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Blankety Blank Idioms Crossword Puzzle

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Can you complete the missing words in these well known expressions, phrases, idioms? Some fillers also included. Have fun.
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      1. Many ___ make light work
      4. A few stiff drinks gave him the ___ courage he needed
      7. A wink is as good as a nod to a ___ horse
      10. "___, sweet as apple cider"
      11. "___ pro nobis" (pray for us)
      12. The thief was exceptionally ___ fingered
      13. Information counters are also known as help ___
      14. Criminals must learn that ___ doesn't pay
      15. "The ___ of all days"
      16. To increase one's self-importance is an ___ trip
      17. Many couples first meet by going out on blind ___
      20. To die is also known as to ___ the ghost
      23. James Baldwin wrote "___ of a Native Son" in 1955
      26. Fine ___ butter no parsnips
      29. Young and carefree times are known as ___ days
      32. The naughty child was a severe ___ to his exhausted mother
      35. An expression of disgust
      36. Frightened out of ___ wits
      37. Champagne ___ on a beer budget
      38. The twins were the ___ opposite of each other
      39. "With all my worldy goods, I thee ___"
      40. "The ___ is cast"
      41. "Coronation Street" character, ___ Sharples
      42. Marry in ___, repent at leisure
      45. Feeling ravenous is to have hunger ___
      48. Sycophant
      51. A little learning is a dangerous ___
      54. A leopard cannot change its ___
      57. A poor workman blames his ___
      60. Restaurant phrase, ___ ___ carte (1,2)
      61. Sports term, clash of the ___
      62. "A lonely little petunia in an ___ patch"
      63. The ___ on the cake
      64. Anything without a conclusion or limit is said to be open ___
      65. A son of a ___
      66. Greek goddess of the dawn
      67. She ___ sea shells by the sea shore
      68. Money doesn't grow on ___
      69. ___ an honest penny

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      1. The wanted criminal was ___ up in his house
      2. In the dead of the ___
      3. A world trip can includes many historic ___ of interest
      4. The Pholcidae spider is also known as a ___ long-legs.
      5. Pay back time is a ___ of his own medicine
      6. In Australia, to be certain to win is to be home and ___
      7. Bring home the ___
      8. A person who acts like a fool is sometimes referred to as the village ___
      9. A man is judged by his ___, not by his words
      18. "Much ___ About Nothing"
      19. This Byrnes played Kookie in "77 Sunset Strip"
      21. Latin for the deadly sin of wrath
      22. Grassland
      24. This Bobby is a famous Canadian hockey player
      25. Historical period
      26. Smile for the camera, ___ the birdie
      27. Life is no bed of ___ for the poor
      28. Elvis sang about his blue ___ shoes
      29. The black ___ of the family
      30. You have to ___ the ropes in a new job
      31. The fond mother has an only child whom she ___ upon
      32. Halloween is "Trick or ___" time
      33. "A Passage to ___" by E.M. Forster (1924)
      34. "We beat the drum slowly and played the fife ___"
      43. Tributary of Germany's Ammer river
      44. "A diller a dollar a ___ o'clock scholar"
      46. It polished Cleopatra off
      47. To be in a hurry is to bust a ___
      49. Balkan circle dance
      50. Indian pulse or lentil
      51. The government ___ out the same old excuses for failing to meet the budget
      52. ___ ___ try anything once, even eating oysters (1,4)
      53. A turf war is a dispute between rival ___
      54. She has the patience of a ___
      55. To seek peace is to hold out the ___ branch
      56. "Mankind little knows what it owes to the great ___ and seers"
      57. ___ are the days that try men's souls
      58. Everything was in apple pie ___
      59. Two ___ of the same coin