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Daily Crossword Puzzle #5 for Thu, Dec 20, 2012

ACROSS
1. Informal term for the mouth
4. _ mater
8. Allow
11. Blind as ____
13. Arrive at
15. Wet nurse (var.)
16. Yard entry
17. High-altitude cloud
18. Independent ruler or chieftain
19. Ancient Celtic tribe of eastern Britain
21. Snakelike fish
22. Remaining after all deductions
23. Auto
24. Label
27. Car dealer's back yard
29. Shopping center
30. Naughty children
34. Australian flightless bird
36. Allows
39. Nest on high
40. Snake ____ (dice throw)
41. Approach
43. Land measure
44. Strips of potato fried in deep fat
46. Nathan's nickname
47. Definite Article
48. Portable shelters
49. Inwardly
51. Nine, plus one
53. Born
54. Compass dir.
57. Domed church section
60. Chief or king in Benin or Nigeria
63. Gives off
65. Without
66. Middle Eastern gold or silver currency
69. Set down
70. Biblical high priest
71. Peak District village in England
72. Hero or heavy, e.g.
73. Electrical Unit
74. Kill
75. Observe

DOWN
1. Mysterious quality of enchantment
2. Phillipine bananalike plant
3. Wetness
4. Curve
5. Flowery wreath
6. Female horse
7. Measure of real estate
8. Unable to walk
9. Give off
10. Small pie
12. Nine, plus one
14. Land elevation
18. Plea
20. Call ___ day
25. Silent film actress Nazimova
26. American astronaut and politician John
28. Chief or king in Benin or Nigeria
29. French bagpipes
31. Bowlike part
32. Hoop that covers a wheel
33. Observe
34. Jane of fiction
35. Chow _
37. Beverage made from leaves
38. Smooth fabric
40. Lizard (obsolete)
42. French philosopher Descartes
45. Compass dir.
50. Area sheltered from the wind
52. Thickened enlargement
54. Grain storage towers
55. Vertical member of a panel or frame
56. First name in cosmetics
57. Toward the sea
58. Inside of hand
59. Sever or remove by pinching or nipping
61. Auction offers
62. Of or related to the anus
64. Make imperfect
67. In the manner of
68. Marina Del _, California