ACROSS 1. A river in France 6. Christmas 10. Moist 14. A viper 15. Handle of a weapon 16. Latin for "Flanks" 17. Thoughts 18. Monster 19. Puts 20. Sympathy 22. Angers 23. Earl Grey or orange pekoe, for example 24. Middle (British spelling) 26. Nap 30. Ancient Hebrew dry measure 32. A young sheep 33. Box 35. Poison 39. Awry 41. Earned Run Average 42. Wear away 43. An Asian pepper plant 44. Against 46. Concept 47. Noises made by lions 49. Take an exam over 51. Pushed 54. Father 55. Molten rock 56. Become liquid by absorbing moisture 63. A Semitic people 64. Anagram of "Rain" 65. Not dirty 66. Convey verbally 67. Quote 68. A type of African antelope 69. Nature of being 70. Placed on a tee 71. Small narrow pointed missiles
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	1. A Levantine ketch 2. Edible starchy root of taro plants 3. Something previously mentioned 4. Tongue of a wagon 5. Inferior imitation 6. A Bantu language 7. Wise men 8. A hairstyle 9. Smell 10. Disown 11. Alarm 12. Liturgical headdress 13. No longer in fashion	21. Perceives visually 25. Overhang of a roof 26. Thick piece of something 27. What a person is called 28. Leave out 29. Discernible 30. Acquires deservedly 31. Backside 34. A sweet juicy fruit 36. A connecting point 37. Lyric poems 38. Flesh of animals 40. Fruit of the blackthorn bush	45. Modern-day Mesopotamia 48. Substance abuser 50. Elicited 51. Thin layers of rock 52. Rabbits 53. Ellipses 54. Ate 57. A Great Lake 58. Tardy 59. Singer ____ Fitzgerald 60. Scorch 61. Cannot (contraction) 62. Finishes