Crossword for August 12, 2006

ACROSS 1. Trees of the genus Ulmus 5. Exclamation of surprise 8. Loose sleeveless cloaks 12. Italian greeting 13. Piloted a vehicle 15. Italian city 16. Protagonist 17. Made easier to bear 18. Operatic solo 19. Was larger in number 22. A tribe of Israel 23. Before 24. Female horse 26. A river in the Middle East 29. African desert 31. Gentle toss 32. Labor organization 34. Break open 36. Passport 38. Discarded 40. An indefinite period 41. A valley in France 43. Inheritors 45. Born 46. Increase threefold 48. Drunk (slang) 50. Deviate 51. Seven in Roman numerals 52. A leguminous plant 54. Involving carbon compounds 61. A river in central Europe 63. A poem by Homer 64. Cover with asphalt 65. Possessing the necessary skills 66. Mooch 67. Wicked 68. East Asian unit of weight 69. A potent estrogen 70. Banister
	DOWN
	1. Reflected sound 2. Place 3. Marketplace 4. Not later 5. A Semitic people 6. Flexible tube 7. Assert 8. Macaws 9. Marginal 10. Genus of the dogfish 11. Actor ____ Connery 13. Degrades 14. Swelling under the skin	20. A language of Pakistan and India 21. Anagram of "Dash" 25. Wholly absorbed 26. Floor beam 27. Evident 28. Alcove 29. Escargot 30. Directed 31. Fifty-six in Roman numerals 33. Mineral bearing rock 35. T 37. Region 39. Furnish	42. A river in Spain 44. Ketch 47. Words of a song 49. A baby's undies 52. Partially decayed vegetable matter 53. A Tuscan island 55. Pleased 56. Assistant 57. Bother persistently 58. Magma 59. Fifty-seven in Roman numerals 60. Shout 62. Snake-like fish