Crossword for Sat, 27/Dec/2014

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Across
1: Viva voce

6: Slippery sheet

10: Cass Elliot, once

14: Historic river of Paris

15: Roman wrap

16: Computer signpost

17: Island fruit

19: 'Flee, feline!'

20: Play ice hockey

21: Welcoming gift on Maui

22: It may zoom in or out

23: Let fall

25: Flower part

27: Prank

30: Links tee

32: They're revolting

35: Some gametes

36: Dumbo's 'wings'

38: Danger

39: Boo accompaniment

41: Neither wins nor loses

43: Buddhist leader

44: Impeccably fashionable

46: Position

47: Helpful hint

48: Kept someone awake, perhaps

50: Garden tool

51: Spot and Fido

52: Religious ceremonies

54: Gloom

56: Tickled pink

58: 28,800 seconds before midnight

60: Plaintive sounds

63: Not on schedule

64: Disloyal

67: Where cookies might crumble

68: Bolts down

69: Part of MGM

70: ___ fiber (flax, hemp, ramie, or jute)

71: Deli loaves

72: Spirited horse

Down
1: Pharaohs' symbol of power

2: Island souvenirs

3: Sty cry

4: Fidgety feeling

5: '___ Becomes Her' (Hawn/Streep comedy)

6: Uploading initials

7: Take it easy

8: Curved moldings

9: More pie-like?

10: Make a jarring error?

11: Quicken

12: Eerie sound

13: 'Them' insects

18: Made a bird noise

24: Loved ones

26: Kind of talk

27: 'Flag' artist Jasper

28: Like a roc

29: Fathers' offices

31: Plotter's output

33: Casino ceiling

34: Reactions to fresh remarks, maybe

37: Attack like a hawk

40: Raucous

42: Cleans with vapor

45: In the time left

49: More skillful

51: Orrery orb

53: Floral display

55: Carpet makers

56: Lump of clay

57: Pumice source

59: Dole (out)

61: Memo

62: 'Natch!'

65: Balaam's mount

66: Divot material





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