Crossword for Wed, 16/Aug/2006

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Across
1: Drainpipe bend

5: Hard hit

9: Grates upon

14: Meditation method

15: Bridle path excursion

16: 'Farewell, François!'

17: Souvenirs

19: Took charge

20: Sum and substance

21: Earth movers?

23: Cry over spilled milk

24: Eyeball

25: ___-relief

28: Chicken selection

32: One way to travel

36: Accumulate

38: Little bit

39: Mystique

40: Ditty

41: A little bit of haven?

42: Harness race pace

43: High spd. phone line

44: All one can stand

45: Intended

46: Piano's 88

47: Sheep product

49: Old soap ingredient

50: 'PUSH FOR ___'

52: Like any number finishing with '9'

54: Birds of prey

58: Light, sweet bread roll

62: Provide with gear

63: Benevolent, in a way

65: Form a bend

66: State tree of Maine

67: Musical feature

68: Valleys

69: Sprawling narrative

70: They're beaten in the kitchen

Down
1: Youngster

2: Lobster and beluga products

3: Reason and Enlightenment

4: Tribune or Post, e.g.

5: Stiff drink

6: Take pleasure in

7: Pindar product

8: Adam of 'Batman'

9: Less common

10: Foreshadow

11: Farm tower

12: Look narrowly

13: Froth

18: Rebuffs

22: Mechanical learning routines

25: It's a dyeing art

26: Tickle pink

27: Like the beach

29: Modern form of communication

30: Market place

31: Gate alternative

33: Ear-related

34: 'The Gift of the Magi' device

35: Foamy pick-me-up

37: Easily offended

41: Bidder's amount

45: Doc

48: Iris cover

51: Deals (with), as a problem

53: Throw water on

54: Shipping dept. stamp

55: Water color

56: Knitting stitch

57: Dupes

58: Keg tap

59: Drain problem

60: Keep in suspense

61: Units of work

64: Routing term





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