Crossword for Thu, 31/Aug/2006

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Across
1: Whiskey measure

5: Like Creole cooking

10: That's an order

14: Boot binding

15: Maui greeting

16: Prefix with European

17: Current generator

19: Word on an octagon

20: Grinders and choppers

21: Aromatic ointment

22: Roll call response

23: Admire, and then some

25: Worked in the theater

27: Elevates

30: Bluto's assent

31: 'Shogun' sash

34: May celebrant

35: Magic word

38: Chap.'s partner

39: AARP member

41: Fancy marble

42: Old shopping centers

44: 'Sweet Pea' singer Tommy

45: Confession topic

46: Court divider

47: Having star quality?

50: Disentangle

53: Muscle contractions

57: Memo

58: Single thing

61: Insect stages

62: Declare openly

63: Soup with pasta

65: Plate of glass

66: In base 8

67: Scratched (out)

68: Miffed, with 'off'

69: Spacious

70: Minus

Down
1: Party's candidates

2: Compels to go

3: Group of eight

4: Wobble

5: Japanese honorific

6: Course of action

7: Greek letter

8: Group that's very vocal?

9: Gridiron units

10: Lens type

11: They may be special

12: Be taken with

13: Drank to excess

18: Flightless bird

24: Silent artists

26: Fabled race loser

28: Barfly

29: Islamic chiefs

31: Some gametes

32: Solicit alms

33: Hard white china

35: Equals

36: Mai ___

37: Have stuff

39: ___-tat

40: Nonsense

43: Continued a subscription

47: Alloy used in making magnets

48: PDA entry

49: Boston Marathon prize

50: Not suitable

51: Super stars

52: Hearsay

54: Bicycle-wheel feature

55: Crowning glories, of a sort

56: Grape centers

59: Wild about

60: Sled dogs, as a group

64: Devious





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