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Daily Crossword Puzzle #9 for Thu, Dec 28, 2023

ACROSS
1. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
4. Corncob
8. Is not
12. Silent film actress Nazimova
14. Arabian gulf
15. Letter starter
16. Floor coverings
17. Unrelated to defense, as in spending
20. The founder of a family
21. Bear (Spanish)
22. Had dinner
23. Composer Copland
27. Trial
29. Took on color
31. Airs
34. Annoying sound
35. Length times width
36. In addition
39. Actor Linden
41. Russian ruler of old
42. Moistens
43. Nobles
46. Old wives' tales, e.g.
47. _ gin
48. "____ silly question..."
51. Yearns
54. Lizard (obsolete)
56. A saturated hydrocarbon
58. Toward shelter
61. Happening in regular succession
66. Not wild
67. Within a short period
68. One of the Great Lakes
69. Arab leader
70. Inactive volcano in Sicily
71. Plant excrements
72. Filthy place

DOWN
1. Scottish caps
2. Jai ____
3. Extremist
4. Baking dish
5. Wedding promise
6. Fenced enclosure
7. Inside; within (prefix)
8. Binary compound
9. Legislators
10. Political cartoonist Thomas
11. Relationship diagram
13. Toward the sea
18. Eastern Standard Time (abbr.)
19. Enemy
24. 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
25. Fr. "Yes"
26. Soft
28. Arguments over trivial matters
30. Allots cards
32. Ocean
33. Ewer handle
34. Olfactory organs
36. Leather borer
37. Lion
38. Ski resort town in Vermont
40. Hang loosely or laxly
44. Friend of Pooh
45. Lair
49. Krazy ___ of comics
50. Black tropical American cuckoo
52. Yard entry
53. Hits or strikes with great force
54. Celtic language
55. Pick up the tab
57. Nights before holidays
59. Send forth
60. Suggestive of the supernatural
62. Santa ___, CA
63. Period
64. Mouth edge
65. Consenting reply