Crossword for Thu, 4/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Word after union or comparison

5: Shiite leader

9: Scour

14: Gondolier gear

15: What the fourth little piggy had

16: Go after

17: Merino mamas

18: Wart giver of folklore

19: Noted Nehi drinker of TV

20: Cord in some backyards

23: Historical period

24: Many, many moons

25: She's got milk

26: Out of work? (abbr.)

27: SWAT team specialists

33: Dauphin's denial

34: Flippered fish fancier

35: Drew out

38: Inning enders

40: Metro maker

42: De ___ (from the beginning)

43: Pipe types

46: Charged particles

49: Capital of Phoenix?

50: Modern writers' aids

53: In the past

55: Slimy stuff

56: Japanese honorific

57: Personal quirk

58: Too bad

64: Paycheck booster

66: Meaningless talk, in slang

67: Modeler's material

68: Unsuitable

69: State peremptorily

70: You don't need a license to fly it

71: Bodybuilder Charles

72: GI's diner

73: Stepped on it

Down
1: What some writers work on

2: Laugh loudly

3: Table spread

4: Bother persistently

5: Impassioned

6: Meadow sounds

7: Uptight, slangily

8: Physician

9: Exploited, slangily

10: Dance part?

11: Screen with blips

12: English class concern

13: Soft headgear

21: Brewery supply

22: Memo

27: 'I'm better than you' sort

28: Happy time?

29: Misanthropic

30: Crone

31: Kind of acid

32: Turn tail

36: At all

37: 'That ___ it!'

39: Tree fluid

41: Chimpanzee's hoot

44: Rues

45: Fruit for flavoring gin

47: Family types

48: 'Flee, feline!'

51: Immovable pileup

52: Special talents

53: Well-lit lobbies

54: Unusually large

59: ___ Gauche

60: Holiday nights

61: Insignificant upturn

62: Not on schedule

63: Possessing peepers

65: Resort hotel





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