Crossword: 'Don't be shocked'

This is the current situation
By MATT JONES  |  February 21, 2007

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Across
1 Hot rock
5 Smallest bit
9 Sound of a dull impact
13 Word said with a sigh
14 Prefix for postale
15 Sacha character
16 Argyle, for one
17 2001 title role for Judi Dench and Kate Winslet
18 Kind of column
19 Bit of self-promotion
22 Off the table, perhaps
23 "This is fun!"
24 Sheet that's worn out
27 Opp. of NNW
28 "Man!"
30 Keyboard key
32 Swear
33 Former Bird teammate
35 They'll never show up in the first place
37 Exciting, as a finish
40 Astronomer who described planetary motion
41 Taboos of some diets
42 "___ been a ba-a-a-a-d boy"
43 Seasoning in San Juan
45 Dial-up alternative
46 However
49 "I forbid you!"
51 PBS show since 1974
53 Little egg
55 Sneaky sales tactic
58 Merchandise
60 ___ scallopini
61 Annoying suffix for people's first names
62 "Chain Gang" songwriter Sam
63 ___-1 ("Ghostbusters" car)
64 Prefix meaning "one trillion"
65 Only ghost not mentioned by name in "Pac-Man Fever"
66 Bend out of shape
67 Pro gp.
Down
1 Glen girls
2 Oahu's "how are you's"
3 Leave the premises
4 Know-it-all's challenge
5 Sound like a siren
6 "Not this again..."
7 Cork-based, maybe
8 Like some salads
9 "Speckled" fish
10 Suffering from shots
11 Cycle start
12 Dwarf with glasses
15 "The Family Circus" cartoonist Keane
20 Firehouse vehicles
21 Kitchen duty implements
25 "An Inconvenient Truth" narrator
26 Sounds babies hear from adults
29 Contest participant
31 Unsportsmanlike move
33 Tool used for hand-punching belt loops
34 List-ending abbr.
36 Member of the fam
37 Band who wore red plastic hats
38 "My life is an ___"
39 Went out (with)
40 Joke around
44 Bakery output
46 Chimney Rock and others
47 Ailments of the stressed
48 The Azadi Tower's city
50 Like some gag gifts
52 Sweater shape
54 Much-hyped software release of 2007
56 Laurence, in "What's Love Got to Do With It"
57 "Children Playing" sign word
58 Poli ___
59 Bunch

© 2007 Jonesin' Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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