Crossword for Wed, 16/Dec/2009

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Across
1: Divinely favored

6: Con job

10: Harness race pace

14: Reluctant

15: Word before ant or brat

16: Autumn tool

17: Cast member

18: Solar beams

19: Nearly closed

20: Kind, as to guests

22: Siestas

23: Handyman's vehicle

24: Canine star

26: Daisy's bicycle, in song

30: Unpleasant

32: Curved moldings

33: A white one is small

34: Tenth letter of the Greek alphabet

38: Loafer inserts

39: Passports, e.g (abbr.)

40: Snapple selections

41: The calf stops here

43: Court divider

44: Arrive at

45: What wet iron does, sometimes

47: Mixture

48: Orbital point

51: Tease mercilessly

52: Head hunters?

53: Forgiveness

60: Whom the yoke's on?

61: Photocopier tray filler

62: Lips, in Latin

63: That's an order

64: Something to make at night and break in the morning

65: Terminating

66: Sawbucks

67: Colors

68: They may be calculated

Down
1: Borrrring

2: Plumb crazy

3: Bolts down

4: Word on an octagon

5: Prospers

6: Wrap in the kitchen

7: Constant complainer

8: ___ nitrate

9: Reflexive pronoun

10: Worked at the U.N., perhaps

11: Indian royals

12: Giraffe relative

13: By no means long-winded

21: Highlander's cap

25: Ocean bird

26: Vegan's staple

27: Stored to develop aroma, as tobacco

28: Exigency

29: This puzzle's theme

30: Helpers

31: Adam of 'Batman'

33: Dryer residue

35: Sound of laughter

36: Measure off a distance, perhaps

37: Like burnt briquettes

42: Cry over spilled milk

44: Steady customer

46: Type of engine

47: ___ de mer (seasickness)

48: Up in the air

49: Playful sprite

50: Dolphins' home

51: Frolics

54: Bridges or Brummell

55: Identical

56: Stand on the corner?

57: Sacred bird of Egypt

58: Sty cry

59: Carps constantly





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