Wednesday Crossword — September 17, 1997

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Karen Hodge9/17/1997

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Grist for processors (4 letters)
5 Across
Quizzes (4 letters)
9 Across
Hurt (5 letters)
14 Across
"L'___ c'est moi": Louis XIV (4 letters)
15 Across
Train transportation (4 letters)
16 Across
Word in a Yale song (5 letters)
17 Across
Religious monster? (9 letters)
19 Across
Sound louder than kerplop (5 letters)
20 Across
Swimming pool problem (5 letters)
21 Across
Athos, Porthos and Aramis, e.g. (4 letters)
23 Across
1944 Pulitzer journalist (4 letters)
24 Across
It's rolled out at parties (7 letters)
26 Across
Wooden shoe (5 letters)
28 Across
1940's Big-Band leader (5 letters)
30 Across
Solidarnosc leader (6 letters)
33 Across
Chattering birds (4 letters)
36 Across
Not stiff (4 letters)
38 Across
Frothy (5 letters)
39 Across
Serpent's mark? (3 letters)
40 Across
Popular men's magazine (7 letters)
42 Across
Parisian way (3 letters)
43 Across
"Mefistofele" composer (5 letters)
45 Across
Biology subj. (4 letters)
46 Across
Gets choked up (4 letters)
47 Across
Charles's "Gaslight" co-star, 1944 (6 letters)
49 Across
"___ to bed" (5 letters)
51 Across
Solicit cash from (5 letters)
53 Across
Formation of bone (7 letters)
57 Across
Spoils (4 letters)
59 Across
Cream of the crop (4 letters)
61 Across
Junta's act (5 letters)
62 Across
Tigger's adopted mom (5 letters)
64 Across
Macho dance? (9 letters)
66 Across
Signed (5 letters)
67 Across
Sound (4 letters)
68 Across
December air (4 letters)
69 Across
Compote fruit (5 letters)
70 Across
Q-Tip (4 letters)
71 Across
In ___ (existing) (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Make lean? (5 letters)
2 Down
"I could ___ unfold...": "Hamlet" (5 letters)
3 Down
Northern evergreen forests (5 letters)
4 Down
Jumps on (7 letters)
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S.A. republic (3 letters)
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Patron of bread? (9 letters)
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Narc's catch, maybe (4 letters)
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Putdowns (5 letters)
9 Down
Tummy muscles (3 letters)
10 Down
"Apocalypse Now" director (7 letters)
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Jerusalem? (9 letters)
12 Down
One way to get to Jerusalem (4 letters)
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Anniversary, e.g. (4 letters)
18 Down
Take, as oral arguments (4 letters)
22 Down
Cut (3 letters)
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Wear the crown (4 letters)
27 Down
Barbara, to friends (4 letters)
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Popular appliance maker (5 letters)
31 Down
Overproud (4 letters)
32 Down
Words said in passing? (4 letters)
33 Down
Skater Thomas (4 letters)
34 Down
Shakespeare, the Bard of ___ (4 letters)
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Measure a pop singer? (9 letters)
37 Down
Musical fish? (9 letters)
40 Down
"Go ahead!" (4 letters)
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Some old Fords (4 letters)
44 Down
Set off (7 letters)
46 Down
"Nice going!" (7 letters)
48 Down
Name (3 letters)
50 Down
Kind of aerobics (4 letters)
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Pains in the neck (5 letters)
54 Down
Farm towers (5 letters)
55 Down
F.D.R.'s Interior Secretary (5 letters)
56 Down
Several-days-old (5 letters)
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Pass over (4 letters)
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Diminish (4 letters)
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Pack away (4 letters)
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TV breaks (3 letters)
65 Down
Miss out? (3 letters)

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