Crossword for Thu, 2/Feb/2012

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Across
1: Capable of being understood

6: Sums up

10: Pyramid bottom

14: Duck

15: One way to travel

16: Inning enders

17: Bay

18: 'I'll catch it!'

19: Court order

20: Muslim form of salutation

22: Watermelon beginning

24: Tap output

25: Even-steven

27: Thief

29: Word after ''in loco,'' in a phrase

33: Picked up a lap

34: Microbrewery offerings

35: Holiday nights

37: Religious rationalist

41: 'Sweet Pea' singer Tommy

42: Barely flows

44: Red or Yellow

45: Squeals, so to speak

48: Revue segment

49: Got out of Dodge

50: Crew implement

52: Like an overcast night

54: Looking less healthy

58: Delight, as a comedy club crowd

59: Chimpanzee's hoot

60: Paint crudely

62: Lure into wrongdoing

66: 'Cessa di più resistere,' for one

68: Constant complainer

70: Stubborn dirt

71: Letters on a keyboard key

72: Weight allowance

73: Lightens, as a burden

74: Glissando instrument

75: Kane's dying thought

76: Exhausted
Down
1: Island souvenirs

2: Arm bone

3: Select

4: Cooks up

5: Hold back

6: Get ready for a fight

7: Speaker's place

8: Eats a meal

9: Chilling downpours

10: Curtain call response

11: Ear-related

12: Gate alternative

13: Any acetate, chemically

21: Parcels (out)

23: More than slow, in retail

26: Jackknife and others

28: Had a bite

29: Separate

30: Burn soother

31: Tape spool

32: Searches for

36: Turners at cookouts

38: Sea spot

39: Goes out with

40: Insignificant amounts

43: Like old bread

46: Auction offering

47: Uttered

49: Insect catcher

51: Flinches or frowns, say

53: Cascades and Tetons

54: Cop game

55: One from the heart

56: Prepare eggs, in a way

57: Of the countryside

61: Like a dangerous wire

63: Get ready to shine?

64: Last word in prayer

65: Pain in the neck

67: Mont Blanc, for one

69: Four-poster, e.g.




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