Crossword for Thu, 26/Jul/2007

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Across
1: Old-time telephone feature

5: After-dinner candy

9: Night birds

13: Dirt, so to speak

14: Intestinal

16: Bridges or Brummell

17: Cardinal

18: Andes pack animal

19: Genie's place, in lore

20: Toast topper

22: Discriminates, in a way

24: Known as

26: Bummer

27: Rugmaking fiber

29: Puts on a pedestal

33: In between

36: Gown features, often

38: City relative

39: Computer symbols

41: Teamwork deterrent

42: Brown pigment

43: Old wives' tales and such

44: Type of warfare

46: Chicken-to-be

47: Trap in a net

49: Thing of the past

51: Song for two

53: Cherub's superior

56: Radioactive element that glows blue in the dark

60: Respond to a busy signal, perhaps

62: Sandpaper component

63: Writing points

65: Festive affair

66: Communally owned

67: Gin companion

68: One of the deadly sins

69: Lady's man

70: Emulates Eminem

71: 'That ___ it!'

Down
1: Softens, as lights

2: Unsuitable

3: Eager, to the max

4: Solitary figures

5: Most balmy

6: Hardly hale

7: Warm, in a sense

8: Brought under control

9: Cause to be grateful

10: Make less dependent

11: Like some excuses

12: Takes an evening course?

15: Groups of staff officers

21: Off the mark

23: Hardly hard-nosed

25: Risk runner

28: Aged beer

30: Run gracefully

31: Branchlet

32: Glitch

33: Eminem's '8 ___'

34: Computer signpost

35: Hall near the quad

37: Johnnycakes

40: Most indigent

42: English county

44: Believer of a sort

45: Small reading glasses

48: Daylight

50: Mooched

52: After-class aide

54: It could be a grand

55: Bisect

56: Bug-eyed

57: Puzzle piece

58: Chance to play

59: Talking bird

61: Potato chip maker

64: Muhammad Ali a.k.a. 'The Louisville ___'





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