ACROSS 1. Shut forcefully 5. Lack of difficulty 9. Ancient Assyrian city 14. A beautiful and graceful girl 15. Walk heavily 16. Not those 17. Door-to-door cosmetic company 18. Shivering fit 19. Sharpened 20. Repeat payments to performers 22. Suggestive grins 23. A resin used in incense 24. Metal 26. Timid 29. Platforms for plays 33. Waterproof coat 38. Free from fear 39. Slender woodwind instrument 40. Ice or roller 42. Anglo-Saxon slave 43. Depart (2 words) 45. Penalized 47. Pass by (time) 48. Wager 49. Row of shrubs 52. Artist's workstand 57. A colored transparent gem 60. Travel along with 63. Exhilarate 64. Dud 65. Assert 66. Makes docile 67. Gradually disappear 68. Approach 69. Gather 70. Comedian ____ Laurel 71. Historical periods
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	1. Extra 2. Even 3. Came up 4. 1/60th of a fluid dram 5. Jacob's brother 6. Seaweed 7. Spirits 8. Excrete 9. Sports competitor 10. These tie up sneakers 11. Western Samoan monetary unit 12. Exploiter 13. Communists (slang)	21. A thin flat circular plate 25. Member of an ascetic Jewish cult 27. Provided hospitality to guests 28. Tibetan ox 30. Effusion 31. Sea eagle 32. Sow 33. A thorny flower 34. Cain's brother 35. A very small amount 36. Beginners 37. Faucet 41. Vat	44. Incapable 46. A distinct part 50. Iron hooks with long handles 51. Acclaim 53. Rapidly 54. Relish 55. Bowel cleansing 56. Stringed instruments 57. Second letter of the Greek alphabet 58. Ancient Middle-Eastern kingdom 59. Avatar of Vishnu 61. Closing section of a musical composition 62. Not closed