ACROSS 1. Shut forcefully 5. Traditional Indian music 9. Base 8 number system 14. Anagram of "Hail" 15. Dry 16. Piece of bread 17. Eager 18. A beautiful and graceful girl 19. 1000 kilograms 20. Lay waste to 22. Ploys 23. Swelling under the skin 24. Damp 26. Animal companion 29. An oblong cream puff 33. Mar 38. From that place 39. Native of South America 40. Long period of time 42. Not long now 43. Nuclear 45. 10 times 100 47. Least high 48. Identity cards 49. Thorny flowers 52. Shelter a vessel 57. A plant used to make rope 60. Insurgent 63. Fragrance 64. Annoy 65. Precipitation 66. Unit of measure of gold purity 67. French for "State" 68. Hike or journey 69. Silly 70. 10 10 10 10 71. They make eggs
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	1. Protection from the sun 2. Existed 3. Not dead 4. Refined woman 5. Wholly absorbed 6. Region 7. Distance around a person's body 8. Farewell 9. Flightless bird 10. Clear sky 11. Cans 12. Skin disease 13. Fermentation sediments	21. Toadfish 25. System or plan 27. Selects by voting 28. Not bottom 30. Dwarf buffalo 31. Symbol 32. Rip 33. Found on old telephones 34. Within 35. Barge 36. Videographer 37. Decay 41. 22nd letter in the Greek alphabet	44. Separate 46. Utilizer 50. Type of heron 51. A series of connected rooms 53. Merriment 54. Make a strident sound 55. Extraterrestrial 56. Tugs 57. Japanese rice wine 58. Modern day Persia 59. Rail bird 61. Panache 62. Drenches