Crossword for Fri, 23/Mar/2007

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Across
1: Bloke

5: Walk proudly

10: Crescent-shaped mountain range

14: Peru's capital

15: Savoir-faire

16: Turn to gas

17: Chemical group derived from benzene

18: Poorer, as excuses go

19: Chomp

20: Erases, as a disk

22: Frenzied female

24: Grinders and choppers

26: Very cold

27: Received

30: Crafty folks?

35: Single

36: Emancipated

37: Constricting snake

38: Sundial figure

39: Fender bender nicks

40: Important

41: Fancy affairs

42: The '500' in the Indy 500

43: Germ cell

45: Requests earnestly

47: Mixer attachment

48: Temple student

49: Operate the rudder

51: Flow out

54: Competitor's chance for redemption

58: Determination

59: Catlike carnivore

62: Sandwich served on pita

63: Made a donation

64: Court TV feature

65: Spoken

66: Litigates

67: Play ice hockey

68: 'Ix-nay'

Down
1: Attired

2: 'Spenser: For ___' (Urich series)

3: ___ nitrate

4: Artist's accessory

5: Iron-recycling organ

6: Grill

7: Backboard attachment

8: Employ

9: Problem for home sellers

10: Some monasteries

11: Filet mignon source

12: Sandwich bread

13: Kane's dying thought

21: Miffed, with 'off'

23: LSD, informally

25: Put to use

27: Tour honcho

28: Patty topper

29: Plot device

31: Soaks, as flax

32: Monk's superior

33: BĂȘte ___

34: More wise

36: Had an opinion

39: Types of speech

42: Kittens' cries

43: Appear

44: Ideal

46: Lines of travel

47: Bailey of the comics

50: Pick up the check

51: They're beaten in the kitchen

52: Herr's helpmate

53: Break-taker's number

55: Rookie

56: Renege, slangily, with 'out'

57: Logical flaw

60: Tick off

61: Routing term





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