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ACROSS 1. Mesquite, good for charcoal 6. Loosen, like a jar lid 10. Slack key accompaniment 14. Mixes; medleys 15. Moonfish 16. So hungry I could___ __ horse: two words 17. Kokua people 18. Jam berry 19. Chef Wong 20. Refuges; fertile spots 22. Filipino soup of guava or tamarind 24. Macadamia 26. Pointed leather tool 27. Kuhaulua 29. Eagle's nest 33. Small black crab, good raw 36. Pandanus 38. Squid for sushi 39. Bird pepper 40. Huhu 42. Moves for Shoji's girls 43. Magic Island pest 44. Halt 45. Take a breather 46. Dry, boring 49. Choose Cayetano, Lingle or other 51. Delicious 53. Meadow 54. Attorney General 59. Akamai 63. Bride's jewelery 64. Colors 66. Soy bean fiber 68. Peruvian Indian 69. Sea birds 70. Behemoth 71. Konnyaku & fishcake dish 72. Traveled by car 73. Foe

DOWN 1. Trophy wood 2. Dog: Hawaiian 3. Verdi opera 4. Grief and sorrows 5. Ancient Hebrew ascetic 6. Jump on one foot 7. Epic poetry 8. A Beamer 9. Family 10. HNL fruit detector 11. Downtown park 12. Sports Arena's Sheriff 13. Belted a mele 21. Maki or cone 23. Iniki's predecessor 25. Russian emperors 27. Monk's food for Chinese New Year 28. Make hauoli 30. Gohan 31. Eisenhower's 32. Toward Koko Head 33. Collections 34. "___ Misbehavin'" 35 10K Runner Darlene 37. Kure or Johnston 41. Fencing swords 42. Zoo wall offering 47. Lychee relative 48. Type measures 50. Sweet potato tendrils 52. Else 54. Vigor; vivacity 55. Outer peel 56. At one time 57. Europe's new currency 58. Tear apart; tatter 60. Like; similar 61. Ratio 62. British streetcar 65. Wind direction 67. One, some or every

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