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Crossword: ''Fools on film''

All is not as it seems

By MATT JONES | June 11, 2008

Across
1 Element used to treat diaper rash
5 It may be a-brewin'
10 Bra size
14 Toledo's lake
15 Experimental punk rocker Lunch
16 Ancient Greek harp
17 "You look GOOD!"
18 Music holders
19 "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" songwriter Paul (whose daughter is married to Jason Bateman)
20 It's played to fool people into thinking that someone's calling them (as in "Manhattan Murder Mystery")
23 Second Amendment word
26 "Mourning Becomes Electra" playwright
27 Yell to the quarterback
28 Tax on imports
30 Slightly mad
31 Disney sci-fi film with a Master Control Program
33 Agcy. that helps prevent workplace injuries
37 It's put in front of a window to fool people into thinking someone is standing there (as in "Home Alone")
41 ___-do-well
42 Heath bar competitor
43 Mathematician Rubik
44 Company that owns PayPal
46 Decathlon divisions
48 Lose yours and you're nuts
52 Liqueur from Dublin
53 It's crafted to fool guards into thinking a prisoner's in bed, when he's actually gone (as in "Escape From Alcatraz")
56 "Born Free" lioness
57 Bete ___ (object of hatred)
58 Mental halfwit
62 Org. that sues pirates
63 "For Sale by ___"
64 Rickman who plays Severus Snape
65 Sporty Spice's nickname
66 Detaches (from)
67 Waiting room call

Down
1 One of two in a Canadian puzzle?
2 Yo La Tengo guitarist Kaplan
3 2008 kids' movie "___'s Island"
4 Video game where you shoot mushrooms
5 Put on, like lingerie
6 Headstrong personality
7 Olfactory detection
8 Carnival attraction
9 The Trix Rabbit, e.g.
10 Loud sound from trumpets
11 Lauper who participated in "We Are the World"
12 1990s sitcom character who had his own breakfast cereal
13 Birthstone in a shell
21 "The dog ___ my homework"
22 "Thinking ___ in the final throes" (Amy Winehouse line)
23 Label on a bin of unsortable items: abbr.
24 "So why on earth should ___" ("A Hard Day's Night")
25 "M" star Peter
28 Out of style
29 "Go back," in word processing
32 Tabula ___
34 Band that released "Pretzel Logic" in 1974
35 Operatic mezzo-soprano Marilyn
36 Mama's sis
38 Mr. Favre
39 Break room coffee supplies
40 Sleep unsoundly
45 "Adios"
47 Hearty energy
48 Bank deposit
49 "Kate & ___"
50 Like 12-down's voice
51 Hayes with a bit part in "Robin Hood: Men In Tights"
52 Van ___ Boys (gang in a "Seinfeld" episode)
54 "Dirty Jobs" host Mike
55 Lindsay Lohan's "momager"
59 Grand ___ Opry
60 Far from micromanaging
61 Big bang maker

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