Crossword

Francis Heaney May 30, 2012

1.	Desire of one lost in le désert
4.	Canadian town that sounds like a "Batman" sound effect
9.	Quixote's sidekick
14.	USN honcho
15.	Mark of the Senate, or his father Mo
16.	Approximately
17.	"Perfect spot for the water that'll surround the castle!"
20.	"___ Inn! What's your price per night?" (misheard "Sister Christian" lyric)
21.	Rd. with a median strip
22.	King of Spain
23.	Coming back in waves?
26.	Suffix with ranch or pistol
28.	Like dictionaries without a word meaning "raisable castle door"?
34.	Henri's sea
36.	Be a bit less critical
37.	Doubly unhealthy deep-fried snack
38.	Summits
40.	Short round?
41.	Post "Rush sux!!" on a Rush fanpage, e.g.
42.	"RuPaul's ___ Race"
43.	Abraham of "Teen Mom"
45.	Record label not named after a plane
46.	Breakfast option for prisoners in the depths of the castle?
49.	Big ___, California
50.	"Fit But You Know It" band, with "the"
53.	Bio. or chem.
56.	"Live! With Kelly" host
59.	___ Hawkins Day
60.	Inability to stop building castle towers at inappropriate moments?
64.	Text read on one's phone, perhaps
65.	Vinyl single's "front"
66.	Ill-advised maneuver on a one-way street
67.	Bamboo connoisseur
68.	Like salty licorice, to me at least
69.	Singsongy syllable

Ben Tausig

"Get bent!"	.1
Formed for a particular purpose	.2
She played Rebecca Duvall playing Marilyn Monroe on "Smash"	.3
Peter Pan journeys, e.g.	.4
Driller's org.	.5
Cause of flashbacks, for short	.6
Tank on Broadway	.7
Hostile criticism	.8
Egyptian scrolls	.9
Blood system letters	.10
Film ___	.11
Would-be iPod killer	.12
Abbr. in the court	.13
Goofy or Daffy	.18
Nitwit	.19
Org. that's not coming off so well in this Trayvon Martin thing	.24
Item carried on the shoulder in an emergency	.25
Reason for an emptier-than-expected subway car, often	.27
Off in some way	.29
Certain pack animals	.30
Squicked	.31
Electric swimmers	.32
Nitwit	.33
Road safety gp.	.34
Light brown	.35
"... because we need the ___" (classic punchline)	.39
Jasper Fforde heroine ___ Next	.41
"Uh-oh, we're in ___ now"	.43
Queen of the hill, e.g.	.44
"Aha!"	.47
Stoically suppressed moisture, at times	.48
Chess match need	.51
"Later, bitches!"	.52
Part of the process	.53
___ libre	.54
Word after cast or scrap	.55
"Hey buddy, check this out"	.57
Part of Turkey is in it	.58
The lax may spare it	.61
Backs try to gain them: Abbr.	.62
Lepidopterist's tool	.63

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