Thursday Crossword — July 10, 1997

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Matt Gaffney7/10/1997

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Items often passed (5 letters)
6 Across
41st in a series (4 letters)
10 Across
Release (4 letters)
14 Across
Ruin a bow (5 letters)
15 Across
Conductor Klemperer (4 letters)
16 Across
Dessert ___ (4 letters)
17 Across
Big name in zoos (5 letters)
18 Across
M.V.P. of Super Bowls I and II (9 letters)
20 Across
Controversial baseball owner (11 letters)
22 Across
Place to unwind (3 letters)
23 Across
Time of one's life (3 letters)
24 Across
Possessive Latin pronoun (3 letters)
25 Across
The buck stops here (3 letters)
26 Across
Singer Zadora (3 letters)
27 Across
Swallow flat (4 letters)
29 Across
"Am ___ only one...?" (4 letters)
31 Across
Many an Olympic skiing gold medalist (4 letters)
32 Across
Photo ___ (3 letters)
34 Across
Beats (7 letters)
37 Across
Theme of this puzzle (11 letters)
39 Across
Erstwhile warship (7 letters)
40 Across
Part to grab hold of (3 letters)
41 Across
Senator's claim (4 letters)
42 Across
___-a-porter (ready-to-wear) (4 letters)
44 Across
1972 U.S. Open finalist (4 letters)
48 Across
Football Hall-of-Famer Hendricks (3 letters)
49 Across
Australian runner (3 letters)
51 Across
The Fighting Tigers, for short (3 letters)
53 Across
Life (3 letters)
54 Across
Broke bread (3 letters)
55 Across
Best Actress of 1969 (11 letters)
58 Across
Malcolm-Jamal Warner co-star (9 letters)
60 Across
___ Banks, N.C. (5 letters)
61 Across
Afghan leader before the Soviet invasion (4 letters)
62 Across
Russo of "Outbreak" (4 letters)
63 Across
Sporty Pontiac (5 letters)
64 Across
Chap (4 letters)
65 Across
July 15, e.g. (4 letters)
66 Across
Bad lighting? (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Underground Railroad leader (6 letters)
2 Down
Tick off (6 letters)
3 Down
Reserves (6 letters)
4 Down
Bell sound (4 letters)
5 Down
Sides in a classic battle (5 letters)
6 Down
Rancher's threat (6 letters)
7 Down
Canyonlands locale (4 letters)
8 Down
Approached boldly, with "to" (8 letters)
9 Down
Too ___ handle (5 letters)
10 Down
Ambulance asst. (3 letters)
11 Down
Empanadas (8 letters)
12 Down
Devastated (7 letters)
13 Down
Muslim wear (6 letters)
19 Down
Part of many town names in Quebec (3 letters)
21 Down
Geneve's country (6 letters)
28 Down
In French it's frapper (5 letters)
30 Down
Semilegendary Greek poet (5 letters)
31 Down
Big name in workouts (5 letters)
33 Down
A shot (3 letters)
35 Down
Word from Tswana (6 letters)
36 Down
Head of a syndicate (3 letters)
37 Down
Gets rid of, as an old car (8 letters)
38 Down
Questioned (8 letters)
39 Down
When you can start to drive (7 letters)
41 Down
Hogan's domain (6 letters)
43 Down
Aristocracies (6 letters)
45 Down
Treats maliciously (6 letters)
46 Down
Straight (6 letters)
47 Down
"Sleepless in Seattle" writer-director (6 letters)
49 Down
Massachusetts Ave. bldg., in D.C. (3 letters)
50 Down
Language of New Zealand (5 letters)
52 Down
The States (5 letters)
56 Down
Subject of passing concern? (4 letters)
57 Down
Pioneering conservationist (4 letters)
59 Down
Colony member (3 letters)

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