Saturday Crossword — September 23, 2000

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Rich Norris9/23/2000

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Place for a pinch (8 letters)
9 Across
Artist's goof (6 letters)
15 Across
Unyielding (8 letters)
16 Across
Deserted (6 letters)
17 Across
Newer (8 letters)
18 Across
Bush dweller, maybe (6 letters)
19 Across
___-Foy, Que. (3 letters)
20 Across
Benefit (7 letters)
22 Across
Some scribbles, for short (3 letters)
23 Across
High sch. subject (4 letters)
25 Across
Cock and bull, e.g. (5 letters)
26 Across
___ speak (4 letters)
27 Across
Alma mater of Vice President Alben Barkley (5 letters)
29 Across
Abbr. before a number (3 letters)
30 Across
Peeping Tom (5 letters)
31 Across
Some political responses (7 letters)
33 Across
"Isn't it funny / How a bear likes honey?" writer (7 letters)
35 Across
Graceful bend (4 letters)
36 Across
Scrape (4 letters)
37 Across
Introduce (7 letters)
40 Across
Train employee (7 letters)
44 Across
Big name in storytelling (5 letters)
45 Across
Decisive periods, for short (3 letters)
47 Across
1988 Best Supporting Actor (5 letters)
48 Across
Request to a messenger (4 letters)
49 Across
Nincompoops (5 letters)
51 Across
Early Ferrara ruling house (4 letters)
52 Across
"___ light is not daylight, I know it": Shak. (3 letters)
53 Across
Wordsmith's feat (7 letters)
55 Across
Rx instruction (3 letters)
56 Across
One who makes ornamental grooves (6 letters)
58 Across
Source of ethnic pride (8 letters)
60 Across
Belabor (6 letters)
61 Across
Social convenience (8 letters)
62 Across
Make a new directory, say (6 letters)
63 Across
English city famous for glassmaking (8 letters)

Down

1 Down
Silenced (7 letters)
2 Down
Two, perhaps (7 letters)
3 Down
Incites (7 letters)
4 Down
Frequent Joseph Alsop subj. (3 letters)
5 Down
Exercise target (4 letters)
6 Down
Delaware senator (5 letters)
7 Down
Burg that lacks a stoplight, say (12 letters)
8 Down
Canceled (6 letters)
9 Down
Poles, e.g. (5 letters)
10 Down
Sullen look (4 letters)
11 Down
Little ___ (tots) (3 letters)
12 Down
Sack (7 letters)
13 Down
What ice may do (7 letters)
14 Down
Subject for civic improvement (7 letters)
21 Down
Comfortable (12 letters)
24 Down
Fools (7 letters)
26 Down
Record holder (7 letters)
28 Down
Some locks (5 letters)
30 Down
Villainous expression (5 letters)
32 Down
Chinese patriot ___Tse-hsü (3 letters)
34 Down
Letters before a name (3 letters)
37 Down
Request in earnest (7 letters)
38 Down
Settle (7 letters)
39 Down
Common temple name (7 letters)
41 Down
It may be costly (7 letters)
42 Down
Immune response stimulus (7 letters)
43 Down
The underprivileged (7 letters)
46 Down
Circus wear (6 letters)
49 Down
Where to find the Major Arcana (5 letters)
50 Down
"The Terminator" heroine (5 letters)
53 Down
Walkers, briefly (4 letters)
54 Down
Performance art (4 letters)
57 Down
Numerical prefix (3 letters)
59 Down
Youngest world chess champion before Kasparov (3 letters)

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