Crossword for Thu, 12/Mar/2015

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Across
1: Scrooge's exclamation

4: Hood

8: Bloke

12: Fries, often

13: Gumbo vegetable

14: Sponsorship

16: Deal with a shylock

17: Simon ___

18: Try to avoid an accident, maybe

19: Troublemaker

20: Amt.

21: Helios, to the Romans

23: Mardi Gras luminary

24: It meant little to de Gaulle

26: Itty-bitty

28: Small one

30: French wine

32: Hit high in the air

36: Beau Brummells

39: Multigenerational story

41: Herr's helpmate

42: Feel unwell

43: Puts on the hard drive

45: Firearm

46: Stumblebum

48: Bridle path excursion

49: Talking bird

50: Copy editor's bane

51: Brit's alphabet ender

52: McBride of 'Boston Public'

54: Slimy stuff

56: Confuse

60: Internet address letters

63: Massachusetts cape

65: Fifth calendar page

67: Massage

68: What you gotta have, in a 'Damn Yankees' song

70: High point

72: Door part

73: Jukebox choice

74: Fibula or femur

75: Mischief-makers

76: Pt. of USDA

77: Common tater

78: Brake neighbor
Down
1: Ecological community

2: Rewrite for a film, say

3: Brooding type?

4: Break-even amount

5: Pretty good

6: Bitterly amusing

7: Glasgow girl

8: The 'C' in C-SPAN

9: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

10: Emulsifying agent

11: State highway

12: A pink one means trouble

15: Birth certificate notation

20: 15 min. on the gridiron

22: Have stuff

25: 'No ___, ands, or buts!'

27: Yuletide worker

29: 'Sure thing!'

30: Brilliant

31: Chilled, in a way

33: Bacchanalian blast

34: Woodland deity

35: Sandwich fish

36: It's true

37: Like some garage floors

38: Alka-Seltzer jingle starter

40: Cut back

44: Brief time, briefly

47: German shepherd, for one

49: In between

51: San Diego tourist magnet

53: Grass in a loft

55: Group of eight

57: Type of queen

58: Sugar servings

59: Reduces in intensity

60: 'Quadrophenia' band, with 'The'

61: Do the work of a pipefitter, maybe

62: Walk in water

64: Applies lightly

65: Maître d's offering

66: Fired

69: Lambaste

71: The old man

72: March 17th dance




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