Crossword for Fri, 26/Jun/2009

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Across
1: Basketball position (abbr.)

4: Antsy

8: Hoedown honey

11: Island souvenirs

13: Ready to be played

15: Casino card game

16: Count's counterpart

17: Ring-tailed animal

18: Boulevard liners

19: More sardonic

21: Long-tailed swimmers

23: Paraphernalia

25: Person of vision

26: Begin

30: Certain believers

34: Apprehend

35: Ira Levin's 'A Kiss Before ___'

37: Home ___

38: Set of related records

40: Protective embankment

42: Have the nerve

43: That's what happens

45: Newshawk's triumph

47: Dance like Hines

48: Caught some z's

50: Inches, as to feet

52: Armed conflicts

54: Symbol of stubbornness

55: Approximated

60: 'The Washington Post' or 'Seventy-Six Trombones'

63: Word after paper or before skinned

64: Dot with droplets

66: River residue

67: Traffic lane marker

68: Wise guy?

69: Half hitch, e.g.

70: Major rte.

71: Cause of a bad air day

72: Shortchange
Down
1: Took to the air

2: Don

3: Airships

4: List abbr.

5: Abbott and Costello and Burns and Allen

6: Biting midge

7: Legendary Himalayan creatures

8: Festive affair

9: Word before ant or brat

10: Write-off

12: Hand cream ingredient

14: Had a formal meal

15: Took by boat

20: Midnight trip to the fridge

22: Turned to the right

24: Solar beams

26: Deduce

27: Like one who just fell off the turnip truck

28: Nervous twitches

29: Represent onstage

31: Strewing about in little drops

32: Synagogue scroll

33: Dozen for a recovery group

36: Expand

39: Fold

41: Words by Wordsworth

44: Sled dogs, as a group

46: Fruit with a stone

49: Army uniform fabrics

51: Hip container

53: Agonizes (over)

55: Inscribe with acid

56: Point out

57: Elfin

58: Cheese with a red coat

59: Test-driver's car

61: Satiate

62: URL opener

65: Part of a costume, perhaps




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