ACROSS 1. Smack 5. A thick slice 9. Bundled 14. Prefix indicating change 15. Shaft on which a wheel rotates 16. Not below 17. Door-to-door cosmetic company 18. King of the jungle 19. Papal court 20. Choice 22. Sound of a bell 23. Hi 24. Plain or pasture 26. Animal companion 29. Groaned 33. Hard candy on a stick 38. Refuse to acknowledge 39. Found in some skin lotions 40. Due 42. Ice cream ____ 43. Motto 45. Horticulturist 47. Glossy 48. For each 49. A group of south Pacific islands 52. Develop 57. Hex 60. Pharmacists 63. Assuage 64. Monster 65. Oceans 66. Expenditures 67. Devastation 68. A Great Lake 69. Sugary 70. Chair 71. Communists (slang)
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	1. Strike forcefully 2. Dike 3. Coral island 4. Committee 5. Sodium chloride 6. Sixty-two in Roman numerals 7. Standoffish 8. Source of sesame seeds 9. An accumulation of jobs not done 10. Copiousness 11. Traditional stories 12. Wicked 13. Bargain	21. Duplicate 25. Emigrant 27. Name derived from the name of a person 28. Haul 30. Midday 31. Sea eagle 32. Related to the elk 33. Young girl 34. Leaf of the talipot palm 35. Plunder 36. Make laws 37. Swine 41. Short sleep	44. One who examines processes 46. Pull 50. Smells 51. Contend 53. The front part of a stair 54. A valley in France 55. Sedate 56. S S S S 57. Bags 58. Farm implement (American spelling) 59. Otherwise 61. Murres 62. Fellow