Friday Crossword — January 23, 1998

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Brendan Emmett Quigley1/23/1998

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
"Huh-uh" (9 letters)
10 Across
Star quality (5 letters)
15 Across
Spread out, in a way (9 letters)
16 Across
Root (5 letters)
17 Across
Sunday drives? (9 letters)
18 Across
1946 Literature Nobelist (5 letters)
19 Across
Extreme (3 letters)
20 Across
"We the Living" author (4 letters)
21 Across
Outdone (6 letters)
22 Across
Pants specification (4 letters)
23 Across
Imparts (6 letters)
24 Across
Festive (6 letters)
27 Across
Transplant need (5 letters)
28 Across
Consternation (5 letters)
29 Across
Sociopolitical movement (9 letters)
33 Across
Sting (4 letters)
34 Across
Where Swansea is (5 letters)
35 Across
Light (4 letters)
36 Across
Enter from the rear, maybe (9 letters)
38 Across
Kid's comment (5 letters)
39 Across
Toast beginning (5 letters)
40 Across
Designer Lanvin (6 letters)
41 Across
Stole from (6 letters)
43 Across
First-place (4 letters)
44 Across
Sheds, British-style (6 letters)
45 Across
Sci-fi author Frederik (4 letters)
46 Across
Burlesque (3 letters)
49 Across
Before (5 letters)
50 Across
Swedes, gastronomically speaking (9 letters)
52 Across
Clear, in a way (5 letters)
53 Across
Crash course? (9 letters)
54 Across
Getup (5 letters)
55 Across
Trivial (9 letters)

Down

1 Down
"Big ___" of the comics page (4 letters)
2 Down
Sign (4 letters)
3 Down
Elevated, open country (4 letters)
4 Down
Metric measure (3 letters)
5 Down
Element #39 (7 letters)
6 Down
Holy wars (6 letters)
7 Down
What CFC's deplete (5 letters)
8 Down
Radio, e.g. (4 letters)
9 Down
Some staffers, for short (3 letters)
10 Down
Level (7 letters)
11 Down
Chef Cardini's creation (11 letters)
12 Down
Full of vigor (5 letters)
13 Down
Onagers (5 letters)
14 Down
Got ready to drive (4 letters)
21 Down
Two-time Czech president (5 letters)
22 Down
Busy bodies? (11 letters)
23 Down
One gentleman of Verona (5 letters)
24 Down
Hook alternatives (4 letters)
25 Down
Golfer Dutra (4 letters)
26 Down
Noah Webster's alma mater (4 letters)
27 Down
Lunkheads (5 letters)
29 Down
Let up (5 letters)
30 Down
Bank claim (4 letters)
31 Down
Where Baha'i began (4 letters)
32 Down
Storage unit (4 letters)
34 Down
Some guys (5 letters)
37 Down
They sometimes whistle (7 letters)
38 Down
"Front!" runner (7 letters)
40 Down
Bach or Strauss, e.g. (6 letters)
41 Down
Hardly a people person (5 letters)
42 Down
Certain navel, slangily (5 letters)
43 Down
Boarded (5 letters)
44 Down
Noted PBS newsman (4 letters)
45 Down
Dark purple (4 letters)
46 Down
"I'm ___ it!" (4 letters)
47 Down
Bargain (4 letters)
48 Down
Being (4 letters)
50 Down
Agent, colloquially (3 letters)
51 Down
Professional org. since 1847 (3 letters)

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