Thursday Crossword — October 23, 1997

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Frances Hansen10/23/1997

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Victor of piano antics (5 letters)
6 Across
Doll's cry (4 letters)
10 Across
Lawn ___ (4 letters)
14 Across
March sign (5 letters)
15 Across
Muezzin's call to prayer (4 letters)
16 Across
"O" in old radio lingo (4 letters)
17 Across
Disneyland site (10 letters)
19 Across
Superbright (4 letters)
20 Across
Wistful word (4 letters)
21 Across
Court call (4 letters)
22 Across
Pretentious (5 letters)
23 Across
Virginia tourist attraction (10 letters)
26 Across
From the beginning (5 letters)
28 Across
Some Mozart art (6 letters)
32 Across
Bird with a cup-shaped nest (5 letters)
33 Across
Razzing victim (4 letters)
36 Across
Bother, with "at" (3 letters)
37 Across
Complicated love relationship (15 letters)
41 Across
Half a cartoon duo (3 letters)
42 Across
Lampoon (4 letters)
43 Across
Hotel booking (5 letters)
44 Across
Too much, musically (6 letters)
47 Across
Result of a burning desire (5 letters)
48 Across
Primitive hearing aid (10 letters)
53 Across
Cornered (5 letters)
56 Across
Litter critter (4 letters)
57 Across
Oscar ___ Renta (4 letters)
60 Across
Lowdown (4 letters)
61 Across
Pooh-bah (10 letters)
63 Across
Colorless liqueur (4 letters)
64 Across
Nick and Nora's pet (4 letters)
65 Across
The taking of Troy, e.g. (5 letters)
66 Across
Goad (4 letters)
67 Across
"To ___ it may concern" (4 letters)
68 Across
Much of Chile (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Eight-time Sugar Bowl champs, familiarly (4 letters)
2 Down
Viva-voce (4 letters)
3 Down
Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy winner (10 letters)
4 Down
Recovers from (8 letters)
5 Down
Suffix with Peking (3 letters)
6 Down
Muslim messiah (5 letters)
7 Down
Kind of dye (5 letters)
8 Down
Château-Thierry's river (5 letters)
9 Down
Raggedy ___ (3 letters)
10 Down
Doctrine maker (6 letters)
11 Down
"Not on ___!" ("No way!") (4 letters)
12 Down
Where gnus snooze (4 letters)
13 Down
Counting-out start (4 letters)
18 Down
Informer (3 letters)
22 Down
17-Across, e.g. (3 letters)
24 Down
"High" time (4 letters)
25 Down
French novelist Pierre (4 letters)
26 Down
Ward off (5 letters)
27 Down
Bad dog (5 letters)
29 Down
On the rolls (10 letters)
30 Down
Noted Finnish architect (5 letters)
31 Down
"Skittle Players" artist (5 letters)
33 Down
Day-___ (3 letters)
34 Down
Financial page heading (3 letters)
35 Down
Vessel in a storm (3 letters)
38 Down
"Orfeo ed Euridice" god (4 letters)
39 Down
P.D.Q., updated (4 letters)
40 Down
"The Barber of Baghdad" tenor (8 letters)
45 Down
Vegetable container (6 letters)
46 Down
Settle up (3 letters)
49 Down
Refuse (5 letters)
50 Down
Total (5 letters)
51 Down
Fix a blockage (5 letters)
52 Down
Urban transit org. (3 letters)
53 Down
Per item purchased (4 letters)
54 Down
Kind of bus (4 letters)
55 Down
TV clown (4 letters)
58 Down
Winter sport (4 letters)
59 Down
Cathy of "East of Eden" (4 letters)
61 Down
Handle clumsily (3 letters)
62 Down
Hush-hush org. (3 letters)

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