Friday Crossword — May 16, 1997

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Brendan Emmett Quigley5/16/1997

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Like topiary (6 letters)
7 Across
"The never failing vice of fools": Pope (5 letters)
12 Across
Went into hiding (7 letters)
14 Across
Brawl activity (7 letters)
16 Across
Not in yet (7 letters)
17 Across
Stirs (7 letters)
18 Across
1993 musical with the Best Original Score (5 letters)
19 Across
Product once pitched by Grace Kelly (5 letters)
21 Across
Pandowdy, e.g. (3 letters)
22 Across
Parseghian et al. (4 letters)
23 Across
Multitude (5 letters)
24 Across
Thomas Moore ballad locale (4 letters)
25 Across
Artist Gerard ___ Borch (3 letters)
26 Across
Eminent Washington family (5 letters)
27 Across
Shakespearean female roles (5 letters)
28 Across
"Shiloh" novelist Shelby (5 letters)
29 Across
Strong (6 letters)
30 Across
Standup comic with a sitcom (13 letters)
33 Across
"G.W.T.W." extras (6 letters)
34 Across
Whoop it up (5 letters)
35 Across
In the back (5 letters)
36 Across
Bristol-Myers Squibb brand (5 letters)
37 Across
Eden and others, for short (3 letters)
40 Across
Following (4 letters)
41 Across
Surged (5 letters)
42 Across
Stay fresh (4 letters)
43 Across
911 responder (3 letters)
44 Across
3-D graph lines (5 letters)
45 Across
Dame's introduction (5 letters)
46 Across
Raphael's "___ Madonna" (7 letters)
48 Across
Victory site of March 1945 (7 letters)
50 Across
Japanese mats (7 letters)
51 Across
Veto (7 letters)
52 Across
Navajo home (5 letters)
53 Across
City dweller's pocketful (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Barraged (6 letters)
2 Down
Caricaturist Daumier (6 letters)
3 Down
Baseball's Sandy (6 letters)
4 Down
Salon orders (5 letters)
5 Down
Go round and round (4 letters)
6 Down
Anticipated (3 letters)
7 Down
Ring up (5 letters)
8 Down
1990 World Cup site, locally (4 letters)
9 Down
"___ had it!" (3 letters)
10 Down
Alacrity (8 letters)
11 Down
100% (8 letters)
13 Down
Before (7 letters)
14 Down
Lots (5 letters)
15 Down
Let up (6 letters)
20 Down
Condition ahead of time, as film (9 letters)
23 Down
Goes by foot, with "it" (5 letters)
24 Down
Palatable (5 letters)
26 Down
Summer intern, maybe (5 letters)
27 Down
Tony winner Swoosie (5 letters)
28 Down
E (5 letters)
29 Down
Idiot (5 letters)
30 Down
Old Testament book (8 letters)
31 Down
Makes a choice (8 letters)
32 Down
Enters, as a controversy (7 letters)
33 Down
Most inferior (6 letters)
36 Down
Quashes (5 letters)
37 Down
Dress size (6 letters)
38 Down
Sea creatures of myth (6 letters)
39 Down
Catches, in a way (6 letters)
41 Down
Arrived breathlessly (5 letters)
42 Down
13th Precinct lieutenant (5 letters)
44 Down
Coors product since 1992 (4 letters)
45 Down
Canceled (4 letters)
47 Down
Moniker (3 letters)
49 Down
Showery (3 letters)

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