Week of 12/26/16 - 1/1/17
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ACROSS 1 Seating section 5 Air freshener option 10 Fuss 14 State with conviction 15 Photoshop item 16 Completely fix 17 Renowned 19 Newspaper feature 20 Put the kibosh on 21 Frenzy 22 Dermal affliction 24 Detergent brand 26 Eur. country 28 Track event 29 One approaching 100 33 Oomph 34 Soften one's stand 35 Rydell hit, "Forget ___" 38 Type of room? 40 Pull out 42 Water tester 43 Staff range 47 Specialty 48 System of government 50 Record holders 53 Julia Sweeney SNL character
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Copyright 2016 by The Puzzle Syndicate
54 Big Apple attraction, with "the" 55 Out for the night 57 Former filly 59 Envelope abbr. 62 Bygone autocrat 63 Loathsome 66 "Just Like Heaven" band, with "The" 67 Dashboard feature 68 Soldering need 69 Attention 70 Concerning 71 Final, for one DOWN 1 Curtain material 2 Baker 3 Prosperous period 4 Flock member 5 Turkish currency 6 Lennon classic 7 Pass to the side 8 Sensitive subject, to some 9 Let go 10 Disney film with a pet reindeer 11 Drive away
12 Dropsy 13 TV show since 1952 18 Act the blowhard 23 Cargo unit 25 Sounded a bell 27 Bard's "before" 29 Small salamander 30 Potpourri 31 Not slouching 32 Atlas feature 35 Type of trait 36 It may be big 37 Bell curve figure 39 Baggy 41 Give a hoot 44 Draft source 45 Pie preference 46 Folic acid 48 Like most wedding cakes 49 "Indeed!" 50 Down the ___ 51 It's debatable 52 Danger signal 56 Legal prefix 58 Funny one 60 Calculator button 61 Driving no-no 64 Blackout 65 Toward the stern