Crossword for Fri, 27/Jun/2008

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Across
1: Absorb, with 'up'

4: Speak formally

9: Ancient mariner

12: Comedienne Imogene

13: Less common

14: Ammonia compound

16: Last word in prayer

17: Start to talk about, with 'up'

18: Lingerie buys

19: Lets go

21: Medieval weapons

23: Forms a puddle

24: '___ me think about it'

26: Dirty deed

27: Aardvark's tidbit

28: 'Don't give up!'

30: It may be passed on the Hill

32: Obtain

33: Tenant

35: For ___ the marbles

36: Budgets make them meet

37: Blood vessel connected to a capillary

40: Falls, as into a chair

43: St. Louis gridder

44: Pyramids, prisms, et al.

48: Palindromic preposition

49: Not against

50: ___ culpa

51: Winner at Caesar's palace?

52: Cut companion

54: Red or Yellow

56: Forced

58: Menu choice

60: Shutdowns

62: Stead

63: Very cold

65: Light spray

66: 'Natch!'

67: Debra Messing character, whose name goes 'around' four answers in this puzzle

68: Word before blocker or testing

69: Mag. submissions

70: Stuffs to the gills

71: Balaam's mount
Down
1: '___ to Watch Over Me' (Gershwin tune)

2: Spotted cats

3: Committee

4: Eyes

5: Seldom

6: Come to mind

7: Half a score

8: Units of work

9: Potato, for one

10: Bring to court a rule for listeners (7)

11: Ended a detente

12: Wrist bone

15: They're good to hold

20: Fall bloom

22: Per hundred (Abbr.)

25: Ankles, anatomically

29: 'It's b-a-a-c-k!' fashion

31: Warm, in a way

34: Picked up a lap

35: Get ready for a fight

36: Slim swimmer

38: Dumbo's 'wings'

39: Washing machine units

40: Beats back

41: Controversial energy source

42: Family types

45: Piano keys

46: Sheds

47: Postprandial nap

49: Finder's charge

50: Ill will

53: Makes level

55: Razzle-dazzle

57: Cuban steps

59: They're beaten in the kitchen

61: Tributes in verse

64: Long time




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