Destroy, archaically Crossword Clue

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DESTROY (verb)
1. put (an animal) to death
2. destroy completely; damage irreparably

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Across

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21. Cozy dining spot

22. Place name on a national map?

24. Milky Way component

25. Big dividends

26. Satisfaction felt by a Gothic architect?

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31. Common sculpture model

32. Where Anna Leonowens taught

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34. Smallest bell in a carillon?

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46. Pretentious sort

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50. Erstwhile

52. Ham it up

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57. Dangerous place, idiomatically

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61. Wriggly creatures found on every continent?

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66. Seltos seller

67. Go bad

68. April, May and June, to Daisy Duck

69. Like diplomatic pouches

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73. Medium brown hardwood

74. Blow thrown in a gang brawl?

76. Board, in a boardinghouse

78. Shows a chameleonlike quality

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82. Put into words

84. “Buenas ___” (“Good afternoon,” in Spain)

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93. WhatsApp owner

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98. ___-à-porter (off-the-rack)

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124. Serve seconds to, e.g.

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16. Loathe

18. Fluctuated

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28. First baseman of comedy

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