Crossword for Wed, 29/Oct/2008

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Across
1: Some Hindu music pieces

6: Crescent-shaped mountain range

10: Mortarboards

14: On the nose

15: Meter reading

16: Water color

17: The better part of valor

19: Ballpark figures

20: Radar reading

21: Bomb that's a bomb

22: Recipe guesstimate

23: Toss back

25: Casual fabric

27: Prepares leather

30: Corn unit

32: Take into account

35: She may get sheared

36: Like lemons

38: With fewer furnishings

39: Pepper spray alternative

41: Symbolized, with 'for'

43: Not finalized, legally

44: Pocket breads

46: Rational

47: Quill tip

48: Equilibrium

50: Tango maneuver

51: Cubbyholes?

52: Kitchen gadget

54: Arrive

56: Hurt, as a knee

58: Fuzz

60: Ballroom dance of Brazil

63: Gradual decline

64: Classic John Ford western

67: Motion-carrying votes

68: Like some garage floors

69: Well-lit lobbies

70: Padrone

71: Play like a puppy

72: Proceeds
Down
1: Pinot Noir or Merlot

2: World War II partnership

3: Fight for breath

4: Portal

5: Scatter about

6: Sternward

7: Given the ax, with “off”

8: Self-satisfied

9: Email info

10: Pullover alternative

11: March's birthstone

12: Paronomastic collection

13: Ambassadorial fashion accessory

18: Official decrees

24: Barnyard butters

26: Lincoln loc.

27: Office aides

28: Be in store for

29: Their hearts are the pits

31: Spacious

33: Paleontological preservative

34: Partner of drabs

37: Gin companion

40: Relaxed manner

42: Remove from office

45: Attack word

49: Light detector

51: Take down a notch

53: Sine, cosine, or tangent

55: Brightly colored bird

56: Mop up

57: It's a bout done

59: Date source

61: It's raised on the farm

62: LSD, informally

65: Shortchange

66: Suffers from




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