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ACROSS1 Brace 5 Rumormonger 10 Adjusts the length 14 Bronte's Jane 15 Potato type 16 The fat -- -- the fire 17 Watch the stars 18 Stumper 19 Earth goddess 20 Scornful laugh 22 Thumbing a ride 24 Wyatt the lawman 27 Gullywasher 28 Iris kin 32 Fable writer 36 Sawmill input 37 Mortgages 39 Grouchy Muppet 40 Puts on credit 42 Rector's income 44 H.H. Munro 45 Salami 47 Diadem 49 Golfer -- Trevino 50 Lab weights 51 Pullets 53 Razor brand 56 Yoko's son 57 Music maker (2 wds.) 61 Airheads 65 "Hi- --, Hi-Lo" 66 Sediment 69 Booty 70 Dwarf buffalo 71 Kids' song refrain 72 Occupation 73 Bored response 74 Loaf around 75 Nasty mood
DOWN 1 Wooden pins 2 Clancy hero Jack -- 3 Ricelike pasta 4 Squinted at 5 Puppy plaint 6 Shogun's capital 7 Vintage vehicle 8 His and hers 9 Major artery 10 Royal title 11 Morales of "Bad Boys" 12 Bearing 13 Glitch 21 Plane part 23 Luigi's farewell 25 Search frantically 26 Braid 28 Hot wine punch 29 Bunk preference 30 Booster rocket 31 Piece of mischief 33 Climb 34 Of durable wood 35 Snoops 38 Persian monarchs 41 From Mogadishu 43 Buffalo's lake 46 Movie terrier 48 Police sch. 52 Mounds 54 U-Haul rival 55 Craggy abode 57 Potter's supply 58 Ms. Merrill 59 Reinvest, with "back" 60 Lurch 62 Pork cut 63 Braxton or Tennille 64 Dele's undoing 67 -- Scala of films 68 Boston Red --
