Saturday Crossword — December 25, 1999

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy John Scott Marrone12/25/1999

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Santa's flight? (5 letters)
6 Across
Barry Manilow song locale (4 letters)
10 Across
Buster (4 letters)
14 Across
Seasonal songs (5 letters)
15 Across
Selfish sort (4 letters)
16 Across
Skin aid (4 letters)
17 Across
Celebrity born Christmas 1924 (10 letters)
19 Across
Certain column (4 letters)
20 Across
Boy or girl preceder (4 letters)
21 Across
Unwrap (4 letters)
22 Across
Nursery rhyme food (5 letters)
23 Across
Question usually asked with raised eyebrows (3 letters)
24 Across
Celebrity born Christmas 1821 (11 letters)
26 Across
Beat (6 letters)
28 Across
"Potemkin" setting (6 letters)
29 Across
Lift (5 letters)
30 Across
Trunk's locale (4 letters)
33 Across
Celebrity born Christmas 1949 (11 letters)
38 Across
Teaser (4 letters)
39 Across
Peace on earth (5 letters)
42 Across
Fatherland, to Flavius (6 letters)
47 Across
Not smooth (6 letters)
48 Across
Celebrity born Christmas 1642 (11 letters)
52 Across
Mauna ___ (3 letters)
53 Across
Potato chip flavor (5 letters)
54 Across
Architect Mies van der ___ (4 letters)
55 Across
Clue hunters, slangily (4 letters)
56 Across
Apteryx australis (4 letters)
57 Across
Celebrity born Christmas 1918 (10 letters)
59 Across
Gravitate (toward) (4 letters)
60 Across
Assembly (4 letters)
61 Across
Scolding, e.g. (5 letters)
62 Across
Bird on a cliff (4 letters)
63 Across
Features of British jazz? (4 letters)
64 Across
Had (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Accesses (7 letters)
2 Down
Eliminate with some effort (7 letters)
3 Down
Parents' concerns on Christmas Eve (8 letters)
4 Down
"Casablanca" role (4 letters)
5 Down
Lao-___ (3 letters)
6 Down
Part of an apology (5 letters)
7 Down
Lawn chair material (5 letters)
8 Down
Feather, to an ornithologist (5 letters)
9 Down
S.A. country (3 letters)
10 Down
"___ does nothing without purpose": Aristotle (6 letters)
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Flashing lights, say (6 letters)
12 Down
Sonata parts (6 letters)
13 Down
Many a corporate plane (6 letters)
18 Down
Resound (4 letters)
22 Down
Two-timer, e.g. (3 letters)
24 Down
Art collectibles (4 letters)
25 Down
When repeated, an idyllic place (4 letters)
27 Down
Spring time in Paris (3 letters)
30 Down
Bar staple (3 letters)
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Part of a test track (3 letters)
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Inclined (3 letters)
34 Down
Distance (4 letters)
35 Down
"For the Boys" co-star, 1991 (4 letters)
36 Down
Easily tamed bird (3 letters)
37 Down
Started again unexpectedly (8 letters)
40 Down
Start of a Perry Mason title (7 letters)
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Fermented (7 letters)
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Spot (6 letters)
43 Down
Not so red-cheeked (6 letters)
44 Down
U.N. ostracizee (6 letters)
45 Down
Coulee (6 letters)
46 Down
Christmas traveler's worry (3 letters)
47 Down
Traveler (4 letters)
49 Down
"It's a Wonderful Life" role (5 letters)
50 Down
Impressed and how! (5 letters)
51 Down
"___ life!" (5 letters)
55 Down
Anthropologist's topic: Var. (4 letters)
57 Down
Chisellike tool (3 letters)
58 Down
Down (3 letters)

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