ACROSS 1. Directed 6. French Sudan 10. Mineral-bearing rocks 14. Desire intensely 15. Chieftain 16. Wander 17. A place for wives and concubines 18. Hindu princess 19. Concept 20. Infringed 22. Fellow 23. Arid 24. Fools 26. Small sofa 30. Pork strips 32. Wings 33. Stair 35. Sharp intakes of breath 39. Mend 41. Beer 42. Robbed 43. City in Nebraska 44. Tops of jars 46. Smell 47. Daughter of a sibling 49. Self-defense sport 51. Soak up 54. Total 55. Celt 56. Civil servant 63. Countertenor 64. Knowing a secret (2 words) 65. Beach 66. Stopper 67. River in Egypt 68. One who dines 69. Catch sight of 70. Moves 71. Water vapor
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	1. Dull pain 2. Modern day Persia 3. Made from the residue of grapes 4. Always 5. Out of fashion 6. Clemency 7. Nursemaid 8. Connects 2 points 9. Relating to the iris of the eye 10. Creator 11. Cowboy sport 12. Something that happens 13. Chairs	21. God of war (Greek mythology) 25. Canines 26. Toadfish 27. Ancient Middle-Eastern kingdom 28. Bye-bye 29. Applied science 30. Negate 31. Mimicked 34. Body powder 36. Soft drink 37. Scheme 38. Withered 40. Found on most heads	45. A gull-like jaeger 48. Decreasing 50. Entertains 51. Mouth wide open 52. Spheroids 53. Build or erect 54. Western Samoan monetary units 57. Pearly-shelled mussel 58. Part portrayed 59. Gab 60. Memorization by repetition 61. District 62. School semester