Across
1 Nipped
4 Bug-on-windshield noise
9 Colloquialisms
14 Mauna ___
15 Doorbell sound
16 Adrian, in the “Rocky” movies
17 Nocturnal predator
18 Section or change prefix
19 Reddish ape, for short
20 Popular beverages
23 Sighted in
24 Meadow
25 Gulp
28 Bench
30 Pairs
34 Madam, in Madrid
37 Cameron of film
39 Company name abbreviation
40 D.C. fundraising group
41 Perform
43 AMA members
44 Hush-hush org.
45 Actress Gardner
46 Thin strand
48 Flying object?
50 Big Apple cops: abbr.
52 Bargain
54 Disappears below the horizon
55 Once-major news agency: abbr.
57 Twinges
60 Popular spirit
67 Paperless messages
68 Stood
69 Lincoln, familiarly
70 What an actor memorizes
71 Entices
72 Smoked salmon
73 Poetry’s complement
74 Mississippi has four
75 Encountered
Down
1 Alliance
2 Half of the Quad Cities are here
3 Towering
4 Literary genre, for short
5 ___ Penh, Cambodia
6 Petrol units
7 Changed
8 Ms. Hatcher
9 Uncle Tom’s Cabin author
10 Lasso
11 Alda or Rickman
12 When many workdays begin
13 Jokes
21 Othello villain
22 Ritual sites
25 Government TV
26 Weighted
27 Open, as a bottle
29 Assistance
31 Grimace
32 Beginning
33 Wound reminders
35 Uncooked
36 With a low pH
38 When doubled, a Gabor
42 When doubled, a fly
47 Egyptian scroll medium
49 Letters on an old map of Asia
51 Responsibilities
53 Toils
56 Heartbeat indicator
58 Long time ___
59 Conjecture
60 Seaweed variety
61 Mideast ruler
62 Tiny prefix
63 Cabbage variety
64 Ointment
65 Double reed instrument
66 Following
Last week's crossword answer
From the September 30 – October 6, 2009 issue.
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