Crossword for Mon, 4/Dec/2006

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Across
1: Prospector's bonanza

5: Takes advantage of

9: Does seasonal mall work

14: Neural fiber

15: Young'un

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

17: Kittens' cries

18: High-minded

20: Declared invalid

22: Campaign smear

23: Finder's charge

24: ''... to the ___ of Tripoli''

25: Gorbachev's policy

30: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

31: Feel unwell

32: More correct

34: Feudal laborers

38: Neuter, as a horse

40: Chopper precursors

42: Get all stirred up

43: Dunderheads

45: Chamber pieces

47: Just released

48: Stewing vessel

50: Tobacco smoke, perhaps

52: African adventure

55: Brake neighbor

56: Punish by fining

57: Darting

62: Chubby tot

64: Brainwave

65: Basketry twig

66: Pitt of 'Ocean's Twelve'

67: Sled dogs, as a group

68: One of the Roosevelts

69: The eyes have them

70: Get a glimpse of

Down
1: Buddhist leader

2: Whom the yoke's on?

3: Ruinous failures

4: Follows

5: Elec., e.g.

6: Fries, often

7: Scratched (out)

8: Red or Yellow

9: Squirms

10: An antique dealer, sometimes

11: Rose oil

12: Number on a tag

13: Punches

19: Eyelid attachment

21: Post-Mardi Gras period

25: Wild (over)

26: Tells a whopper

27: Ending of many WWW addresses

28: Hearts or diamonds

29: ___ firma

33: Irritate

35: Great seating for fights

36: Head for the hills

37: Stitched

39: Gone

41: Helios, to the Romans

44: Harry Potter's thing

46: Utah's state flower

49: Hippodrome section

51: Ostrich or emu

52: Peasant shoe

53: Tickle pink

54: Foul-smelling

57: Bombay garment

58: Attired

59: Cutlass Supreme, e.g.

60: Tide type

61: Slightly tainted

63: Unit of oil production, briefly





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