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Daily Crossword Puzzle #8 for Tue, Dec 20, 2016

ACROSS
1. Hit sharply and swiftly
4. Opposed to
8. Discontinue
12. Silent film actress Nazimova
14. 480, 500 or 516 sheets of paper
15. Puts into a specified state
16. Austrian river, tributary to the Danube
17. Pieces
20. Sense of smell
21. Frozen water
22. Plant holder
23. Shops
27. Docile
29. SW Asia republic
31. Singles
34. Annoyingly loud
35. Restaurants
36. "Two Mules for Sister ____"
39. Roguish
41. System (abbr.)
42. Supplements with great effort
43. Unconcealed
46. California wine valley
47. Soft
48. Margarine
51. Obstructs or blocks passage
54. Or not
56. Indian title of respect (Mr.)
58. Slanted text style (abbr.)
61. Pleas
66. Light colored
67. The main thing one is thinking about
68. Part of Q.E.F.
69. Style
70. Old wives' tales, e.g.
71. Hindu Mythology: god of death
72. Conclusion

DOWN
1. Precipitation
2. In addition
3. Suffix with ecto or cyto
4. Curve
5. Modern: prefix
6. Scottish cap
7. Body of Kaffir warriors
8. Compass dir.
9. 3-inch nail
10. Von Bismarck
11. Inconspicuous attention getter
13. Type of rug
18. Sep. follower
19. Teachers' org.
24. _ de Janeiro
25. Three (prefix)
26. Backtalk
28. Damp
30. High-strength synthetic material
32. Followers of ems
33. Fast jet (abbr.)
34. Rhinal
36. Elected rep.
37. Alias (abbr.)
38. Newsperson
40. Jacques Cousteau's middle name
44. Eastern Standard Time (abbr.)
45. 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
49. Compass dir.
50. Mouth or opening
52. Corncob
53. Lacking originality or spontaneity
54. Famous astronaut Armstrong
55. Southwest Nigerian state
57. A distinct part
59. ____ Jay Lerner
60. Grant temporary use of
62. Actress Charlotte
63. Retirement account (abbr.)
64. Ewer handle
65. R.R. building