Crossword for Thu, 24/Dec/2015

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Across
1: Smidge

4: Became threadbare

8: Stitched

12: Pump part

13: Mouse, to an owl

14: Patty topper

16: Select

17: Perth pal

18: Catch with a rope

19: Tiny type size

21: Neat as a pin

23: Meditate (on)

24: 'Friendly' pronoun

25: Joint with a cap

27: Many a time

29: Element removed from gasoline

30: Tint

31: Trite

34: Quite an impact

37: Contaminant-free

38: Cargo compartment

39: Words by Wordsworth

40: Cockroach, for one

41: Remain

42: In the manner of

43: Knocks for a loop

45: Montana and Washington

47: Craving

48: Job for the Blues Brothers

49: Mint

50: Debate side

51: Suburbanite's pride

52: Zip

55: Destiny

58: Stretch across

60: It's marked with a slash

62: Piano practice piece

64: Fail to include

66: Bug-eyed

67: Roadside lodging

68: State tree of Maine

69: Vintners' vessels

70: Perfume ingredient

71: Sprawling narrative

72: Attention getter
Down
1: Baker's need

2: Put to rest

3: Hit hard

4: Secretary's stat

5: Preached

6: Fix loose laces

7: Possessing peepers

8: Helios, to the Romans

9: Represent onstage

10: Genie's bestowal

11: Narrow margin of victory

12: 'Flee, feline!'

15: When most children want things

20: Barely manages, with 'out'

22: Thy, nowadays

26: 'Uh uh'

28: Finder's charge

29: Flight from justice

30: Show of affection

31: Article that may list survivors

32: Take on cargo

33: Turns red, perhaps

34: Fix a hot dog?

35: Gondolier gear

36: Show partiality

37: Boil fluid

40: Solicit alms

41: Prohibition

43: In the past

44: Finishes first

45: Madame of the sty

46: Corn containers, in Cornwall

49: Flogging

50: Relinquishes

51: Female demon

52: Nebulous

53: 'The Gift of the Magi' device

54: Computer capacity, for short

55: Not masc.

56: Bit to split

57: Bishop Desmond

59: Orchestra that plays light classical music

61: Course of action

63: Man in a lodge

65: Afternoon brew




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