Crossword for Wed, 25/Dec/2013

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Across
1: Dupes

5: Mexican cuisine

10: Difficult

14: Table spread

15: Flying solo

16: Jai ___

17: Overflow

18: Rising star

19: Cut in half, as a log

20: Prohibition-era fixtures

23: Surgery sites, briefly

24: More unnatural

28: Bouquet

31: Map abbr.

34: Vague perception

35: Arrive

36: Emergency workers said camper exploded (10)

38: Center of activity

39: Tabu emissions

40: She's a deer

41: Hospital staff cuts?

44: Sprightly

45: Wiser partner

46: Photo ___ (campaign events)

47: Fruity desserts

48: Tenant

50: Vehicle at a drive-in movie

51: Extreme confusion and disorder

57: Curly coif

60: Pastrami places

61: 'Cessa di piĆ¹ resistere,' for one

63: Ring-tailed critter

64: Represent onstage

65: Satan's domain

66: Stepped on it

67: Force units

68: Cause of a Macy's riot?

Down
1: Barfly

2: Microbrewery offerings

3: Tiniest protest

4: '___ to Watch Over Me' (Gershwin tune)

5: Bulletin board affixers

6: Burn soother

7: State of unconsciousness

8: Kind of column

9: Letter flourish

10: Harassed

11: In the manner of

12: Brutally frank

13: Tumultuous noise

21: Gallery objects

22: Life of Riley

25: 'The Duke of Flatbush'

26: Accompany

27: Adjusts, as a trip counter

28: Nine-month interruption of summer vacation?

29: Two of a kind

30: Sets securely

31: Boom box, e.g.

32: Assemblage of people

33: Merits, as compensation

36: Stewing vessel

37: Mag. submissions

42: Give an answer (to)

43: Bailiwick

44: Outcasts

47: Summer coat?

49: Finito

50: Sticker prices

52: Refute

53: Sparkle

54: Cats' prey

55: Ammonia compound

56: Coffee grinder

57: Rm. coolers

58: Dandy

59: 'Sweet Pea' singer Tommy

62: Tap output





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