Don't hold your breath  
By MATT JONES  |  July 14, 2010
 
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| Across 1 He gives canned responses
 6 Fall flower
 11 Adobe file ext.
 14 One-named singer who guest starred on "The Love Boat"
 15 Surplus
 16 Regret
 17 Currency in Istanbul
 19 "Son of" in Arabic names
 20 Quebec neighbor: abbr.
 21 Be loud with the bells
 22 Andrew ___ Webber
 24 2003 Tom Cruise film set in Japan
 28 ___Pen (injection for allergic reactions)
 29 TV show retroactively subtitled "Las Vegas"
 30 Strange
 36 Go down like a rock
 40 Puppy, say
 41 Baby garments with snaps
 43 Meadow noise
 44 Basket or head follower
 46 Take a tour of the Serengeti
 48 "___ Stoops to Conquer"
 50 Couch ___ ("The Simpsons" opening bit)
 51 1982 Julie Andrews gender-bender
 59 Buzzing with excitement
 60 It wafts in the air
 61 Org. with Dirk and Dwyane
 63 11 of 12: abbr.
 64 Office building problem that's a hint to this puzzle's theme entries (see their last three letters)
 68 Dir. opposite SSW
 69 Author Calvino
 70 Tuesday, in New Orleans
 71 "Atlas Shrugged" author Rand
 72 Reese of "Touched by an Angel"
 73 Messed (with)
 | Down 1 Prefix for -pus or -mom
 2 Surgical device that diverts blood
 3 Hotwiring heists
 4 Boat with two toucans
 5 Louis XVI, e.g.
 6 Word repeated in "Ring Around the Rosie"
 7 Bug-squishing noise
 8 Flip option
 9 Go off course
 10 Domains
 11 Previous
 12 Bush II
 13 Upscale handbag maker
 18 Microdermabrasion site
 23 Guzman of "Traffic"
 25 Gp. with emission standards
 26 Ride to a red carpet
 27 Field measurements
 30 For checkers, it's black and white
 31 Grant-granting gp.
 32 1950s-60s actress Stevens
 33 Sign shared by Ben and Casey Affleck
 34 Bar opener?
 35 "You Will Be My ___ True Love" (song from "Cold Mountain")
 37 Like some childhood friends
 38 "That's neither here ___ there"
 39 Carp in a pond
 42 Starch that comes from palms
 45 It is, in Iquitos
 47 In the distance
 49 Totally awful
 51 She used to turn, but now taps
 52 O. Henry specialty
 53 Witch group
 54 Far from meek
 55 Pastoral poem
 56 Drink on a ski trip
 57 Carson Daly's old MTV show, for short
 58 Follow the rules
 62 Dry as a bone
 65 Season opposite hiver
 66 Accident victim helper
 67 ___ De Jing (classic Chinese text)
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