Crossword for Wed, 10/Dec/2014

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Across
1: Maw's partner

4: Curtail

8: Class with a number of problems

12: Bona ___

13: Raise, as an anchor

14: It requires no proof

16: Whom the yoke's on?

17: Chemical group derived from benzene

18: Peach ___

19: Lambaste

20: Blubber

21: Check

23: Bon or won follower

24: Part of MGM

26: In need of fuel

28: Diamond judge

30: Slice

32: Bacchanalian blast

36: Dummy

39: Egg, classically

41: Curly-leafed cabbage

42: Feel unwell

43: Garden covers, maybe

45: Shoot the breeze

46: Sluggish

48: Not finalized, legally

49: Pet rocks and Beanie Babies

50: Shot in the arm

51: Soup veggie

52: Tournament exemption

54: Deep distress

56: Mosque officials

60: Secretary's stat

63: Internet address letters

65: Spider in the kitchen

67: She's a deer

68: Straighten, as wheels

70: Sacred bird of Egypt

72: Break-taker's number

73: Playboy, for one

74: '___ is life!'

75: Sob

76: Matter topper?

77: Beseech

78: Bomb that's a bomb
Down
1: Playful sprite

2: Well-versed

3: 'My Country Versus Me' author ___ Ho Lee

4: Burn to a crisp

5: Colorful parrot

6: Batman foe Poison ___

7: Hit with hailstones

8: Cha-cha cousin

9: Fireman's tool

10: Lean

11: King of the road

12: 1040EZ, e.g.

15: Chess piece

20: Dot follower

22: Peak stat

25: Cry over spilled milk

27: Chinese restaurant implement

29: Stewing vessel

30: Senate of old Rome

31: Baseball VIPs

33: Indian king

34: Tickled pink

35: Trees yielding elastic wood

36: Recipe guesstimate

37: Like some garage floors

38: Alka-Seltzer jingle starter

40: Barn rooster, frequently

44: Sis or bro

47: Arouse great enthusiasm

49: Not masc.

51: 'Treasure Island' pirate

53: Yang's opposite

55: Possessed

57: 'Farewell, François!'

58: Affected emotionally

59: Leak slowly

60: Lurid

61: Fruit with a stone

62: Dress design

64: Smoke trace

65: Typographic measure

66: Like burnt briquettes

69: Beefeater, e.g.

71: Prickly casing

72: Basketball position (abbr.)




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