For the rainiest of us  
By MATT JONES  |  April 27, 2011
 
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Across 
1 Apple or blueberry 
4 Down in the dumps 
8 Peevish 
14 Three-wheeler, e.g. 
15 Pet food brand with a pawprint logo 
16 Bullring hero 
17 Part of a San Francisco movie car chase? 
19 Full of sex and violence, perhaps 
20 Washington : 1 :: ___ : 5 
21 Sine ___ non 
22 Nashville sch. 
23 Magazine for bakers? 
27 "The Simpsons" lawyer Lionel 
29 Tarzan raiser 
30 Commedia dell'___ 
31 Melodic offshoot of punk rock 
32 Pot starter 
34 Disgusting sort 
36 So fresh that Ayn gets punished for it? 
42 Pump output 
43 Furniture wood 
44 Eggs, to a biologist 
45 Move slowly (forward) 
48 "Water ___ Elephants" 
49 Future CEOs' degrees 
50 Shipping yourself cross-country in a crate? 
55 Tyler of "Empire Records" 
56 Neither companion 
57 Bands together 
60 "___ Restaurant" 
62 Activate everything in the house with the doorbell? 
64 Computer-savvy person 
65 Cooking acronym used by Rachael Ray 
66 Ambient rocker Brian 
67 Ford flops 
68 Auto body repair task 
69 They sneak up on U
  | Down 
1 Chicken ___ (Italian dish, casually) 
2 "___, Sing America" (Langston Hughes poem) 
3 Northwestern University's city 
4 Actress Phillips 
5 "Today" co-anchor Matt 
6 "Lemme think..." 
7 Zener cards measure it 
8 Kerri who won gold at the Atlanta Olympics 
9 Singer-pianist Jones 
10 Kind of tax shelter 
11 Person stroking a cat, e.g. 
12 H.S. test-before-a-test 
13 "Hey brah, over here!" 
18 Surgeon on daytime TV 
21 Neighbor of Ont. 
24 Brent Spiner's best-known role 
25 Like some sandals 
26 "___ Mopp" (Ames Brothers hit) 
27 "___ Majesty" (Beatles song) 
28 "Be Cool" actress Thurman 
32 "___ was about to say..." 
33 "Morning Edition" broadcaster 
34 Toscano voted off of 2011's "American Idol" 
35 Tattoo fluid 
37 Willy Wonka creator Roald 
38 Deborah of "The King and I" 
39 Just as good, with "than" 
40 Model Herzigova 
41 Existed 
45 The White Rabbit's exclamation 
46 Stuck, like a landing 
47 Some Hondas 
48 Guy on the dime 
49 DCCLI doubled 
51 Ninja Turtles reporter/cohort April 
52 Valentine's Day bunch 
53 Like some poorly-formed sentences 
54 Gold brick 
58 Long times to wait 
59 Spoiled kid 
61 Revolutionary on a hipster's shirt 
62 Chafing color 
63 "___ been a bad boy"
 
          
 
  
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