Crossword for Mon, 16/Dec/2013

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Across
1: Flute or saxophone variety

5: Up to the task

9: Total

14: Roller coaster feature

15: Like one end of a pool

16: Cornball

17: Stuffed tubes

19: Spine-tingling

20: Character assault

21: Pronounce indistinctly

23: Balaam's mount

24: To-do list item

27: Kind of column

29: Stage of advancement

34: 'What have we here?'

35: Farm tower

36: Chipped stone

38: Forepart of a boat

40: Unwanted sound

42: Sound on the rebound

43: Colorful aquarium fish

45: Play like a puppy

47: Shape with cutting blows

48: Wrongdoer's bane

51: Quaker's address

52: Indian maid

53: Killer ___ (excellent computer program)

56: Drainpipe bend

58: Stop

62: Exonerate

64: Cops' fare, in stereotypes

67: Excessive enthusiasm

68: Apart from this

69: Abrupt bit of thunder

70: Ledger transaction

71: Judge

72: Antsy
Down
1: Help for the hapless

2: Rich soil

3: Musical pitch

4: Sleep-inducing medication

5: Time-wasting bother

6: Wager

7: 'Shall we?' response

8: Play postscript

9: Cabbie's question

10: Garden tool

11: Gumbo vegetable

12: Island souvenirs

13: Spots

18: Game for high rollers

22: Tasteless

25: Old maid

26: Drug unit

28: Pump part

29: Tiny carnivore

30: Comb projection

31: Bête ___

32: Suitable position

33: Airwaves

34: Choose

37: 'In what way?'

39: Court order

41: Buckwheat noodles of Japan

44: Receptacle outside an airport entrance

46: Cop game

49: Type of gasoline

50: From what place

53: Very top

54: Course of action

55: Cooped (up)

57: Gondolier gear

59: Word heard on December 31

60: Kind of beetle

61: Get a glimpse of

63: Tune

65: Employ

66: Amethyst or tourmaline




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