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The Ultra Vires Crossword

“Not So Haunted”

Across

1 MolluskCLAM
5 Pub gameDARTS
10 Animal form assumed by Zeus to seduce 32-DownSWAN
14 Politician’s assistantAIDE
15 Indigenous AlaskanALEUT
16 Island home to HonoluluOAHU
17 DalesLEAS
18 Ski resort employee, slangilyLIFTY
19 Not newUSED
20 Concerns with an embalmed pharaoh?MUMMYISSUES
23 Evil forest witchHAG
24 ___ of EdenEAST
25 Take to taskCHIDE
27 Whitewater investigatorSTARR
30 Modern suffix with man, in case you didn’t know…SPLAIN
33 Pro’s oppositeCON
34 Hors d’oeuvres possessed by Satan?DEVILEDEGGS
39 EonsAGES
41 Attached an undersurface to a shoeSOLED
42 Recipe unitSTEP
43 Flying mammal with a penchant for America’s pastime?BASEBALLBAT
46 Rowing toolOAR
47 Brook, Lake, and RainbowTROUTS
48 Name of eight kingsHENRY
50 Actress LindsayLOHAN
52 Word derived from “indivisible”ATOM
54 Night beforeEVE
55 Author of paranormal fiction?GHOSTWRITER
62 WorkspaceDESK
64 Ham it upEMOTE
65 Female bunny in Space JamLOLA
66 BleakGRIM
67 Oil, acrylic, and watercolourMEDIA
68 Egyptian goddessISIS
69 Information on boarding passesETAS
70 Morsel between mealsSNACK
71 StatASAP

Down

1 Anagram for 1-AcrossCALM
2 “In _____ of flowers…”LIEU
3 Singer (and adulterer) LevineADAM
4 Forefather of hypnosisMESMER
5 Paintings that may feature melting clocks or giant eggsDALIS
6 Top tierALIST
7 Calls fouls, for shortREFS
8 Anti-apartheid leaderTUTU
9 Eye issueSTYE
10 Old French coinSOU
11 City or state nameWASHINGTON
12 LeadingAHEAD
13 Physical promptNUDGE
21 Imperial unitYARD
22 AbundanceSCAD
26 Moves hastilyHIES
27 Worker crossing a picket lineSCAB
28 Roman wrapTOGA
29 Procedure before surgery, oftenANESTHESIA
30 Places for piesSILLS
31 Ordinary person, derogatorilyPLEB
32 See 10-AcrossLEDA
35 Biblical son of IsaacESAU
36 Electricity unitVOLT
37 EquipmentGEAR
38 Lively and fitSPRY
40 Word repeated after “Que” in a song of oldSERA
44 Cannabis paraphernaliaBONG
45 God of ThunderTHOR
49 Game of Thrones actress ClarkeEMILIA
50 PrecipiceLEDGE
51 ObviousOVERT
52 Spookiest room in the house, usuallyATTIC
53 Make a minor changeTWEAK
56 Adjusts the length (of pants, say)HEMS
57 Cryptic warningOMEN
58 Carbonated waterSODA
59 EjectTOSS
60 Director KazanELIA
61 Speak hoarselyRASP
63 Dist. unitsKMS

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