Crossword for Thu, 23/Nov/2006

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Across
1: Festive affair

5: Cotton fabric

10: Bragg or Dix

14: Bug-eyed

15: Air Force One, for one

16: Type of arch

17: Not reasonable

19: Table scraps

20: Getting warmer, in a way

21: Least slovenly

23: Vague perception

24: Barely flows

25: Ambassadorial fashion accessory

28: Drift down to the bottom

32: Not on schedule

36: Did the butterfly

38: More dry and withered

39: Computer signpost

40: Garments worn by the Ganges

42: Worrisome engine noise

43: Coral ridges

45: Reserved parking space, e.g.

46: Repairs the outfield

47: Circulated, in a way

49: Curb

51: Enriches, in a way

53: Dog-___

58: Dugong's cousin

61: University environment

63: Chilled, in a way

64: Mien

66: Loafer, for instance

67: Mental midget

68: Turned to the right

69: Sawbucks

70: Rolling musician?

71: Merino mamas
Down
1: Items in a stock record

2: Go along

3: Ship's positioning system

4: Culture media

5: Gyrate

6: Drain problem

7: Campaigned for office

8: Foolish

9: Noisy fights

10: Paces

11: Shrek, e.g.

12: Soaks, as flax

13: SAT part

18: Makes a sheepshank

22: Fossey's focus

24: Liberal ones

26: Balaam's mount

27: Give this for that

29: Group of three

30: Impart temporarily

31: Units of work

32: Old Italian money

33: Sailed right through

34: Hammered obliquely

35: Arrangements, as of opposed mirrors, giving the effect of long vistas

37: Entangle

41: Biathlon need

44: Place for the catbird?

48: 'The River Of __' (Billy Joel song)

50: Warm, in a sense

52: Home ___

54: Saw

55: Decide to look at more issues

56: Show host

57: Works

58: Light spray

59: Feel compassion

60: Lighted sign contents

61: Many millennia

62: Mr. Peanut accessory

65: Old hand




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