Saturday Crossword — December 23, 2000

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1566 clues~30-60 minBy Bob Klahn12/23/2000

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Front man in 60's pop (10 letters)
11 Across
Pharaohs' sacred symbols (4 letters)
15 Across
Nickname since 1959 (10 letters)
16 Across
It might be patted on the back (4 letters)
17 Across
Parts of movie romances (10 letters)
18 Across
Serviceable? (4 letters)
19 Across
Thick-haired dog from Holland (8 letters)
20 Across
Albanian coin (6 letters)
22 Across
Tuna at a sushi restaurant (4 letters)
23 Across
Lock, stock and barrel holder (7 letters)
24 Across
Stuck (6 letters)
27 Across
Ancient warships (8 letters)
28 Across
Lifeboat lowerer (5 letters)
29 Across
Twaddle (5 letters)
30 Across
"So it's you!" (3 letters)
31 Across
Individually (4 letters)
32 Across
Dennis the Menace's mother (5 letters)
33 Across
Wax (4 letters)
34 Across
What a pickup might pick up? (3 letters)
35 Across
Early Romantic William (5 letters)
36 Across
Magician's cry (5 letters)
37 Across
Irving Berlin standard (8 letters)
39 Across
Undesirable condition (6 letters)
40 Across
Excoriate (7 letters)
41 Across
Light (4 letters)
42 Across
Part of medieval attire (6 letters)
43 Across
Wag (8 letters)
47 Across
"Idylls of the King" character (4 letters)
48 Across
Frightful group (10 letters)
50 Across
Extends (4 letters)
51 Across
Marching band section (10 letters)
52 Across
Tick off (4 letters)
53 Across
Go-betweens (10 letters)

Down

1 Down
___ Institute for Biological Studies (4 letters)
2 Down
Dried bitter juice (4 letters)
3 Down
Impatient order (4 letters)
4 Down
Las Vegas locale (8 letters)
5 Down
Discuss in detail (7 letters)
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Squire (6 letters)
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Pool party (5 letters)
8 Down
Bunch : grapes :: ___ : bananas (4 letters)
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Came to a fast stop? (3 letters)
10 Down
City east of Dallas (8 letters)
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Right off (6 letters)
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Historic ship (10 letters)
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Telephone line (10 letters)
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Spooks (10 letters)
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About (4 letters)
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Adorn (5 letters)
24 Down
"The History of the Standard Oil Company" journalist (10 letters)
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King nicknamed "l'Aiglon" (10 letters)
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Frequent callers (10 letters)
27 Down
Early transport (5 letters)
29 Down
Many a housewarming gift (5 letters)
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Classic children's song (8 letters)
33 Down
School commendation (8 letters)
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Union (4 letters)
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Popular female name coined by Jonathan Swift (7 letters)
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In (6 letters)
39 Down
Wrights (6 letters)
41 Down
Colophons (5 letters)
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Stand-up comic Richard ___ (4 letters)
44 Down
Picker-upper (4 letters)
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It's almost pointless (4 letters)
46 Down
"The Goodbye Girl" director Herbert (4 letters)
49 Down
Bottom line (3 letters)

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