Crossword for Thu, 26/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Wise guy?

6: Rain cats and dogs

10: Nervous twitches

14: Citified

15: Life of Riley

16: Emulate a couch potato

17: Goldbricked

19: Congressional group

20: Tools for canned goods

21: Most optimistic

23: Cycle starter

24: Lightens, as a burden

25: Pond organism

28: Per hundred (Abbr.)

31: Capital of Phoenix?

32: Senate of old Rome

34: Diva's repertoire

36: Old soap ingredient

39: Moving

42: The limit, for some

43: Cube or sphere, e.g.

44: Realm

45: Nurse, as a zombie

46: Water temperature 'gauge'

48: Acorn droppers

49: Fires

52: Same-old-same-old

54: Apparitions

57: Fragrant ointments

61: Jack-in-the-pulpit

62: Type of flu

64: Fight for breath

65: Word in seven Hope titles

66: 'It's b-a-a-c-k!' fashion

67: Spots

68: Merino mamas

69: Balance sheet positive
Down
1: Akebono's sport

2: Envelop

3: Up to the task

4: Keep up

5: Kind of circle or tube

6: They're 16th of 26

7: Crew implement

8: One working with Linux, e.g.

9: Upgrade the decor

10: Shinbones

11: Does nothing

12: Warm, in a way

13: The Amish, the Shakers, et al.

18: Film crew member

22: Teetertotter

25: Behaves

26: Hide in the shadows

27: It's often touched up

29: Summon

30: It could be dominant

31: Butter square

33: Outfielder's throw, maybe

35: Prefix with European

36: Former capital of Italy?

37: Part of an egg

38: Budgets make them meet

40: The old man

41: Feet, affectionately

45: Is frugal

47: Segments of history

49: Metal-shaping tool

50: Duds

51: Lead to

53: Extremist

55: 'Spenser: For ___' (Urich series)

56: Frosty's composition

57: Where oysters grow

58: 'Them' insects

59: Stable mate

60: Frequent Las Vegas money taker

63: Menlo Park monogram




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