Crossword for Sun, 23/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Booty

5: Help for the hapless

9: Impress

14: Earring spot

15: Tiniest protest

16: Cell phone alternative

17: Exaggerate

19: Square things

20: Go's mate

21: Front for wed

23: 'My ___' (Mary Wells classic)

24: Carp constantly

26: Pharaohs' symbol of power

28: Horse-drawn carriage operators

34: 'Clumsy me!'

38: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

39: Butcher's hardware

40: Have the final say

41: Seed coverings

43: Goalie's protection

44: Absolute, as nonsense

45: Bona ___

46: Average

48: Practical joke

49: Charges for admission

50: Incline

52: Pooh's middle name?

54: ___ de mer (seasickness)

55: Pot ingredient?

58: Culture media

62: Rolls up

66: Perch in a coop

68: Bit-by-bit

70: Magazine copy

71: “Not guilty,” e.g.

72: Lay macadam

73: Parcels (out)

74: Camp sight

75: Deli side

Down
1: Trudge, as through sludge

2: Zigzagged

3: Assist larcenously

4: Coming or going

5: Liable

6: Show partiality

7: Dole (out)

8: Do a spit take

9: Prevents litters

10: Feline, to Tweety

11: Bug-eyed

12: Maître d's offering

13: Mouse, to an owl

18: Short circuit sights

22: Glasgow girl

25: Beefeater, e.g.

27: Dessert wine

28: Tease good-naturedly

29: Eagle's nest

30: Groom's companion

31: Copperhead or bushmaster

32: Circumvent

33: Gave a makeover to

35: Expenditure

36: Nolo contendere and others

37: Twill weave

42: For fear that

44: Perilous

46: PC movie format

47: Point, as a rifle

51: Fluffs (up), as a pillow

53: Detests

55: Hang decorations on

56: Gardener's coil

57: Break-even amount

59: PDA entry

60: Get all stirred up

61: Observed

63: Down-to-earth

64: Pumice source

65: Did in, old-style

67: Take to court

69: Siamese or Persian





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