Crossword for Sat, 10/Jul/2010

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Across
1: Ancient Egyptian emblems

5: Up to the task

9: Slugs

14: Puzzle piece

15: Make less dependent

16: Clued in

17: Lacking compassion

19: Black-headed gull

20: Pretty pitchers

21: Circus prop

23: Shade tree

25: Honshu hostesses

30: Stage of advancement

33: Upsilon follower

35: Cauterize

36: Excessive enthusiasm

37: Take a chance

39: Black flies

42: Hit hard

43: Related to vision

45: Just one of those things

47: 'Sure thing!'

48: Modern writers' aids

52: Geneva Convention concern

53: Devon river

54: Beginners

57: Busy work

61: On the go

65: Ignore the alarm

67: Tenant's contract

68: Application form blank

69: Lion's pride

70: 'Sledgehammer' singer Gabriel

71: Didn't come home standing up

72: Put into the overhead bin

Down
1: Very top

2: Did in, old-style

3: Contaminant-free

4: Whispered words

5: Hole punch

6: Quilting parties

7: Bringing up the rear

8: Military flag

9: John's Jordan River rite

10: She may get sheared

11: Guiding principle

12: Cycle starter

13: Go down

18: Skye and Man

22: Part of a journey

24: PC movie format

26: Thrusting blow

27: Sweethearts

28: Old-womanish

29: Pants' parts

30: Rock band Twisted ___

31: Spider in the kitchen

32: Ticked off

33: Oktoberfest toast

34: Thick-skinned mammal

38: Tartan wraparound

40: Pot ingredient?

41: Rice drink

44: Muddle

46: College student's armload

49: Blubber

50: Long-legged birds

51: Dominions

55: Football's contour

56: Final prelim

58: Place for the catbird?

59: Numbers game

60: Do a spit take

61: Mont Blanc, for one

62: Apiary occupant

63: Feed seed

64: Employ

66: Pinot Noir or Merlot





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