ACROSS 1. Footstep 5. Baccalaureate (abbrev.) 8. The lowest timber in a structure 12. Black 13. Streamlets 15. Leg joint 16. Absorb written material 17. A noble gas 18. Concept 19. One who draws 22. Vase 23. Decay 24. A cereal grass 26. Lyrical 29. Avoids 31. Pouch 32. Anagram of "Panes" 34. Enticed 36. Native of South America 38. Sorrow 40. Ireland 41. Utilize again 43. Permit 45. Avenue (abbrev.) 46. Boring tools 48. Increase threefold 50. Avatar of Vishnu 51. Actor ___ Mineo 52. How old one is 54. Unplanned 61. Ice cream ____ 63. Avoid 64. Anagram of "Neat" 65. Pawn 66. Master of ceremonies 67. Found on old telephones 68. Sword 69. Perceive visually 70. Porgy fish
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	1. A beautiful and graceful girl 2. Cain's brother 3. Bituminous fuel 4. Put up with 5. Monetary unit of Ethiopia 6. Seaweed 7. Coagulate 8. Traverse across snow 9. Not agrarian 10. A suggestive look 11. Not fatty 13. Snitching 14. Anagram of "Nooks"	20. Drunkards 21. Banister 25. Not false 26. Lined with sheets of window glass 27. An event 28. Anagram of "Acres" 29. Recited the letters of a word 30. Wait on 31. "Dear ___" 33. Feel unwell 35. D 37. An eastern continent 39. Maroon	42. Trees of the genus Ulmus 44. Deprive infants of mother's milk 47. A failure to maintain 49. Hemorrhages 52. Dull pain 53. Gunk 55. Units of electrical resistance 56. Pleasant 57. Tall woody plant 58. Relating to the ear 59. Tree sloth 60. Anagram of "Pals" 62. Supplement with difficulty