Crossword for Thu, 22/Mar/2007

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Across
1: Give the ax to

5: Rural landing place

10: Prefix with European

14: Eminem's '8 ___'

15: Brief instant

16: Cat call

17: Fruity drinks

19: ___ tax

20: Place for P.E.

21: Boot binding

22: Macbeth et al.

24: Religious splinter group

25: Ground corn

26: Military groups

29: Rectifies

33: Lick

34: Schlepped

35: Lambaste

36: Trout tempter

37: Put into position

38: Word before blocker or testing

39: PC bailout

40: Strikes from a proof

41: Like burnt briquettes

42: Breaks

44: Treats vengefully

46: Snitches

47: Think (over)

48: Like a rebel yell

51: Like a dangerous wire

52: EPA computation

55: Meadows

56: Stretching

59: Java vessels

60: First head of Homeland Security

61: Gumbo vegetable

62: Antsy

63: Radar reading

64: Camp sight
Down
1: Cause of a bad air day

2: Well-ventilated

3: Mum one

4: Barbie's ex-beau

5: Swipes

6: Developer's land

7: Bridle path excursion

8: 'PUSH FOR ___'

9: Became a pain in the neck

10: Pierce with a point

11: Lighted sign contents

12: Loser to Clinton in '96

13: Night birds

18: Sandpaper component

23: Difficult

24: Write up

25: Insignificant specks

26: More adept

27: Put back into service

28: Chagall and Antony

29: Ewes' milieu

30: Top

31: Tenth part

32: Prevents litters

34: Scrabble century

37: Pioneers, often

38: Get-out-of-jail money

40: Old-time telephone feature

43: Like a schoolmarm

44: Rushed forward

45: “Not guilty,” e.g.

47: Something that might make the fur fly?

48: Turn on an axis

49: Bunch of bulls

50: 'You ___?' (Lurch's query)

51: Portend

52: Connors of 'Mannix'

53: X-rated material

54: Biting midge

57: Muhammad Ali a.k.a. 'The Louisville ___'

58: Little one




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