Crossword for Sun, 14/Sep/2008

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Across
1: Dull, resonant sound

5: Diamond weight

10: Insignificant upturn

14: October birthstone

15: Ammonia compound

16: Subordinate staffer

17: One who lays waste, e.g.

19: St. and ave.

20: Remove graphite or graffiti

21: Not his

22: Gold medal-winning

23: Some condiments

25: Furrow filler on a farm

27: Silly pair?

29: Ticked off

32: Chest protectors

35: '___ Mame'

39: Eye liner?

40: Time-wasting bother

41: Petty officials

42: Part of a journey

43: Tie the knot

44: Short sock

45: Fiery stack

46: Axels and lutzes

48: Words with precedent

50: Melon variety

54: Despicable

58: Recipe direction

60: Feature of a wicked witch

62: On-ramp sign

63: Courts

64: Gathering

66: Fluish feeling

67: Warehouse

68: Spun yarns

69: Striped fish

70: Reddish orange dye

71: 'No ifs, ___, or buts!'

Down
1: Portends

2: La Scala offering

3: Part of USNA

4: They're found beside temples

5: Siamese or Persian

6: Indian housemaid

7: Religious ceremonies

8: Be taken with

9: By no means long-winded

10: One who works for a cut rate?

11: Strictly speaking

12: Roman date

13: Pain in the neck

18: Flippered fish fancier

24: Bumped off

26: Runs out of gas

28: Gone to Davy Jones's locker

30: Hippodrome section

31: Upper hand

32: Blubber

33: ___ fixe

34: 'Groovy, dude!'

36: Diddly-squat

37: Corn-growing regions

38: Bury

41: Bulk

45: Kneecap

47: Analyzes grammatically

49: Mausoleum

51: Flooded

52: Tend to the turkey

53: Match play?

55: It's a drag on a gown

56: Urged (on)

57: Calls for

58: Mop up

59: Roman wrap

61: Little gull

65: ___ culpa





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