Crossword for Wed, 31/Oct/2012

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Across
1: Overwhelmed

5: Curly coif

9: Second word of an apology

14: Sound from a fan

15: Pronounce indistinctly

16: Charged particle

17: Subordinate staffer

18: Mountain lion

19: Father Time feature

20: Most reliable

22: Carefree adventures

23: Cowboy, at times

24: At all

26: Spider-Man slings them

29: Breathing problem

33: Earthenware

37: Finder's cries

39: Piltdown Man, for one

40: Ship, figuratively speaking

41: Handy

42: Long-necked instrument

43: Falling-out

44: Whistle-blowers, of a sort

45: Fire places

46: Toward the rear of a boat

48: Drink to excess

50: Imitate Popeye

52: Highlands misses

57: Lee's opponent

60: Helper

63: Indian prince

64: Like so

65: Obnoxious

66: Tiny type size

67: Pic takers

68: Freshly

69: With fewer furnishings

70: Ballyhoo

71: Armed conflicts
Down
1: Flooded

2: ___ Sands National Monument

3: Kind of down

4: Hate the thought of

5: Shoot for, with 'to'

6: Sooty shaft

7: Tavern orders

8: Speak formally

9: Computer attachments

10: Weird

11: False witness

12: Type of belly and barrel

13: 'No ifs, ___, or buts!'

21: Morning moistures

25: Flower holder

27: Diminish

28: Keyboard key

30: Happy time?

31: Perth pal

32: Gives the heave-ho

33: Gumbo vegetable

34: Island souvenirs

35: Where Barry Bonds plays, briefly

36: Take turns

38: Besides

41: Java vessels

45: Veggies in a pod

47: Somewhat

49: Puckered fabric

51: Planted area

53: Soda insert

54: Where to find a sweater

55: Terminator

56: Agonizes (over)

57: Excite, slangily

58: Indian music

59: Nearly closed

61: Old-fashioned conveyance

62: Drainage reservoir




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