The Best of Times Crossword (answers on page 42)
Across 1 Ionian gulf 5 Rancher's concern 9 Wight, for one 13 Like some losers 14 Ditto alternative 15 Ship part 16 Leaving one's country 18 Fencing sword 19 Come into view 20 Butts 22 ___ de Triomphe 23 Hammett hound 25 Subsequently 27 Being the ghost 31 Beethoven's "Moonlight ___" 34 Dog holder 35 Dye-yielding shrubs 37 Supreme Teutonic god 38 Methane's lack 40 Esau's father
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42 Codfish 43 Rice wine used in Japanese cooking 45 Prevent legally 47 ___ Jeanne d'Arc 48 Type of feeder 50 Academic term 52 Early Judean king 54 Sketched 55 Asian language 57 Starch from cuckoopint root 59 Fit for farming 63 Reo maker 65 Detective's clue 67 Resting on 68 Magazine release 69 Female deer 70 Cunning 71 He loved Lucy 72 The "E" of B.P.O.E.
Down 1 Like some salts 2 Cavort 3 Misstep 4 Lemnos locale 5 Billboard listing 6 Kuwaiti ruler 7 Kidney-related 8 Tenets 9 One of the Clantons 10 Secession advocate 11 Salacious look 12 Monthly util. bill 14 Gin cocktail 17 Haile Selassie disciple 21 Put on board 24 Biscotto flavoring 26 Form of ether 27 Atomic weapon 28 Sound 29 Unconventional
30 Tumbler 32 Oncle's wife 33 Wrath 36 Stuffed 39 Bar mitzvah, e.g. 41 Friend 44 "A Doll's House" wife 46 Nobility 49 Ghoulish 51 Bandage 53 Red seaweed 55 Baker's unit 56 Choir voice 58 Trunk growth 60 Get-out-of-jail money 61 Coupling 62 Expires 64 Operative 66 "Certainement!"
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