Crossword for Thu, 31/Jan/2013

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Across
1: Rope fiber

5: Shortchange

8: Word after paper or before skinned

12: Geishas' sashes

13: ___ cheese

14: Combat site

15: Mouselike farmland pest

16: Drummer's rhythm

17: Benevolence

18: Not that bad

20: Celebration

21: Nods off

22: Strike

23: Made an effort

26: Biting productions

30: 'Caught you!'

31: Lure into wrongdoing

34: Trig ratio

35: Daycare lineup

37: Show of affection

38: Thick

39: Soft drink nut

40: Somewhat seasick

42: Juicy Fruit, e.g.

43: Sonnet sections

45: Is a bad sportsman

47: Ancient mariner

48: Merlin incantation

50: Makes a sheepshank

52: Channel events

56: Filthy stuff?

57: Boot binding

58: Loser to Clinton in '96

59: Reed instruments

60: Important work

61: Created a web site?

62: Magician's prop

63: 'Sure thing!'

64: Miffed, with 'off'

Down
1: Raise, as an anchor

2: Black, to a bard

3: Word on some salsa jars

4: False start?

5: Geography class feature

6: Hollers

7: Be a whiner

8: Monograph

9: Not his

10: Screen-measuring unit

11: Vote to kill

13: Audacious

14: Scope

19: Wanders

22: Come to pass

23: Fires

24: Spasm

25: Train lines?

26: Sprawling narrative

27: 'The Lord of the ___'

28: Come after

29: Appears to be

32: Like so

33: Cry over spilled milk

36: Beaten-up

38: Garment workers

40: 15 min. on the gridiron

41: Balanced states

44: Lightens, as a burden

46: In the thick of

48: Black band of mourning (Var.)

49: First word in magic

50: Oktoberfest horn

51: Computer signpost

52: Satiate

53: 'Ix-nay'

54: Sandpaper component

55: Transmit

56: In need of fuel





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