Crossword for Fri, 18/Aug/2006

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Across
1: Sailor's greeting

5: Does a pre-laundry chore

10: Resistance units

14: Warm in the microwave

15: Brook catch

16: Bridges or Brummell

17: Castle feature

19: Be idle

20: Devious

21: Brandon, Bruce and Brenda

22: On cloud nine

24: Receptacle

25: Barbecue accessory

26: Jeweler's measures

29: Accumulates

33: Bug-eyed

34: Salad oil holder

35: Lambaste

36: Pic takers

37: Scorches

38: Buddhist leader

39: Helpful hint

40: Some afternoon TV shows

41: Sesame starter?

42: Moments

44: Riles up

46: Finishes first

47: Favorable factor

48: Adroit

51: Vex

52: Tease mercilessly

55: Ditties

56: Chain of mountains

59: Coagulate

60: 'Ta-da!'

61: Grad

62: Get a glimpse of

63: Scattered, as seeds

64: Workout sites

Down
1: 'No ifs, ___, or buts!'

2: Throw hard

3: Pretty good

4: Archery bow wood

5: Scatters

6: Corbeled-out window

7: Fishing gear

8: Harbor helper

9: Belfry spots

10: Monastery resident

11: Miami cagers

12: Language-neutral puzzle

13: Went to court

18: Rorschach image

23: Spirited air

24: Bellhop's burdens

25: Whiskey cocktails

26: Prickly plants

27: 'Play It ___, Sam'

28: Frolics

29: Game for high rollers

30: Black band of mourning (Var.)

31: Kitchen clock

32: Reaches across

34: Chews the fat

37: Links

38: Fireplace wood

40: Travel smoothly

43: Tortuous

44: In league

45: Without value

47: Man on a mission

48: Confront

49: Feels poorly

50: Cut short

51: Got larger

52: Trust, with 'on'

53: Jack-in-the-pulpit

54: Legs, slangily

57: 'What have we here?'

58: Fail to keep up





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