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Crossword: ''Take a bow''

Four known for it

By MATT JONES | February 20, 2008

Across
1 Explorer, for example
4 "Wake up and give me some food!"
8 Test for jrs.
12 Action star Jackie
14 Have a cow?
15 Country's McEntire
16 "Horrors!"
17 She was the Little Mermaid
18 It's right in your atlas
19 Former "Crossfire" host known for wearing a bow tie
22 "___ Take a Bow" (Smiths song)
23 "Let's keep moving ahead!"
26 Pioneering sex researcher who frequently wore bow ties
30 Univ.
33 Teacher's ominous note in red pen
34 Begonia bit
35 It was "The American Tribal Love Rock Musical"
37 Working joe
39 Title given to Madonna and Aretha Franklin
40 Extra
42 Jewelry house Van ___ & Arpels
44 Former closing pitcher Robb
45 Movie/TV character who always wears a red bow tie
48 Phrase meaning "and others"
49 Black Sea port
53 German architect with a penchant for bow ties
57 "___ idiot!"
59 Patsy's "Absolutely Fabulous" friend
60 Summer pests
61 Incubus lead singer Brandon
62 Challenge
63 Draw
64 Disaster zone
65 Thick bowlful
66 Used a beanbag, maybe

Down
1 Aberdeen residents
2 "That's right"
3 Actor Courtney B. ___
4 J. Lo's husband
5 ___ Aboumrad (contestant on Season 2 of "Top Chef")
6 Walkie-talkie word
7 Agreement after a bit of arm-twisting
8 Like used cars
9 He played Samwise in "The Lord of the Rings"
10 Stomach muscles
11 Ink work
13 Wireless company named after a Finnish town
14 Wine pourers
20 Letter-shaped building wings
21 Sound at the barbershop
24 Plunder
25 Blanchett role (sort of) in a 2007 movie
27 Throw up
28 Novelist Zola
29 Postpone
30 Dodecagon, e.g.
31 Space ___ (ditz)
32 Retreats
36 Actress Gena of "A Woman Under the Influence""
38 Artery near the longest bone in humans
41 Fantasy author Gaiman
43 Portuguese folk music that features guitar
46 They may be picky
47 Country with a non-rectangular flag
50 ___ headache
51 Hindu discourse, like a famous one on sex and love
52 Advantage
54 Do some video production
55 Paris's ___ Gauche
56 Chew on rawhide
57 PC company?
58 "The Simpsons" character whose last name is Szyslak

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