Saturday Crossword — December 26, 1998

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy A. J. Santora12/26/1998

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
"Steele Justice" actress (8 letters)
9 Across
"From the Terrace" author and family (6 letters)
15 Across
Firebrand (8 letters)
16 Across
Travel by aeroplano (6 letters)
17 Across
Avalon's locale (8 letters)
18 Across
Flying high (6 letters)
19 Across
Arms race abbr. (3 letters)
20 Across
Display case (7 letters)
22 Across
Like Handel's Suite No. 5 (3 letters)
23 Across
Blather (3 letters)
25 Across
Hit high into the air (4 letters)
26 Across
Take off (4 letters)
27 Across
Luxurious resorts (4 letters)
29 Across
Duke University locale (6 letters)
31 Across
Powerhouses (6 letters)
34 Across
Diamondback (8 letters)
38 Across
Atmospheric pressure measurer (7 letters)
40 Across
"Growing Young" author Ashley (7 letters)
41 Across
Ended (8 letters)
43 Across
Hosed down (6 letters)
44 Across
Capital on the Tagus estuary (6 letters)
46 Across
Kin of -ule (4 letters)
47 Across
Destroyer destroyer (4 letters)
50 Across
Kind of steak (4 letters)
51 Across
Inflation ender (3 letters)
52 Across
Incense (3 letters)
53 Across
Like some cameras nowadays (7 letters)
55 Across
Something to chew over (3 letters)
58 Across
Gunpowder holder (6 letters)
60 Across
___ Republic (8 letters)
62 Across
Better (6 letters)
63 Across
Complete (8 letters)
64 Across
Any stanza in Burns's "To a Mouse" (6 letters)
65 Across
Steer out of control? (8 letters)

Down

1 Down
Alveoli (4 letters)
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"Holy Toledo!" (4 letters)
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Contests at the bar? (9 letters)
4 Down
___ loss (3 letters)
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Where the Wye River rises (5 letters)
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Bickering (4 letters)
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First name in clowns (6 letters)
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Prolong (7 letters)
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Make a baseball boo-boo (9 letters)
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Flag location (4 letters)
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___ mort (dispirited) (3 letters)
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I.Q., e.g. (5 letters)
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"The Lady or the Tiger?" setting (5 letters)
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When haroseth is eaten (5 letters)
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Conductor Kurtz (5 letters)
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Most of the time (7 letters)
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Speak with spotty knowledge (7 letters)
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General acquisition (4 letters)
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Emulate Echo (4 letters)
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"Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" composer (4 letters)
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Do not, in old Rome (4 letters)
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Waits and sees (9 letters)
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Rhyme that's done by hand? (9 letters)
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Belinda Carlisle's "___ Weak" (4 letters)
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Hosiery shade (4 letters)
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Correct code (5 letters)
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Popular radio personality (7 letters)
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Floating (6 letters)
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Backbiters (5 letters)
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"The Woman," to Sherlock (5 letters)
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Gets in range of (5 letters)
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It may be false (5 letters)
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Bait fish (4 letters)
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Goya's "The Duchess of ___" (4 letters)
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Worn (4 letters)
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Centimeter-gram-second unit (4 letters)
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Shtick (3 letters)
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Elephant group (3 letters)

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