Crossword for Thu, 18/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Train for a title fight

5: Tobacco pipe part

9: Sudden burst of energy

14: Pip

15: Roy Innis's org.

16: Soft buckwheat dish

17: Provides weapons to

18: Montreal streets

19: Match play?

20: Part of the evening news

23: Passports, e.g (abbr.)

24: Merest

25: 'Rock and Roll All Nite' band

27: Real riot

30: Eating alcove

33: Pooh's middle name?

34: Right-hand page

37: Holy chalice of legend

38: Sworn statement

40: Drew a line in the sand, maybe

42: Players may up it

43: More sardonic

45: Fire places

47: Pot ingredient?

48: Urban grid

50: Old undergarment

52: Upper hand

53: Wise guy?

55: 28,800 seconds before midnight

57: Embodiment

62: Part of the small intestine

64: Article that may list survivors

65: Annul

66: Thick

67: Dole (out)

68: Sums up

69: Word with worm or moth

70: Produced offspring

71: Give the slip to

Down
1: Deli side

2: Contaminant-free

3: ___ mater

4: Steal livestock

5: Yelled

6: Barnstorms

7: At attention

8: City near Scottsdale

9: Winter sport

10: What golfers try to break

11: Seconds

12: Wearing wedgies, say

13: Furnishes with workers

21: 'I can't ___ you!'

22: Biathlon need

26: Antitoxins

27: Puts away

28: Plan a course

29: The golden years

30: Busy sort

31: Tenth part

32: Campaign poster plea

35: Mortarboards

36: 'Don't give up!'

39: Give attention

41: Poured out

44: Treatment plan

46: Body of an organism

49: Half a score

51: Ceremonial act

53: One-edged sword

54: Correspond with

55: Bona ___

56: “Not guilty,” e.g.

58: Foghorn Leghorn feature

59: Prefix with European

60: Track figures

61: Narrow margin of victory

63: Employ





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