade 66 Injury caused by blaring music? 68 Highest place 69 Cousin of beige 70 Kipling’s homeland 71 Wicked look 72 32-card game 73 Bear with one’s child?

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1 Hold back, as breath 2 Black, poetically 3 Window-rattling 4 Bobsled cousin 5 Natural-gas component 6 Asian tongue 7 Styptic-pencil ingredient 8 Took the first step 9 Fish formation 10 One way to prevent time from flying? 11 Like gymnasts 12 Aid in finding sunken ships 13 Hanging open 18 Long-legged creatures on the beach 24 Apportioned 26 Didn’t show, didn’t place 27 Wise man’s herb? 28 Rugged rock 29 Dirty bathtub’s trait 30 It summons doctors prematurely? 31 Accumulate, as a bill 35 Son of Abraham and Sarah 37 Improbable, as a tale 38 Helm position 39 It’s definitely not right 42 Everest conqueror Hillary 45 Cube that rolls 49 Analyzes a sentence 51 Lapwing (var.) 52 Butcher’s awful waste? 53 “May the ___ be with you” 54 Picture holder 55 Badmouth 59 Saintly radiance 61 Absolutely first-rate 62 NASCAR’s Ricky 63 “National Velvet” author Bagnold 64 Time of reckoning 67 Total goofball