Crossword for Fri, 5/Mar/2010

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Across
1: Ancient Egyptian emblems

5: Crescent-shaped mountain range

9: Bulk

13: Rough waters

14: Circles of angels

16: Flute or saxophone variety

17: Ignition ___

18: Punish, in a way

19: Look sullen

20: Musical pitches

22: Hard to brush off

24: Gets a signature on the dotted line, perhaps

26: Van Gogh's love offering

27: Broad thoroughfare

29: Put to use

33: Came across

34: Put a counter to zero

36: Stares in wonder

38: Racetrack stops

40: Barbershop band?

42: Pooch in 'The Wizard of Oz'

43: Narrow incisions

45: Let on

47: Word before sheet or session

48: South Pacific wraps

50: Sweet and sour, e.g.

52: Tap output

53: Cries lustily

54: Extravagant

59: Stitched

62: Regretted

63: Interrogate

65: Test-driver's car

66: Chamber music instrument

67: Greeting on meeting

68: Pony pace

69: Go one's way

70: Leave in, to an editor

71: Slips

Down
1: Dept. store shopper's privilege

2: 'Flee, fly!'

3: Flower displayed at Christmas

4: Iron-recycling organ

5: Starts of sneezes

6: Azure gemstone

7: Course of action

8: Juniors, usually

9: Do an injustice to

10: Burn soother

11: Amaze

12: Put into piles

15: One going downhill fast

21: Pronounce indistinctly

23: Took charge of the karaoke machine

25: Brandon, Bruce and Brenda

27: Band boxes?

28: Bridal coverings

29: Buffalo bunches

30: Bit to split

31: Golfer's garb, e.g.

32: Bristles

35: Kind of beetle

37: Bread pieces, to fondue

39: Left alone

41: Sandwich bread

44: Listened to the bears

46: Spherical shooters

49: Corral sound

51: Heavy hammer

53: Ball bigwig

54: Expand

55: Yokel

56: Many millennia

57: Hematite and galena

58: River residue

60: Dubai VIP

61: Braille markings

64: Auction offering





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