Crossword for Mon, 24/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Tall-tale tellers

6: Lick

10: Amorphous lump

14: Improper, as influence

15: ___-tat

16: Ranger Smith's cartoon nemesis

17: 'Laugh-In' comedienne Judy

18: Tried

20: Struck, with the patella

21: Chap.'s partner

22: Lightens, as a burden

23: Craving

24: Green gems

27: Curly coif

29: Brings to a halt

32: Hayloft block

34: Kind of records or bridge

37: Cut off

39: Matched pair

41: She's a deer

42: Go bad

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

45: Bob or beehive

48: Just

49: Double dealing

51: Fuddy-duddy

53: Have a moving experience?

56: Sternward

59: Professional slang

62: Hold up

63: More adorable

65: Nonsense

67: Japanese cartooning style

68: Spy spying on a spy

69: Indian music

70: Small aperture

71: Track figures

72: Loud door sound

73: Got in shape, with 'up'
Down
1: Auspicious

2: Foolish

3: It may give you a rush

4: Ancient character

5: Furrow filler on a farm

6: Tribal warrior

7: Cafeteria customer

8: Word in a pickup line, often

9: Menlo Park monogram

10: Circumvent

11: Subdivision divisions

12: Type of arch

13: Auction offers

19: Chest decorations

25: Stylish, in the '60s

26: Grassland

28: Marsh

30: Stretching

31: Potter's purchase

32: Incidentally, in Netspeak

33: Overwhelmed

35: View from the top?

36: Easter preceder?

38: Veneer layer

40: Three ___ to the wind (plastered)

43: Polynesian paste

46: Feel unwell

47: Choose

50: Hags

52: Given a new look

54: Line dance

55: Crosswise to the keel

57: ___ fatale

58: Bald tire's lack

59: BB's and bullets

60: Crucifix

61: Olympian's quest

64: Golden Rule preposition

66: 9 - 5, e.g.




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