Crossword for Fri, 26/Dec/2014

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Across
1: PC software

5: Mouths, slangily

9: Basic beds

13: Mukluk, e.g.

14: Be in store for

16: Assist larcenously

17: Dubai VIP

18: Pound part

19: Wander about

20: Casual fabric

22: Most moronic

24: Common tater

26: Body of an organism

27: Group with irons

31: Ballroom dance of Brazil

34: Away from the office

35: Whacks

37: Made bovine noises

39: Racetrack stops

41: Many a 'Mad' article

43: 'Don't stop'

44: Peevish states

46: Thread holder

48: Flesh and blood

49: Garments worn by the Ganges

51: Accentuates

53: Hgts.

55: Prom escort

56: Canfield, e.g.

61: Dance with a dip?

64: Analogous

65: Joseph, while in Egypt

67: Course of action

68: Fortune companion

69: Monopoly acquisition

70: Impart temporarily

71: Possessing peepers

72: Hit bottom

73: Units of work
Down
1: All tucked in

2: Fleshy fruit

3: Flower displayed at Christmas

4: Denudes

5: Talk foolishly

6: Knocks for a loop

7: Puff like a pooped pup

8: Nasal passage

9: Medicinal herb

10: Chamber music instrument

11: Snapple selections

12: Acct. summary

15: Copy editor's quarries

21: Tousle

23: Shiite leader

25: Morning moistures

27: Orchestra that plays light classical music

28: Chichen Itza attraction

29: Emulates Eminem

30: Puts the kibosh on

32: Bibliopole

33: Eagle's nest

36: Chimney sweep's target

38: Cubbyholes?

40: Forced

42: Wade across

45: River residue

47: Meadows

50: Secret store

52: Office fastener

54: Country towers

56: Decision made at home?

57: Pretty good

58: Margarita flavoring

59: ___-tat

60: '___ Cowgirls Get the Blues'

62: Took charge of the karaoke machine

63: 'No ifs, ___, or buts!'

66: Man in a lodge




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