Crossword for Wed, 15/Oct/2008

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Across
1: Bodybuilder Charles

6: Help for the hapless

10: Hoof-on-pavement sound

14: It may be fine

15: Leak slowly

16: Pumice source

17: Like some fat

20: Undercover worker

21: Some votes

22: Some meet officials

23: Blue funk

24: Word on an octagon

25: Conflicting flavors

29: Commuter's option

32: Single

33: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

34: Type type

35: Biting midge

36: Practices punching

38: Long-necked instrument

39: It may zoom in or out

40: Slim swimmer

41: UFO, on jetfighter's radar

42: Energy unit

43: Uninvited guest

46: Tousle

47: Biddies

48: Parson's bailiwick

51: Soft drink

52: Musclebound brute

55: By accident

58: Give up

59: Secular

60: Quarrel

61: Merino mamas

62: Hand-held harp

63: Flimflams

Down
1: PC software

2: De ___ (too much)

3: Blossom from a bulb

4: Whichever

5: Knocked for a loop

6: They're good to hold

7: Meadows

8: Came across

9: Blows up, in a sense

10: Workbench gripper

11: Not on schedule

12: Kaput

13: Hippies' homes

18: Film follower

19: Civil unrest

23: Manuscript markings

24: Person of vision

25: It's played on base

26: Kind of circle or tube

27: Vocal effect

28: Problem for Jonah

29: Tree branch

30: Free from restraint

31: Operate the rudder

34: Dentist's advice

36: Beachcomber's find

37: Spot and Fido

41: Tropical fruits

43: Burst of wind

44: Preferred

45: Upgrade the decor

46: Excavation sites

48: Deep purple

49: Freshly

50: Bridle path excursion

51: Recipe direction

52: Pond organism

53: Fruit with a stone

54: Spots

56: Vote to kill

57: Eyebrow shape





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