colorful characters
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| 1. | Bids |
| 7. | Rogers and Petrie |
| 11. | Like fungi or bacteria: abbr. |
| 14. | Item in the plus column |
| 15. | Bustling |
| 16. | Reel companion |
| 17. | Popular Super Bowl snack item |
| 18. | Sweaty thing |
| 19. | No-hitter on a scoreboard, perhaps |
| 20. | Country singer Clint with the flu? |
| 23. | Turkish honorific |
| 24. | "Fortibus es in ___...": mock Latin phrase |
| 25. | Statistical comparison method |
| 27. | Actress Russell of Felicity |
| 29. | As soon as |
| 32. | Height |
| 33. | Embarrassed actress Tracey after flubbing her lines? |
| 37. | Silent Spring topic |
| 38. | "___ My Heart", hit for the Harmonicats |
| 39. | Little bounders |
| 41. | Former publisher of D&D game |
| 44. | Leave letter-turner Vanna on a desert isle? |
| 49. | Ground floor apartment designation, perhaps |
| 51. | Jerry Garcia collaborator Saunders |
| 52. | Raw silk shade |
| 53. | Local bijous |
| 55. | Keyboard key |
| 57. | Comparative ending |
| 58. | Absolutely livid Vanilla Fudge drummer Appice? |
| 63. | Saturn's mate |
| 64. | One above a viscount |
| 65. | Ring Ding alternatives |
| 67. | Bitty |
| 68. | Frank with a diary |
| 69. | One who leaves the bed |
| 70. | They may get a disc. on Tues. |
| 71. | Buss |
| 72. | Connections with |
| 1. | Anxiety affliction, briefly |
| 2. | Certain lumberman |
| 3. | Nice wheels |
| 4. | Singer-songwriter Brickell |
| 5. | Ceremony |
| 6. | Fourteen pounds, to a Brit |
| 7. | "6 in the Mornin'" or "Sabotage" |
| 8. | Troubling phrase |
| 9. | Outlying area, informally |
| 10. | Refine |
| 11. | Carry on |
| 12. | Mope |
| 13. | Japanese dish ingredient |
| 21. | Steel component |
| 22. | Cell metab. need |
| 23. | Grp. with pedigrees |
| 26. | B'way show purchase |
| 28. | Rapscallion |
| 30. | Civic competitor |
| 31. | North Carolina university |
| 34. | Religious acad. |
| 35. | Old Irish alphabet: var. |
| 36. | Blue chip benchmark |
| 40. | Haggard novel |
| 41. | Bridge capacity unit |
| 42. | Seafood entrée item |
| 43. | Concentration components |
| 45. | Seers |
| 46. | Unsociability |
| 47. | Sapling |
| 48. | It's west of the Ural Mtns. |
| 50. | Start of an Irish fleet |
| 54. | Lecture |
| 56. | Strive to |
| 59. | Author/civil-rights activist Guinier |
| 60. | Apex sea predators of Asia |
| 61. | Chilean painter Camilo |
| 62. | "And When ___", hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| 63. | Cries of discomfort |
| 66. | Sign of a hit show |
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