Puzzles

Crossword: ''What are the odds''

You may be luckier than you think

By MATT JONES | October 14, 2009

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Across
1 Makes babies
7 Organic river pollutant, for short
10 Fundamentals
14 Of the largest artery
15 River through Switzerland
16 Sink rapidly
17 Fake bone, e.g.
18 Alan Ball HBO series, to fans
19 "___ Rock" (Simon and Garfunkel song)
20 Odds of finding one on the first try: 1 in 10,000
23 ___-country (music genre)
24 Barely makes (a living)
25 Odds of hitting the winning jackpot on one: 1 in 16,777,216
30 Pampering place
31 Kama ___
32 ___ a customer
34 Prefix with morph
35 Odds of being allergic to it: 1 in 230,000,000
37 Grp. that's kind to pets
41 Linen fabric
43 Destroy skeet
44 Mrs., in Madrid
47 Odds of being one: 1 in 83
50 "Hoo boy, that's exciting!"
52 "Life ___ Highway"
53 Odds of dying because of it: 1 in anywhere from 200,000 to 500,000
58 Crack container
59 ___ Friday's (restaurant chain)
60 Heated seats, e.g.
62 Get your groove on?
63 "What did you say?" interjections
64 Stinging plant
65 Short story master
66 NYSE unit
67 Actor Radcliffe

Down
1 Spoiled
2 It keeps you covered
3 Cogito follower
4 Dying words to Brutus
5 Miniature box?
6 Charybdis' counterpart, in Greek myth
7 "Que ___?"
8 Cause of a crash, perhaps
9 Composer Anton
10 Goodbye, to Guillermo
11 Standing ovation cheers
12 Surface, as for air
13 Peloponnesian War side
21 "And the list goes on" abbr.
22 Internet slang system sometimes written with 3's
25 Pilot's heading: abbr.
26 "Star Trek" captain Jean-___ Picard
27 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel
28 Medium jogging pace
29 Red Monopoly piece
33 Worker safety org.
35 Nintendo controllers designed for motion
36 When some studiers cram
38 Luau food
39 "___ blimey!"
40 Wolfed down
42 Actor Epps of "A Day in the Life"
43 Component of an edible pod
44 Gets rid of leg stubble
45 Blue "Sesame Street" muppet
46 Word before dog or helicopter
48 Number opposite IX
49 Surname of seven performing siblings
51 Indian state
54 CD-ROM predecessor
55 Bottom-of-env. header
56 ___ Field (Mets ballpark)
57 Thin sheet metal for ornamental decoration
61 "___ blu, dipinto di blu" ("Volare" alternate title)