Crossword for Fri, 5/Dec/2014

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Across
1: Pharaohs' symbol of power

4: Knocks for a loop

8: Greeting bearer

12: Puzzle piece

13: 'What do you ___?'

14: Reed instruments

16: Old Italian money

17: Still in play

18: Macbeth's title

19: They're often preheated

21: Expensive car trips?

23: Figurine mineral

24: A pop

25: Mouse, to an owl

27: What golfers try to break

29: Rain cats and dogs

30: Block passage through

31: Two-piece piece

34: Manor

37: Color for the tickled

38: Bagel topper

39: Throbbing

40: Strike

41: Pyramid bottom

42: Stick on a table

43: Slippery sheet

45: Torrents

47: 'I wonder...'

48: Bio class setting

49: ___ monde (society)

50: Shortchange

51: Whimper

52: Inch fraction

55: Hunter's quarry

58: Train for a title fight

60: Air Force One, for one

62: Change for the better

64: Fired

66: 'No ifs, ___, or buts!'

67: Large ship

68: In ___ (unmoved)

69: South Beach, e.g.

70: Obligation

71: Cause of a bad air day

72: Jazz instrument, briefly
Down
1: Kicking partner

2: Less doubtful

3: Part of a hammer head

4: Hole punch

5: Order taker

6: Diplomat

7: Hearty meal

8: Portable bed

9: Hate with a passion

10: Horse color

11: Refute

12: Hoof-on-pavement sound

15: Birth certificate notation

20: Position

22: Stretch across

26: Cry over spilled milk

28: First zoo?

29: Emolument

30: Byte fraction

31: Utter loudly

32: Thorny flower

33: Gives the heave-ho

34: Every one individually

35: Riffraff

36: The others

37: Chart shape

40: Quoits target

41: Take one's cuts

43: Take wing

44: Drinks like a dog

45: Coping device

46: Paper starter

49: 'From __ Eternity'

50: French writer of ''The Balcony''

51: Rule of conduct

52: Excessive enthusiasm

53: Pointing finger, usually

54: For fear that

55: Hoedown honey

56: In the thick of

57: Maître d's offering

59: Quarterback's call

61: Shavers

63: Unproductive

65: Used a spade




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