“Beat it, Ben Franklin!” Crossword Clue

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FRANKLIN (noun)
1. printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
2. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
BEN (noun)
1. a mountain or tall hill

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Across

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16. Coveted by collectors, maybe

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20. Smoked topper for a bagel

21. Upper limit

22. Dope, in dated slang

23. Dropped pop-up, e.g.

26. “Just leave, John Muir!”

28. “Klondike Annie” actress

30. Liquid in a well

31. Badminton need

32. Shows a preference

33. Watch carefully

35. Columnists’ pieces

37. “Pack it up, Steve Prefontaine!”

41. Michael of R.E.M.

43. Start for fat or fiction

44. Monk in the mountains

47. Celestial sphere

48. Ocasek of The Cars

51. Decides, as a motion

53. “Disappear, David Hasselhoff!”

56. “Being There” director Hal

57. Main ethnic group of Burundi

58. Gold, to a conquistador

59. Warm the bench

60. Abbr. in a footnote

61. “Clear out, Cornelius Vanderbilt!”

66. Fruit used by gin producers

67. Avoid postage at tax time

68. Complain strongly

69. Clothing store section

70. Kingdom

71. Influence

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Down

1. Barrister’s topper

2. Lennon’s wife

3. Not quite right

4. Sends a second email, say

5. Lay’s answer to Pringles

6. Item of Cantonese cookware

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8. Former New York governor George

9. Prison, slangily

10. Spot to do some plotting

11. Alternative to hand-laundering

12. Gave away an intruder, as a floorboard might

13. Six-line blocks of poetry

18. Days of old

23. Genre for Fall Out Boy

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25. Just deserts, so to speak

26. Texting farewell

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36. Guiding principles

38. Poindexter

39. Toward l’Arctique

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41. Argument used for deception

42. Hot water

45. Criminal organization

46. Some amount of

49. Beta carotene, for one

50. Wine vessel

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55. Finnish phone brand

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62. Building wing

63. Crow cry

64. Telluride or Sorento, e.g.

65. Crafty

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