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Daily Crossword Puzzle #5 for Tue, May 12, 2020

ACROSS
1. Choose
4. Island territory of the United States
8. A pale, very dry sherry
12. Expire
13. Against
14. Part of Q.E.F.
15. Letter starter
17. Monetary unit of Yemen
18. Don Adams' spy role
19. Strangle with an iron collar
21. Cards in a Roman deck?
23. Non-commissioned officer (abbr.)
24. _____ Park, CO
26. Scottish cap
28. Conclusions
30. More given to overacting
34. Writing tablet
37. Domed church section
39. Inside; within (prefix)
40. According to
41. Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans
43. Teat (slang)
44. Without
46. Capital of Western Samoa
47. Lion
48. Having the greatest elevation
51. Legendary monster
54. Consenting reply
55. Pottery fragment
58. Viper
61. Allow
63. Flexible twig of a willow tree
65. Actors Connery and Penn
67. Arabian gulf
71. Carryall
72. Merit
73. French philosopher Descartes
74. "___ Little Indians"
75. Johnson of "Laugh-In"
76. Southwest Nigerian state
77. _ Lanka

DOWN
1. Likelihood
2. Component
3. Rends
4. Slender fish
5. University (slang)
6. _ moment's notice (2 wds.)
7. Place where flour is made
8. Opposite of masc.
9. SW Asia republic
10. Drug cop
11. "Beetle Bailey" pooch
16. Pace
18. Thailand, formerly
20. Commissioned mil. rank
22. Call ___ day
25. Neighbor of Neb.
27. Madame (abbr.)
29. Small fatty European fish
30. Sun: prefix
31. International (abbr.)
32. Singer Brickell
33. Printing process, for short
34. Romantic infatuation
35. Jai ____
36. Mild oath, euphamism for damn
38. Small drink
42. Fails to keep up a pace
45. Like a shrinking violet
49. Snakelike fish
50. Compass dir.
52. 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
53. 90 degrees
56. Disturbances
57. Prevent from occurring
58. At sea
59. Shrivel
60. Component
62. Edible starchy tuberous root
64. Painter Guido (1575-1642)
66. Compass dir.
68. Lair
69. Conclusion
70. Modern: prefix