Crossword for Wed, 6/Jan/2010

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Across
1: Having dark skin

6: Did the butterfly

10: Noah's second son

13: Square things

14: Dad

15: Set of related records

16: Learn about in a new way

18: Hematite and galena

19: Segments of history

20: Kind of column

21: Green garnish

22: Kitchen aid

24: 'You ___ here'

25: Hazarding a guess: manager of a political candidate?

31: Insignificant sort

35: Berate

36: 'If I Were a ___ Man'

37: Whacks

39: Frequent Las Vegas money taker

40: Surges

42: Edible rhubarb parts

43: Accept two contradictory ideas at the same time

46: It may be financial

47: Wet

52: TV spy Maxwell

55: Stare open-mouthed

57: Pas de deux conclusion

58: Parsley or sage

59: Major events

61: They may be liberal

62: Walk slowly

63: Inner self

64: Attention getter

65: Tickled-pink feeling

66: Wash-off tattoo
Down
1: Drew a line in the sand, maybe

2: Holding areas for newcomers?

3: Ice cream concoctions

4: Kosher deli offering

5: 'Sure thing!'

6: Water soaker-upper

7: Silent greeting

8: Fossey's focus

9: Spoil

10: 'Spenser: For ___' (Urich series)

11: Microbrewery offerings

12: GI's diner

15: Prediction

17: Brat's stocking stuffer

21: Den of thieves

23: One's good name, briefly

24: Provides weapons to

26: Wear stripes with polka dots

27: Feline, to Tweety

28: Sea spot

29: Bit to split

30: Takes home

31: Trampled (on)

32: Cold duck guzzler

33: Non-clashing color

34: Squabbles, in slang

37: Let fall

38: Moisten

41: Cat's eye, sometimes

42: Biathlon need

44: Obstruct

45: Some votes

48: Scottish cake

49: Gin companion

50: Plant problem

51: Like Fran Drescher's voice

52: Former Iranian ruler

53: Marginally sufficient

54: Pretentious

55: Pike's 'lung'

56: Burn soother

59: EPA computation

60: Small amount




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