Friday Crossword — September 26, 1997

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Chuck Deodene9/26/1997

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Andean shrub (4 letters)
5 Across
___ Sanctorum (4 letters)
9 Across
Crayola color (5 letters)
14 Across
Caspian Sea feeder (4 letters)
15 Across
1966 Lennon-McCartney tune (4 letters)
16 Across
"Hold your tongue!" (5 letters)
17 Across
Refugee's request (15 letters)
20 Across
"Murder, ___" (1960 film) (3 letters)
21 Across
Author Robert ___ Butler (4 letters)
22 Across
Jazz trumpeter Baker (4 letters)
23 Across
Skeptics (8 letters)
25 Across
City on the Po (6 letters)
28 Across
Fate (3 letters)
29 Across
National Gallery ___ (5 letters)
31 Across
Slicker (3 letters)
32 Across
Like fraudulent accidents (6 letters)
35 Across
Milk source (3 letters)
36 Across
Cartoonist Walker (4 letters)
37 Across
Timber or water, for instance (15 letters)
40 Across
Some train cargoes (4 letters)
41 Across
"Undoubtedly" (3 letters)
42 Across
Like the risk to bet on, maybe (6 letters)
43 Across
"What a ___!" (beach comment) (3 letters)
44 Across
Reno game (5 letters)
46 Across
"Chuang Tzu" principle (3 letters)
47 Across
Prefix with sphere (6 letters)
49 Across
Infamous pen (8 letters)
53 Across
Side in a 1980's war (4 letters)
54 Across
Go bad (4 letters)
55 Across
Chemical suffix (3 letters)
56 Across
Modern air munition (15 letters)
60 Across
Movie scorer Straus (5 letters)
61 Across
Beclouds, with "up" (4 letters)
62 Across
Controversial ripener (4 letters)
63 Across
Verbose (5 letters)
64 Across
Change machine fill (4 letters)
65 Across
Rowlands of "Light of Day" (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
One usually seen taking a bow (5 letters)
2 Down
Town near Bangor (5 letters)
3 Down
They're deemed worth taking (15 letters)
4 Down
The People's Champ (3 letters)
5 Down
Quick (5 letters)
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Chicago suburb (6 letters)
7 Down
Commuter hub (15 letters)
8 Down
Completely (3 letters)
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Gist (6 letters)
10 Down
Industrialist Guggenheim (5 letters)
11 Down
Babe Ruth, in 1914 (15 letters)
12 Down
French crown (3 letters)
13 Down
"The One I Love" group (3 letters)
18 Down
Barely walk (6 letters)
19 Down
Taylor or Hayes, e.g. (7 letters)
24 Down
Counterfeit (5 letters)
26 Down
Busters (5 letters)
27 Down
Chamber group, perhaps (5 letters)
30 Down
Knock out, so to speak (3 letters)
32 Down
Brahmins (5 letters)
33 Down
Place to see a hanged man, e.g. (5 letters)
34 Down
Dawn-till-dusk (7 letters)
36 Down
Marshal under Napoleon (5 letters)
38 Down
Roarer (3 letters)
39 Down
___ about (publicly visible) (6 letters)
44 Down
Without a cover at night (6 letters)
45 Down
Gunk (6 letters)
48 Down
Expanses (5 letters)
50 Down
Garnish leaf (5 letters)
51 Down
Pitcher, of a sort (5 letters)
52 Down
Kind of crossing (5 letters)
56 Down
Part of a trunk (3 letters)
57 Down
___ precaution (3 letters)
58 Down
Subject of a grainy picture? (3 letters)
59 Down
Nab (3 letters)

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