Crossword for Mon, 23/Feb/2009

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Across
1: Prefix with European

5: Plots of ground

9: Drew back

14: No in Nuremberg

15: Without expending much energy

16: Reason to pause

17: 'I will pay more attention to my appearance,' said ___

19: Transplant, in a way

20: When it's free it's priceless

21: Unspecified amount

23: Map abbr.

24: Van Gogh's love offering

26: Little tykes

28: Pea jacket?

32: Kind of column

33: A lot

34: Make a line, maybe

36: Metric foot

39: Shrek, e.g.

40: Fraying spots

41: Excite, slangily

42: Magic show exclamation

43: Mausoleum

44: Over the ___

45: Trout tempter

47: Deodorant type

50: They may cause tearing

53: St. Louis gridder

54: Get ready for a fight

55: Beau Brummells

57: Absolute chaos

62: Prolonged attack

64: Hint slyly

66: Opera hero, usually

67: Bounder

68: Declare openly

69: Choir members

70: Reduces in intensity

71: Drinks like a dog

Down
1: Roadside stops

2: Tide type

3: Like some straits

4: Formerly

5: Accident

6: NPR has none

7: Favorable factor

8: Online VIP

9: Sun or smoke follower

10: Garden tool

11: Stager

12: Be a ham

13: Takes to the prom, e.g.

18: Chilled, in a way

22: Asks for catnip

25: Bullriding venue

27: Uses a scale

28: Starch from palms

29: College statistic

30: Lots to see

31: Type of queen

33: Swab

35: Traffic light color

37: Expanse near the Capitol

38: Unit of oil production, briefly

40: Minutes taker, perhaps

46: Consults Bartlett's, e.g.

48: Disease for which Pasteur created the first vaccine

49: Harbinger

50: Orzo or ziti

51: Corbeled-out window

52: Steeple top

56: 'I'm better than you' sort

58: ___ citizenship

59: Pumice source

60: Capping

61: Kittens' cries

63: Slimy stuff

65: Temp





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