ACROSS 1. Handbag 6. A Semitic people 10. Festivity 14. Negatively-charged atom 15. A gesture of farewell 16. Eager 17. Cashboxes 18. Matured 19. Give temporarily 20. Warriors 22. Come forth 24. A mild expletive 25. Flyer 26. Beautifies 29. Identical twosome 30. A tribe of Israel 31. An expert in religion 37. Rectify or change 39. Request 40. Wireless audio 41. Composer 44. Attempt again 45. Hearing organs 46. Came up 48. Deadly 52. Pierce 53. Tillable 54. Mass murder 58. A three-tone Chadic language 59. Object of worship 61. Strike hard 62. Picnic insects 63. They surround the teeth 64. Administration (abbrev.) 65. Whip 66. Flexible tube 67. Type of vine
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	1. Strokes 2. Pearly-shelled mussel 3. Streamlet 4. Brazing 5. A commissioned naval officer 6. Nobel or Oscar, for example 7. Shreds of cloth 8. Avenue (abbrev.) 9. Torment 10. Helmet shaped 11. Turn aside 12. Jargon 13. Common viper	21. Where the sun rises 23. A young person 25. Aroused 26. "Oh my!" 27. Present (at a show) 28. Baking appliance 29. Examinations 32. Not bald 33. A loose high-necked blouse 34. Mid-month days 35. Assistant 36. Midday 38. Inhabit	42. City in North Carolina 43. Rodents 47. Rogue 48. Deadly 49. Sporting venue 50. Harlots 51. Embarrass 52. Volcano 54. Mothers 55. Prolonged unconsciousness 56. Devastation 57. A Sicilian volcano 60. Twosome