Crossword for Mon, 15/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Feel compassion

5: Object of a birthday bash?

11: Pindar product

14: Horse color

15: Canine's coat

16: Corkscrew-tailed animal

17: Foundation

19: Goof up

20: Used a spade

21: Gallery objects

22: Joint with a cap

23: What an astronaut experiences in space

27: Summer coat?

28: Madame of the sty

29: Computer connections

30: Roman date

32: Dismissal, as from an office

36: Give up

37: Little diamond

38: Testing areas

42: Cat, e.g.

44: Porn

45: Sample, as the soup

48: Balaam's mount

50: 'Whew!'

51: Between Earth and Venus, e.g.

56: Dessert wine

57: Hold up

58: In the past

59: Cycle starter

60: Roundabout expression

65: Loutish fellow

66: Obviously more embarrassed

67: Get all stirred up

68: Squeeze (out)

69: Beginnings

70: Rice drink

Down
1: Eyebrow shape

2: Pigeon patter

3: Made unfeeling, as a heart

4: Weariness

5: A pop

6: November winners

7: Province of South Africa

8: Love, Italian style

9: Pitched things

10: Tap output

11: Garage entry device

12: Most urgent

13: Exit, to P.T. Barnum

18: They're beaten in the kitchen

22: Grassy hills

23: Walk in water

24: Huge swarm

25: Thick woolen fabric

26: Resort hotel

27: Personal quirk

31: Six-line poem

33: Strong coffee, slangily

34: Dolphins' home

35: Nash forte

39: Food of the gods

40: Marking float

41: Pig's digs

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

45: Move through the tulips, in song

46: Arctic outerwear

47: Conflict

49: Name on the marquee

52: Admire oneself

53: Prayer preceder

54: Tolerate

55: Culture media

60: Old hand

61: Furry friend

62: 9 - 5, e.g.

63: Family

64: Attend





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