Crossword for Wed, 7/Jan/2009

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Across
1: Striped fish

5: Dept. store shopper's privilege

9: Circular deli treat

14: Friend

15: Former Iranian ruler

16: Elliptical

17: Rock, scissors, or paper

18: Go backpacking

19: Time being

20: They're often amusing

22: Sounds of relief

23: Rent collector

24: Quaint oath

26: Pt. of MIT

29: Marble bridge over the Grand Canal

33: Spies

37: Peru's capital

39: Film follower

40: World War II partnership

41: Healed

42: Underworld lingo

43: Lady's man

44: Overflow

45: Relinquishes

46: Blacker

48: Major ___

50: Expanse near the Capitol

52: Pertaining to the largest artery

57: Jack of nursery rhyme

60: Band together

63: High in Versailles

64: Not very likely

65: Lobster tail on a combo plate

66: Rot-resistant wood

67: Conserve

68: Make a sweater, perhaps

69: Works

70: Was in the red

71: Hang around
Down
1: Old hat

2: Flying solo

3: Swings around

4: Lip ___ (emulates Milli Vanilli)

5: On solid ground

6: Informal voucher

7: Bakery buy for a birthday

8: 'We hold ___ truths...'

9: Dwarf tree

10: Evasion

11: The Sharks or the Jets

12: Inscribe with acid

13: Brandon, Bruce and Brenda

21: Braille markings

25: Diploma holder

27: Puzzle piece

28: Like the winner of 'The Apprentice'

30: Put ammo into

31: Spork part

32: Table scraps

33: Christmas trio

34: Whom the yoke's on?

35: Nexus

36: Approximated

38: In-box item

41: Letters on a keyboard key

45: 'Far out!'

47: Dreamers, to lotus flowers

49: Hurt badly

51: Catch with a rope

53: They may be calculated

54: Egg on

55: Well-lit lobbies

56: Southpaw

57: Roe source

58: Far from ruddy

59: Obnoxious

61: Diamond defect

62: Break-taker's number




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