Crossword for Wed, 23/Dec/2009

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Across
1: Smidge

4: Feline feet

8: Like a dungeon

12: Off the mark

13: Well-ventilated

14: Of the hipbone

16: Where the heart is, proverbially

17: Small songbird

18: Vice ___ (conversely)

19: Enlighten

21: Screen-measuring unit

23: Dermatologist's concern

24: Craving

25: Has made the last payment on

27: Cartridge contents

29: Booty

30: Joe Namath, once

31: Job for the Blues Brothers

34: Halloween figures

37: Johnny with a guitar

38: Place (a bet)

39: Parade spoiler

40: Comfort's partner, in a carol

41: Unseat

42: Hardly hale

43: Breakfast grain

45: Scales

47: Fancy affairs

48: Hold up

49: Gourmand's passion

50: Spanky, to Alfalfa

51: They may be laughing

52: Put up preserves

55: Uncertain

58: Fluffy mass

60: Diver's gear

62: Bailiwick

64: Pretty good

66: Monorail unit

67: It may give you a buzz

68: Upgrade the decor

69: Teeming (with)

70: Keep an eye on

71: Girls' books hero Nancy

72: Auction offering
Down
1: LED part

2: Office mgt.

3: Complaint

4: Maw's partner

5: Ventilating

6: Little songbirds

7: Lip-___

8: N.L. Central, e.g.

9: Smart guy

10: Swamplike

11: Quarterback's call

12: Part of Miss Muffet's meal

15: Siamese or Persian

20: Cry of pain

22: Rushes

26: Used to be

28: Utmost

29: Daylight

30: Late-night host Leno

31: Bummed out

32: Metric foot

33: Swindles

34: Power network

35: Angelic aura

36: Keeps from squeaking

37: Debate side

40: Punch quickly

41: Ebay posting

43: Two-piece piece

44: Deep-massage developer

45: Minor player, so to speak

46: Write-off

49: Building front

50: Traffic cone

51: It's often wild

52: Unusual collectible

53: To the rear

54: Application form blank

55: Tick off

56: Tour de force

57: Shake up

59: Jack of 'Hawaii Five-O'

61: Letters on a keyboard key

63: Stylish, in the '60s

65: Reaction to a hotfoot, perhaps




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