Crossword for Wed, 1/May/2013

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Across
1: 'I'm better than you' sort

5: Identical

9: Pet rocks and Beanie Babies

13: All-conquering emotion

14: Whom the yoke's on?

15: Fit for polite society

16: Enthusiastic

17: Merge

18: Appetite stimulant

19: Marx/Engels creation

21: Informative

22: Looked like

23: Whacks

25: Chess piece

27: Break up

31: Cat's eye, sometimes

35: Reaction to a hotfoot, perhaps

37: One of a Columbia Pictures trio

38: Kind of down

40: Blob of used gum

42: Gas used in arc welding

43: Battlement opening

45: Touch of winter

47: Naval post?

48: Mexican food

50: Fare for the toothless

52: Pet store purchases

54: Like the least convincing excuses

59: Rural landing place

62: Water down

64: Informal goodbyes

65: Champagne type

66: On the house

67: Quarrel

68: Right, on the map

69: Adolescent

70: Snapple selections

71: Levee

72: Without expending much energy
Down
1: Doesn't just close

2: Super stars

3: Just like ewe?

4: Lower, as a light

5: When your prince will come

6: Gives the heave-ho

7: Kind of grilled sandwiches

8: Funds

9: Outburst of controversy

10: Declare openly

11: Softens, as lights

12: Delight, as a comedy club crowd

15: Bach's 'Coffee ___'

20: Not masc.

24: Starts of sneezes

26: When most children want things

28: Roman wrap

29: Qualities of the conceited

30: Monthly payment, for many

31: Quakers or Shakers

32: Former capital of Italy?

33: Footnote word

34: Dogged

36: Lurid

39: Recovery setback

41: Tango maneuver

44: Part of a journey

46: Artist's accessory

49: Wet bottom?

51: Spider in the kitchen

53: Dogcatcher's quarry, at times

55: Civilian clothes

56: Dog-___

57: Iron alloy

58: Itty-bitty

59: 'Flee, feline!'

60: Word before irons or chains

61: Indian music

63: Long tooth




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