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ACROSS1 Counted the minutes 6 Floor model 10 Strait-laced 14 A Franklin invention 15 Prof's place 16 Indulge wanderlust 17 Military caps 18 Doggie treat 19 Pierre's girl 20 Refines, as metal 22 Bacon-bringer's grind (2 wds.) 24 Carpet 26 Horned animals 27 Breed of chicken 31 Journal VIPs 32 Clothe 33 Winning 36 Feedbag morsel 39 FBI agent (hyph.) 40 '60s dance craze 41 Run words together 42 Walton or Spade 43 Update a watch 44 Pooh creator 45 Wedding rental 46 Wield a scalpel 48 Tours of duty 51 Corral 52 Kind of neckline 54 Talked on and on 59 Has a cough 60 Placed 62 Ism 63 Lazing about 64 Cogito -- sum 65 Hair-raising 66 Fishing gear 67 Shut with force 68 More astute
DOWN1 Reproving clucks 2 List detail 3 Pout about 4 Black-hearted 5 Wreck 6 Copy a tape 7 Plenty, for Tennyson 8 Trivial 9 Spew steam from under the hood 10 Shrimps 11 Bard's teen 12 Dorm climbers 13 Gentle 21 California's Big -- 23 Notorious pirate 25 Nibbles 27 Trails behind 28 Funny Bombeck 29 Lab weight 30 Chinese dynasty 34 Step on it 35 Bar legally 36 Earthen jar 37 Tuna anagram 38 Holly and mistletoe's partner 40 Silk and wool 41 Polite word 43 Pealed 44 Threatens 45 Glittery strands 47 Violin knob 48 Playground gear 49 Ball-gown material 50 Tangle 52 Au -- (nanny) 53 Prefix with byte 55 La -- tar pits 56 Arctic floater 57 Ms. Falco 58 Take-charge type 61 -- Perignon
