Crossword for Wed, 18/Apr/2012

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Across
1: Loud door sound

5: Ess or ell

10: Renege, slangily, with 'out'

14: Typographic measure

15: Like extreme opposites

16: Really dislike

17: Welcoming with shouts of joy

19: Players may up it

20: In the time left

21: Work with the hands

22: Talks, in a way

23: Five-dollar bill

24: One-edged sword

26: Rejected

30: Excel

34: Contaminant-free

35: Turn tail

37: Like a runway model

38: Exhorts

40: Generation separator

42: Gavel pounder's demand

43: Rang

45: Get going

47: Starter starter?

48: Beethoven's 'Appassionata' et al.

50: Concert extensions

52: Dubbed

54: Campaigned for office

55: Uncomfortable neckwear

58: Food fowl

60: Zip

63: Still in play

64: Slow down

66: Dubai VIP

67: Model of excellence

68: Takes advantage of

69: Ties the knot

70: They’re often out on a limb

71: Precious stones

Down
1: Fix a hot dog?

2: Head hunters?

3: Dept. store shopper's privilege

4: ___ de mer (seasickness)

5: Deejay

6: Where the heart is, proverbially

7: Wanted poster word

8: Black-and-white zoo denizens

9: Energy unit

10: Committee head

11: 'You ___?' (Lurch's query)

12: FYI cousin

13: They're 16th of 26

18: Analogous

22: Prefix for motor or control

23: Most puzzle constructors

25: Commuter's option

26: Potatoes

27: Unusual collectible

28: Wind instrument

29: Used a spade

31: Rot-resistant wood

32: Inscribed pillar

33: Feudal laborers

36: 'Uh uh'

39: Bristles

41: Chart shape

44: Block up

46: Records

49: Leave a federation

51: Mr. Peanut accessory

53: Freshwater fishes

55: Botched up

56: Frost's frost

57: Enthusiastic

59: Fen fuel

60: Flower holder

61: Short newspaper piece

62: GI's diner

64: Tumultuous noise

65: Shampoo target





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