Crossword for Fri, 25/Mar/2016

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Across
1: A pink one means trouble

5: Drainpipe bend

9: Word on an octagon

13: Where the heart is, proverbially

14: Contemptible person

15: Brat's stocking stuffer

16: Start of a quip

18: ___-tat

19: Handyman's vehicle

20: Absorb, with 'up'

21: Like burnt briquettes

22: Elaborate plans

26: Whets the appetite

28: Rendered, as a compliment

29: Starts of sneezes

31: Carpe __

32: Band blaster

33: Shivering fits

35: Landfill load

38: 'Sure thing'

39: A Catholic sacrament

41: Resort hotel

42: Kind of sayer

44: Chamber pieces

45: Helpful hint

46: Weak poker hand

48: Undercover worker

49: Tape spool

50: More affectionate

52: Best way to drive

54: Greek letter

55: Dyer's tub

57: Quarterback Brady of the Patriots

58: Smelting residue

59: Universal

64: Stopping place?

65: Picture puzzle

66: Starch from palms

67: Film follower

68: Indulge in self-praise

69: Frosty's composition

Down
1: '___ Loves You'

2: Bagel topper

3: Troublemaker

4: In a snit

5: Water temperature 'gauge'

6: Ballpark figures

7: Fancy tie

8: Made a bird noise

9: Window deicer

10: Banquet figure

11: Curses

12: 'Hamlet,' for example

14: Family tree

17: St. Louis gridder

22: Prevents litters

23: Minor role

24: Tough-skinned mammals

25: Electrical bypass

27: Small arachnids

30: Company bought by Kmart

33: Pea pest

34: Barbershop sounds

36: Sales pitch

37: Perchance

40: Wile E. et al.

43: Scarlet bird

47: Recording studio effect

49: Derelict

50: Leaf in a book

51: Jeff Gordon, notably

53: '___ appétit!'

54: High spd. phone line

56: Oktoberfest horn

60: Kisser

61: Put up preserves

62: In the past

63: In need of fuel





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