Crossword for Wed, 16/Dec/2015

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Across
1: Cranberry sources

5: Mooch

10: Swindles

14: Chemical group derived from benzene

15: Along the line of rotation

16: 'You betcha!'

17: Lively Italian folk dance

19: Indian music

20: Skiing area

21: Starred in high school sports

23: Word before sheet or session

26: Opposite of paleo-

27: Input for a recorder

34: Door clasp

36: 'Sweet Pea' singer Tommy

37: Dogcatcher's quarry, at times

38: Inning enders

39: Oil source

42: 'Spenser: For ___' (Urich series)

43: Iron alloy

45: Pouch in the body

46: Mouths, slangily

47: Mottled inlay material

51: Star pitcher

52: Quoits target

53: Pertaining to women

58: Audacious

63: Stored to develop aroma, as tobacco

64: Glow during the moon's crescent phase

67: Exceptional

68: Soda insert

69: Cheese with a red coat

70: Tributes in verse

71: Irritable

72: Ancient Egyptian emblems
Down
1: Nutty

2: Spoken

3: Sandwich served on pita

4: Masher's comeuppance, maybe

5: Siamese or Persian

6: Fireman's tool

7: Soup herb

8: Lead ore

9: Uplifts

10: Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' word for 'scratch, dog-style'

11: Cornerstone datum

12: Summon with a beeper

13: Roe source

18: Geek's cousin

22: Have a fling?

24: Ditties

25: Eeyore's friend

27: Fall bloom

28: Capsize

29: Stop

30: Grain alcohol component

31: Court TV feature

32: Waterproof cover

33: Spots

34: Large group

35: Mercury or Saturn

40: Eyelid attachment

41: Sound on the rebound

44: Deal with a shylock

48: Most chilling?

49: Organization limited to 100 members

50: Reduces in intensity

53: Casino card game

54: Quaint oath

55: Marginally sufficient

56: Roman date

57: Slips

59: Flightless bird

60: They might be visual

61: Go postal

62: Gropes for words

65: Feline, to Tweety

66: Major rte.




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