Crossword for Sat, 23/Dec/2006

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Across
1: Online VIP

6: A pink one means trouble

10: Foghorn Leghorn feature

14: Rub the wrong way

15: Earring spot

16: October birthstone

17: Word with worm or moth

18: Geishas' sashes

19: Take pleasure in

20: Plan a course

21: Delays

23: Roof rim

25: Successful dieters

26: Devastate

29: Manuscript markings

31: Title that's Persian for 'sign of God'

33: Screen-measuring unit

37: Spider in the kitchen

38: Artless simplicity

41: 'What have we here?'

42: Quaker's address

44: Motley crew

46: Hyacinth holders

49: 'Gypsies, ___ and Thieves'

50: Like a rebel yell

53: One working with Linux, e.g.

54: Furrows in one's brow?

57: Walk proudly

61: Roid or road follower

62: Title for Edith Evans

63: Did superbly

64: '___ Cowgirls Get the Blues'

65: Dubai VIP

66: Fill with joy

67: Adam of 'Batman'

68: Soaks, as flax

69: Church group
Down
1: What some writers work on

2: 'You betcha!'

3: Words with precedent

4: Gorge

5: General assembly?

6: Skiing area

7: Gray wolf

8: Sacred bird of Egypt

9: Mortar partner

10: Gigantic statues

11: Have one's say

12: Creator

13: Glorify

22: Stewing vessel

24: The Sail (southern constellation)

26: Spellbound

27: Indian maid

28: Barn rooster, frequently

29: Puts on the hard drive

30: '___ Came You' (1974 Dionne Warwick and Spinners chart-topper)

32: Margarita flavoring

34: Average

35: Blue or potato follower

36: Thin-bladed tools

39: Skin designs, for short

40: Exits

43: Easy to see

45: Terrestrial

47: For ___ the marbles

48: Pitcher's pitch

50: Tiny carnivore

51: Throw with effort

52: Frenzies

53: Kind of fee

55: Application form blank

56: Give off

58: Horse color

59: Golden Rule preposition

60: Miffed, with 'off'




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