'Literary Alchemist' Crossword by Dave Fisher
Across
1. Sock
5. Yiddish 'trash'
9. Less
14. ___wolf
15. Van Morrison's homeland
16. Make the innocent look guilty
17. Like poultry allowed to forage
19. Most populous English-speaking country
20. Alchemist rewrites Charles Dickens classic
22. Wane
23. Nice summer
24. Snake
27. City in the Evergreen State
31. School grp.
34. Decorated
36. 4,840 square yards
37. Art supporter?
39. Alchemist rewrites Alexandre Dumas classic (with 'The')
42. Mission San Antonio de Valero
43. Merit
44. Friend
45. Abbreviation in an ad
46. Withhold
49. Humor magazine
50. ___ -mo
51. Me in Montreal
53. Alchemist rewrites Ian Fleming classic
61. Seventh month for Moslems
62. Fine china
64. Saudi's neighbor
65. Draft status
66. SAS is based here
67. Parking spot and corner office, perhaps
68. Season to be jolly
69. Enthusiastic exclamation

Down
1. Grp. with panda logo

2. Cowboy's concern
3. ___ code
4. Irritate
5. Like some dads
6. Peal
7. Hence
8. Sailboat stabilizer
9. "Desert Storm" aircraft
10. Bert's buddy
11. ___ vs. Roe
12. Author Ludwig
13. Scan
18. BBQ favorite
21. ___ Shannon
24. Draw a bead on
25. Climb
26. ___ colony
28. Pains' partner
29. Doctor
30. Four: prefix
31. Sacred song
32. Inventor Nikola
33. Synthetic resin used in paint
35. Like a night light
38. Doctors org.
40. Lacking certain defences
41. Unfriendly
47. ___ voyage
48. Zilch
50. Was offensive, in a way
52. Nome dome
53. Something on stage
54. Feeble
55. Not open, not closed
56. Stratford-Avon connector
57. California lake or park
58. Priceless?
59. ___ does it
60. Stir up
63. Negatives
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