Crossword for Wed, 23/Dec/2015

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Across
1: Barbershop band?

6: Indulge in self-praise

10: Barbecue accessory

14: Construction site hoist

15: Time past

16: Breathing space

17: Dishwasher cycle

18: Little ones

19: Printing liquids

20: Mediates

22: Digs of twigs

23: Bother persistently

24: Lassoer's cord

26: Pal of Bugs

29: Up in the air

33: Favorable factor

37: Not against

38: Lung membrane

39: Well-ventilated

40: Grinders and choppers

42: Feature of Karloff's Frankenstein monster

43: Bakery toppers

45: She may get sheared

46: Bolted

47: Right-hand page

48: Large leaf

50: Laugh loudly

52: Trying experience

57: Unresisting

60: Buoyancy

63: Gives the heave-ho

64: They get into sushi

65: Like a Keebler spokesman

66: What the fourth little piggy had

67: Surface-to-surface missile

68: Time on the job

69: African antelopes

70: Adolescent

71: 'Last ___ in Paris'

Down
1: Certificate

2: Threefold

3: Talks wildly

4: First symptoms

5: Looked (at)

6: Memory morsel

7: Crucifix

8: Major thoroughfare

9: Artist's plaster

10: Lacking courage

11: Dixie bread

12: Vexes

13: SAT part

21: Skilled trades

25: Spanky, to Alfalfa

27: Dr. No, to Bond

28: Less constrained

30: 'Hey, that hurts!'

31: Herr's helpmate

32: Like lemons

33: Weak poker hand

34: Head hunters?

35: Kind of acid

36: Deductive reasonings

38: Carbolic acid

41: Slam dunk point count

44: Slimy stuff

48: Sheep product

49: Most in need of watering

51: Take away

53: Where Old Man River makes his deposits

54: In conclusion, in Cannes

55: Breezing through, as an exam

56: Slowly, in music

57: Chinese dynasty

58: Neural fiber

59: MaƮtre d's offering

61: Turn on an axis

62: High spd. phone line





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