Crossword for Wed, 24/Aug/2011

1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
21
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
26
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
28
 
 
 
29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
 
 
 
 
 
31
 
32
 
33
 
34
 
35
 
36
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
38
 
 
 
 
 
39
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
40
 
 
 
 
 
41
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
42
 
 
 
 
 
43
 
44
 
 
 
 
 
45
 
46
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
47
 
 
 
 
 
48
 
 
 
 
 
49
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
50
 
 
 
 
 
51
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
52
 
53
 
54
 
55
 
56
 
57
 
 
 
58
 
59
 
 
 
 
 
60
 
61
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
62
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
63
 
64
 
 
 
 
 
65
 
66
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
67
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
68
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
69
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
70
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
71
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
72
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Debatable gift

4: Spill the beans

8: Tree branch

12: Spy spying on a spy

13: Like some garage floors

14: Less friendly

16: Hawaiian dance

17: Lash mark

18: 'You got it!'

19: Tabu emissions

21: 'Here ___ nothing!'

23: For fear that

24: Verbalize

25: 'That was close!'

27: Toddler's constant question

29: Abbott and Costello and Burns and Allen

30: ___ alai

31: McBride of 'Boston Public'

34: You may use it after a break

37: Come upon

38: Loutish fellow

39: Given the ax, with “off”

40: Leaf in many sculptures

41: 'The Situation Room' journalist Blitzer

42: Coat of many colors?

43: It's raised on the farm

45: More than enough

47: Bitterly amusing

48: Very cold

49: Fen fuel

50: Polynesian paste

51: Type type

52: Groaner

55: WWW programming code

58: Spot of brandy

60: 'Laughing' predator

62: Yet to occur

64: Pretty good

66: On vacation, perhaps

67: Orzo or ziti

68: Dress design

69: Sales staff members

70: Part of Miss Muffet's meal

71: Warm up, for short

72: Court divider
Down
1: Edam's cousin

2: Stainless steel or brass

3: Tolerate

4: Curtain call response

5: Feudal lords

6: Give permission for

7: Memory morsel

8: Freedom, briefly

9: Without warmth

10: 'I'll catch it!'

11: Bums change

12: Conductance units

15: Nonsense

20: Created a web site?

22: Adult ugly duckling

26: Sensational

28: Buried

29: Accomplished

30: March 17th dance

31: Ring-tailed critter

32: Sentry's shout

33: Uncertain

34: Sluggish

35: Weak poker hand

36: Blossom from a bulb

37: Five-dollar bill

40: Small one

41: Moisten

43: Life story, for short

44: LSD, informally

45: Cygnet's mother

46: It may get plastered

49: Scented hair ointment

50: China purchase

51: Hindu monk regarded as a holy man

52: New World flycatcher

53: Not suitable

54: Some votes in Congress

55: Come to pass

56: Melt

57: Dovetail

59: Play like a puppy

61: Tall tale

63: One rotation of the earth

65: Shrill bark




Solution (Reversed)
B
M
I
L
B
A
L
B
B
A
G
R
E
I
C
I
Y
L
I
O
E
L
O
M
O
G
N
I
B
T
L
E
W
A
L
U
H
T
S
E
L
S
E
O
G
S
R
O
D
O
Y
H
W
W
E
H
P
Y
A
S
I
H
C
I
A
J
S
O
U
D
F
A
O
D
N
I
F
T
N
I
L
P
S
F
L
O
W
G
I
F
D
I
A
L
Y
T
N
E
L
P
N
R
A
B
L
I
O
T
A
E
P
Y
C
I
Y
R
W
N
U
P
T
N
O
F
I
O
P
A
N
E
Y
H
M
A
R
D
L
M
T
H
Y
A
W
A
Y
A
K
O
D
A
E
H
A
S
P
E
R
I
D
I
M
A
T
S
A
P
T
E
N
P
E
R
P
Y
E
H
W