Crossword for Wed, 24/Feb/2010

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Across
1: Crotchety one

6: Mao follower?

9: Sonic unit

13: Large ship

14: Meadow sounds

16: Friend

17: Fill with joy

18: Gloom

19: A pink one means trouble

20: Building wing

21: Its depth is illusory

24: Add up

26: Novel designs

27: No great shake

29: Part of a bedroom set

31: Hard or soft addition

32: Tout

34: Litter member

37: Unwraps

39: Man in a lodge

40: Michelangelo masterpiece

42: Avg.

43: Door topper

46: Get-out-of-jail money

47: Backs with bucks

48: January hanging

50: Supporting bracket

52: Stop

53: Part of the evening news

56: Harbor helper

59: BB's and bullets

60: Diving bird

61: Tommyrot

63: Gyrate

64: Libel, for instance

65: Bar wedge

66: Diner desserts

67: Whimsical

68: That's what happens

Down
1: Tickled-pink feeling

2: Lunar valley

3: Still the same

4: Came across

5: Magic word

6: Press on

7: Glide high

8: Spy spying on a spy

9: Navy's goat, e.g.

10: Pass out

11: Paper holders

12: Ballyhoo

15: Geological formations

22: Waterproof cover

23: Enjoy a bed

25: Harbinger

27: 'Terrible' phase

28: Spellbound

29: Popeye's buddies

30: Go backpacking

33: Tear apart

34: Period between wars

35: Elec., e.g.

36: Far from ruddy

38: Wintry mess

41: Sacred bird of Egypt

44: Fly or flea

45: Tells a whopper

47: Bachelor pad beds

49: Livestock

50: Musical speeds

51: Durable fiber

52: Snide

53: Winged stinger

54: Hit the ___ (get mad)

55: Roy Innis's org.

57: Very familiar with

58: Lady's man

62: Gun in the garage





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