Across
1 ___ mater
5 Enthusiasm
10 Obi or cummerbund
14 Hind
15 Comment at fireworks display
16 Use the microwave, slangily
17 South Pacific nation
18 The Age of Reason author Thomas ___
19 Yemeni port
20 It keeps you dry
23 38 Across units, for short
26 ___ Aviv
27 Goofy
28 Kind of seat support
30 Polka dots
33 Chicago daily paper, familiarly
34 Bring upon oneself
35 Bleating sound
38 It might be central
42 1440 AM, to locals
43 Russian refusals
44 Gymnast Korbut
45 “Dr.” of kids’ literature
46 ___-me-not
48 Crime organization
51 Sign at a sold-out show
52 Before, poetically
53 It keeps you cool
58 Tiny: prefix
59 Grieve for
60 Possesses
64 Bits of grain
65 Lost color
66 Sweet red root
67 Cartoon stills
68 Where valuables are held
69 Cease
Down
1 Dog comment
2 Hawaiian necklace
3 Capt.’s boss
4 Very dry
5 Burrowing rodent
6 DIY moving company
7 Move like a fish
8 Singer Tennille
9 Had debts
10 Foul-ups
11 Activity for a CPA
12 Sport with shotguns
13 Ford or Kissinger
21 Pilot’s best guess: abbr.
22 Lead-in
23 Rite site
24 Oddity
25 Smug smile
29 U.K. radio and TV org.
30 Fits of pique
31 Parts per hundred: abbr.
32 French affirmative
34 ___ of March
35 Boat area that might need a pump
36 Ire
37 Colored toy marble
39 Early morning hour
40 Sch. in the Big Apple
41 Neither’s partner
45 Bolivar and Cowell
46 Fern leaves
47 Tic-tac-toe winner
48 Cable news channel
49 Concious (of)
50 Very last
51 Bender
54 Little devils
55 Weather Service agency
56 Persian ___ War
57 Tosses
61 Dripping
62 The Matrix protagonist
63 NASCAR sponsor
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From the Aug. 19-25, 2009 issue
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