Thursday Crossword — October 22, 1998

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Chuck Deodene10/22/1998

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Quarrel (4 letters)
5 Across
Twenty-one words (5 letters)
10 Across
Warp (4 letters)
14 Across
Cherry ___ (4 letters)
15 Across
Overthrow, e.g. (5 letters)
16 Across
Capture on video (4 letters)
17 Across
Ouida's "___ of Flanders" (4 letters)
18 Across
Exurb (10 letters)
20 Across
Onion servings (5 letters)
22 Across
Suffix with final or fatal (3 letters)
23 Across
Site of Texas College (5 letters)
24 Across
Atlantic City event (7 letters)
26 Across
"Fat chance!" (3 letters)
28 Across
Fantasize (5 letters)
30 Across
Standing (6 letters)
35 Across
With 45-Across, a 1976 Eagles hit (8 letters)
38 Across
Noggins (6 letters)
39 Across
Footnote note (4 letters)
40 Across
Do schoolwork? (5 letters)
42 Across
What Band-Aids aid (4 letters)
43 Across
Golden Horde member (6 letters)
45 Across
See 35-Across (8 letters)
47 Across
City south of Salem (6 letters)
48 Across
Printing flourish (5 letters)
49 Across
"Princess ___" (1884 premiere) (3 letters)
51 Across
Some Fertile Crescent residents (7 letters)
55 Across
Opposer of Cortés (5 letters)
59 Across
Bug killer, briefly (3 letters)
61 Across
Make mischief (5 letters)
62 Across
Madonna's first top 10 song (10 letters)
65 Across
Harassed (4 letters)
66 Across
Washerful (4 letters)
67 Across
Old hull caulking (5 letters)
68 Across
Actress Swenson (4 letters)
69 Across
"Frasier" honor (4 letters)
70 Across
Systems of waist removal? (5 letters)
71 Across
Shrinking (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Line of cliffs (5 letters)
2 Down
Lecterns (5 letters)
3 Down
"Moving right ___..." (5 letters)
4 Down
Milieu of the stressed-out (10 letters)
5 Down
Playboy Mansion name (3 letters)
6 Down
Peeve (8 letters)
7 Down
Speaker of note (4 letters)
8 Down
Billing cycle, often (5 letters)
9 Down
Fraction of a joule (3 letters)
10 Down
Command to Fido (4 letters)
11 Down
Auto engineer Benz (4 letters)
12 Down
Foil's heavier cousin (4 letters)
13 Down
Erode (4 letters)
19 Down
Pre-op inhalant, once (5 letters)
21 Down
Hindu outfit (4 letters)
25 Down
Not entirely happy (7 letters)
27 Down
It takes a bow (7 letters)
29 Down
Zoo barriers (5 letters)
31 Down
Trade area of expanding importance (10 letters)
32 Down
Coin word (4 letters)
33 Down
South American monkey (4 letters)
34 Down
Down ___ (Maine) (4 letters)
35 Down
Marathoner's stat (4 letters)
36 Down
"___ Ben Adhem" (4 letters)
37 Down
Kind of snake or crab (4 letters)
41 Down
Roasted item (8 letters)
44 Down
In the cooler (5 letters)
46 Down
Turkish money (4 letters)
50 Down
Runner-up to Ike (5 letters)
52 Down
Make amends (5 letters)
53 Down
Elbow (5 letters)
54 Down
Command to Fido (5 letters)
55 Down
Proficient (4 letters)
56 Down
Really move (4 letters)
57 Down
Alpine transport (4 letters)
58 Down
Countercurrent (4 letters)
60 Down
High ground in Dutch lowlands (4 letters)
63 Down
Fishing aid (3 letters)
64 Down
German river (3 letters)

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