Friday Crossword — August 15, 1997

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Joe DiPietro8/15/1997

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Comes to pass (4 letters)
5 Across
Sugar or starch, in slang (4 letters)
9 Across
Present time (4 letters)
13 Across
Tracy Marrow, familiarly (4 letters)
14 Across
Apartment next to the super's, maybe (4 letters)
15 Across
Sponge (5 letters)
16 Across
Bumble Bee, e.g. (4 letters)
17 Across
Whence the phrase "to give the devil his due" (10 letters)
19 Across
Not moving (8 letters)
21 Across
Sawer of logs (6 letters)
22 Across
Author with a book subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" (5 letters)
23 Across
Dinner wear (6 letters)
24 Across
Imposes without invitation (8 letters)
28 Across
___ Z (everything) (3 letters)
29 Across
"You can't mean me!?" (3 letters)
30 Across
Word of the Prophet (5 letters)
32 Across
Retreat (4 letters)
35 Across
Preceding periods (4 letters)
37 Across
W.W. II enlistee (5 letters)
39 Across
Refrigerator bar? (4 letters)
41 Across
Many A.B.A. members (4 letters)
43 Across
His last work was "Pocketful of Miracles," 1961 (5 letters)
45 Across
Get up and it's gone (3 letters)
46 Across
Kind of delivery (3 letters)
48 Across
Token (8 letters)
50 Across
Succeeded (6 letters)
53 Across
Like Cheerios (5 letters)
54 Across
"Yoo-hoo!" (6 letters)
55 Across
Maternity surprise (8 letters)
58 Across
Birds Eye offering (10 letters)
60 Across
Plaster base (4 letters)
61 Across
Stores (5 letters)
62 Across
A person might earn one for a score (4 letters)
63 Across
Christiania, today (4 letters)
64 Across
Kind of dog (4 letters)
65 Across
Fire (4 letters)
66 Across
Break down (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Has real relevance (8 letters)
2 Down
Slightly better than (9 letters)
3 Down
Football coach's nightmare (9 letters)
4 Down
Play maker (6 letters)
5 Down
End piece (4 letters)
6 Down
Betimes, updated (4 letters)
7 Down
Torn (4 letters)
8 Down
July 4th event, briefly (3 letters)
9 Down
Letter signoff (8 letters)
10 Down
Sculptor Henry (5 letters)
11 Down
Didn't wait (5 letters)
12 Down
Former N.H.L. coach Fred (5 letters)
15 Down
Advertising unit (6 letters)
18 Down
Singles' grp.? (4 letters)
20 Down
Curly cue? (4 letters)
25 Down
Utter failure, in slang (3 letters)
26 Down
Davis of baseball (4 letters)
27 Down
Exerciser of spin control? (5 letters)
31 Down
"Don't think so" (4 letters)
33 Down
Uncomfortable (9 letters)
34 Down
Whistler (9 letters)
36 Down
Tight (8 letters)
38 Down
Middle of a famous palindrome (3 letters)
40 Down
Nonunion workplace (8 letters)
42 Down
Churchill Downs features (6 letters)
44 Down
Per (4 letters)
47 Down
Submachine gun (4 letters)
49 Down
Jaundiced (6 letters)
50 Down
Winter wear (5 letters)
51 Down
Four before a slash (5 letters)
52 Down
Wild Asian dog (5 letters)
55 Down
Bibliophile's purchase (4 letters)
56 Down
Tevere's city (4 letters)
57 Down
Romantic interlude (4 letters)
59 Down
Cousin of a tarboosh (3 letters)

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