Crossword for Wed, 31/Dec/2014

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Across
1: Locales

6: Resistance units

10: ___ mater

14: Grain fungus

15: Get better

16: Busy sort

17: One from the heart

18: A lot

19: Gloomy atmosphere

20: Workout wear

22: Water temperature 'gauge'

23: Roman date

24: Grassland

25: Fielder's faux pas

27: Balaam's mount

30: Movie greats

32: Fence pickets

36: Scrooge's exclamation

37: Barristers' wear

38: Duck

39: Nail polish remover

41: Root vegetable

43: Best

44: Baby's favorite art movement?

45: Sternward

46: Tenth letter of the Greek alphabet

47: Soft headgear

48: Scandinavian rug

49: Come after

51: Corkscrew-tailed animal

53: Circle sections

56: Diamond judge

57: Bird with a canoe-shaped bill

61: Short and not so sweet

62: PC movie format

64: Like one who just fell off the turnip truck

65: Warm, in a sense

66: City near Scottsdale

67: Motion defeaters

68: Antsy

69: Pretentious

70: Windblown soil

Down
1: Geographical seven

2: Forepart of a boat

3: Shrek, e.g.

4: Add up

5: Golda Meir, e.g.

6: Electrical unit

7: Warming devices

8: Country estates

9: More shrewd

10: Some brass

11: Bright, as a color

12: Marginally sufficient

13: Cumbersome boats

21: Slipper material

26: Working

27: By surprise

28: Pelvic bones

29: Wool source

31: Historical period

33: Type of landing

34: Enlighten

35: Dividing membranes

40: Ornate wall hanging

41: What golfers try to break

42: Well-versed

44: Most profound

47: Place for a sticker

50: Diploma word, sometimes

52: Rich fertilizer

53: Clearasil target

54: Regretted

55: Mountain goat's perch

58: Write up

59: Dollar competitor

60: Promontory

63: 'Honor Thy Father' author Talese





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