Crossword for Wed, 24/Dec/2008

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Across
1: It may be passed on the Hill

4: Put up preserves

7: Hot tubs

11: Attire

13: Y chromosome carriers

15: Warm up, for short

16: Football's contour

17: Ticked off

18: Ranger Smith's cartoon nemesis

19: Takes back

22: Tenth wedding anniversary gift

23: 1946 Triple Crown horse

24: Restfulness

26: Player's peg

27: Occult figure

29: Faux follower

32: No-no of society

34: Small aperture

37: Responsibility

39: House portals

41: Sluggish

42: Copy editor's quarries

44: Hate the thought of

46: Helios, to the Romans

47: Removes, as a record

49: German shepherd, for one

51: Orphan's lack

53: Dresses

57: Troublemaker

58: MAKEUP

61: Black, to a bard

63: Quits the stage

64: Baby's favorite art movement?

65: Get ready to shine?

66: Walks in water

67: Visit a run-down neighborhood

68: Leave in, to an editor

69: Debussy's 'La ___'

70: 'Sure thing'
Down
1: Greek gathering spot

2: Bat hideouts

3: Game keepers?

4: Editor's insertion symbol

5: Word of woe

6: Takes home

7: Undercover worker

8: Diplomat's concerns

9: Sponsorship

10: Title holder?

12: Swell up

13: Deceive

14: Visionaries

20: Fat on the bird feeder

21: Tennis match divisions

25: Racetrack stops

27: Secures a ship

28: Time past

29: Stewing vessel

30: Whichever

31: Winning flex for Mr. Universe?

33: Portend

35: It's heard in a herd

36: Hole punch

38: Ruing the run, perhaps

40: Gloomy state

43: Took charge of the karaoke machine

45: Village or hamlet

48: Scatter about

50: Prods

51: Docks

52: Scope

53: Any acetate, chemically

54: Breakfast roll

55: Provide with a trait

56: Impress

59: Course climax

60: Subordinate staffer

62: Court divider




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