Across 1. Aids 8. A light touch or stroke; male or female name 11. Blackjack 14. Mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge) 17. (UK) The chief executive of a large organization. 18. Irish is to Individual as Army is to Account 19. (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet) 20. Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests 21. Carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts 23. Select as an alternative 24. Tribe 25. Mr. Mayor (in St. Louis) 27. Throw quickly 28. Acquire 31. Someone who etches 34. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle 35. A major division of geological time 36. Anagram of 18 across. 37. Fugitive 40. Wizard of Oz's ___ Man 41. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside 42. A form of address for a married woman 43. Attempting 45. Twitch 46. Wage 47. Uncommon 48. United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) 50. Aah 51. Objective case of they 55. An island of central Hawaii 57. Might be heard (in plural) with 50 across. 58. A wing of an insect 59. Overestimates the market value of 64. Anagram of "Ice scroll totems" 65. and outs 66. Yeah 67. A city of northwest Oregon near the mouth of the Columbia River

Down 1. A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return 2. A city in Oklahoma 3. Anagram of "laser" 4. "Cold as ___" 5. Urge an attack or chase, esp. a dog to attack someone 6. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar (British); tit for ___ 7. ______ Joe 8. Wooden pins 9. A type of beer 10. Like a prickling, stinging sensation, as from cold 11. A large national park in Tanzania 12. A spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia 13. American journalist noted for his stories about American soldiers on the European and North African fronts during World War II; anagram of "yelp". 15. "Curses!" 16. Aloe ____ 22. The residue that remains when something is burned 23. Someone who rows a boat 24. The swiftest mammal 26. War loser Bob 27. Dip into liquid 29. An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland 30. Astronauts drank this 31. Where the sun rises. 32. A native American tent 33. Hard brittle cakes or biscuits 34. Anagram of 22 down 38. Holler 39. To make a mistake or be incorrect 44. Up to the present time 46. Not cheap 47. Platforms, and an anagram of "sartor". 49. Chandler's Duke is from here 50. A river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River 52. One who harasses by exacting unnecessary or disagreeable work 53. Fragrant resin used as incense 54. A lump or aggregation of coherent material 55. Centers of great activity or intense concentration; change one letter in this word, and you have the Norse god who created discord 56. A river in central England 57. Selects as an alternative 60. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field 61. Better to have yours kissed than kicked 62. Set afire or burning 63. Japanese politician who helped draft the constitution of 1889 and served as prime minister; remove one letter to get a maiden in Greek Mythology who was transformed into a heifer

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