'A Little Diversion'

 Crossword
By MATT JONES  |  October 17, 2013
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Across
1 Gavel-banging shout
5 Word repeated before "hey" or after "Yo"
10 "This Is Spinal ___"
13 Three with close harmony, e.g.
14 Forester automaker
15 Aboriginal food source
16 Diversion tactic #1
18 "... a borrower ___ a lender be"
19 "Baloney!"
20 Heavy unit
21 Magazine edition
23 Diversion tactic #2
28 Toy advertised with the slogan "but they don't fall down"
30 Speak eloquently
31 "Buffy" spinoff
32 Without a date
33 Physical measurement, for short
36 Diversion tactic #3
40 Furtive
41 Stub ___ (stumble)
42 Backwoods type
43 African language family
45 Unit named for a French physicist
46 With 56-across, diversion tactic #4
50 Hits the ground
51 To the ___ degree
52 Artist's concern
55 Bank feature
56 See 46-across
61 Born, in a bridal bio
62 Like, yesterday
63 Flat-topped formation
64 Prime meridian setting: abbr.
65 Girl Scout cookie with caramel
66 Advanced writing degs. 
Down
1 Recipe instruction
2 "___ I've been told"
3 Upstart business, casually
4 Cartoon cringe catchphrase
5 Organic fertilizer
6 Group formed by Duane and Gregg, for short
7 "Anna and the King" actress ___ Ling
8 "Cold outside today!"
9 German two-door sportscar
10 Angst-ridden
11 "My Cherie ___" (Stevie Wonder song)
12 Blender button
14 Add fuel to the fire
17 Bikini and others
22 "___ Done Him Wrong" (1933 Mae West film)
24 "Remote Control" host Ken
25 Oust the incumbent
26 Get rid of a voicemail
27 Newman's Own rival
28 ___ and means
29 Hydroxyl compound
32 ___ voce
33 Person who pedals stolen goods?
34 Harlem ___ (Central Park lake)
35 Doing nothing
37 Just chill
38 Mythological deities
39 "___ the mornin' to ya!"
43 Letters on undies
44 "___ Fables"
45 "The Jetsons" dog
46 When doubled, essential oil used in shampoo
47 Hall colleague
48 Like some goals
49 Palindromic 1996 New York City Marathon winner ___ Catuna
53 Major in astronomy?
54 Greek letters
57 Shooting org.
58 ___ Kippur
59 "Bed-in for Peace" participant
60 "I'm thinking..." 

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