Crossword for Sun, 20/Sep/2009

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Across
1: Fix a hot dog?

5: Cumbersome boats

9: Sailed right through

13: Starring vehicle for Sigourney Weaver

15: Work hard

16: Major ___

17: Devout

18: Problem source

19: Spot of brandy

20: A dynamic speaker, e.g.

23: Fade away

24: Food scrap

25: Watch

27: 'Laugh-In' comedienne Judy

30: Carbolic acid

32: Jambalaya grain

33: 'Hold your horses!'

35: Swallows hastily

38: Measure off a distance, perhaps

39: John, Paul, or George, but not Ringo

41: Tape spool

42: Slaves

44: Prefix with European

45: Low cart

46: Blow the joint

48: Like Fran Drescher's voice

50: Lower, as a light

51: Butter square

52: 'My Country Versus Me' author ___ Ho Lee

53: Surgery is rarely recommended for it these days

60: Flute or saxophone variety

62: Spellbound

63: About

64: Masher's comeuppance, maybe

65: Indian housemaid

66: Muddle

67: Hit with hailstones

68: It may zoom in or out

69: Neatnik's nemesis
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1: Slumps

2: Alka-Seltzer jingle starter

3: Subordinate staffer

4: Loud utterance

5: Scope

6: Horse color

7: Variety

8: Hiding place for David Copperfield

9: Include

10: Chain of mountains

11: Modern form of communication

12: Stadium topper

14: Fishline material

21: Porters and such

22: Frodo's burden

26: Pumpkin relatives

27: 'I'm history!'

28: Sign that changes the pitch of a note

29: Staggered

30: Score unit

31: Round of applause

32: LP measure

34: 'Aquarius' musical

36: Sound of laughter

37: Devious

40: Like Schubert's music, e.g.

43: Barbecue accessory

47: Ethically neutral

49: Bodybuilder Charles

50: Ball bigwig

51: Essences

52: Winged stinger

54: Application form blank

55: Stretch across

56: Roadside stops

57: Dark greenish blue

58: Dirt, so to speak

59: Pencil remnant

61: Choose




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