Across
1 Tach readout
5 Mud brick material
10 Shopping event
14 Operatic song
15 Air again
16 H.S. math class
17 Morrison or Braxton
18 Not firing ___ thrusters
19 Beginning for space or sol
20 No use crying over it
22 Travel documents
23 ___ Dawn Chong of show biz
24 Kitchen utensil
25 Macaroni or manicotti
29 Flashlight battery
32 RR depot
35 Lure
37 Long-term investment: abbr.
38 Mineral baths
39 Fist in the face
42 Porcine comment
43 Cassette deck button label
44 Small hat
45 “A mouse!”
46 Acclaim
48 Growths
49 Attempt
50 Drivers’ org.
52 Prepares for planting
55 Humility
61 Enormous
62 Pete Seeger’s instrument
63 Famous Ruth
64 Racer Earnhardt
65 Like old college halls
66 Two-masted ship or its jail
67 Tallow ingredient
68 Ms. Midler
69 Backtalk
Down
1 “Curses!”
2 Shore (up)
3 Cooper model
4 Take a cruise
5 Fragrance
6 Turned down
7 Spoken
8 Lion’s share
9 Photo lab abbreviation
10 Splotch
11 Greek war god
12 Italian money, once
13 Feelings of self-worth
21 Racing venue
22 Actor Kilmer
24 If at first you don’t succeed, go to ___
25 Black tea
26 “___ Get Your Gun”
27 Smelled horrid
28 Lyme disease transmitter
30 “The ___ Kid” (old TV western)
31 Age
32 Twirls
33 Unspoken
34 Fire remnants
36 George Jetson’s boy
38 Bend in the breeze
40 Hallow ending
41 Sticker
46 Many mins.
47 Type of aircraft engine
49 Twitter message
51 Dwelling
52 Advanced degrees: abbr.
53 Island party
54 Leer at
55 Own
56 Single item
57 Recedes
58 Legal or medic starter
59 Curve-billed shorebird
60 Brain scans
62 Baby’s mealtime item
Last week's crossword answer
from the Aug 12-18, 2009 issue
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