Friday Crossword — October 4, 2002

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Martin Ashwood-Smith10/4/2002

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
They're lifesavers (15 letters)
16 Across
Degree requirement, maybe (15 letters)
17 Across
Point out (15 letters)
18 Across
Suit to ___ (4 letters)
19 Across
Start of a German series (4 letters)
20 Across
Source of being, it's said (3 letters)
21 Across
Meyerbeer's "___ Huguenots" (3 letters)
22 Across
Some poles (6 letters)
24 Across
Amalgamate (4 letters)
25 Across
Discouraging word (3 letters)
26 Across
"Promised Land" author (4 letters)
28 Across
Shot the breeze (5 letters)
31 Across
Old colonial region (9 letters)
36 Across
1983 film based on a Jean Shepherd book (15 letters)
38 Across
Began (9 letters)
39 Across
Assuaging agent (5 letters)
40 Across
Shake off (4 letters)
41 Across
Game show V.I.P.'s (3 letters)
42 Across
It produces wrinkles (4 letters)
44 Across
Repeat (6 letters)
48 Across
"A shrewd pickpurse": Howell (3 letters)
51 Across
Herbert of "War and Peace" (3 letters)
52 Across
Help (4 letters)
53 Across
Reticulation (4 letters)
54 Across
Brief time? (15 letters)
59 Across
Smash-up (15 letters)
60 Across
Restlessness (15 letters)

Down

1 Down
Centrally located (5 letters)
2 Down
Uncontrollable (5 letters)
3 Down
Chest sounds (5 letters)
4 Down
Marie Claire competitor (4 letters)
5 Down
Bust specialists, for short (3 letters)
6 Down
Compass (6 letters)
7 Down
Place to sun (5 letters)
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Better (5 letters)
9 Down
Dentist's direction (5 letters)
10 Down
Rock blaster (3 letters)
11 Down
Spring time in Paris (3 letters)
12 Down
1940's arena: Abbr. (3 letters)
13 Down
Home entertainment systems (9 letters)
14 Down
Thoroughgoing (5 letters)
15 Down
Hair holder (5 letters)
22 Down
Reviews, as books (6 letters)
23 Down
Salon specialties (4 letters)
24 Down
Tropical rays (6 letters)
25 Down
Brat (6 letters)
27 Down
Split (6 letters)
28 Down
Madison, for one: Abbr. (3 letters)
29 Down
It separates two breaks (3 letters)
30 Down
Part of an Eskimo diet (9 letters)
31 Down
LAX posting (3 letters)
32 Down
"___ Blue?" (1929 hit) (3 letters)
33 Down
Japanese honorific (3 letters)
34 Down
E.U. member (3 letters)
35 Down
Firth of Clyde port (3 letters)
37 Down
Percolate (4 letters)
41 Down
4-Down features (6 letters)
42 Down
Top dog (5 letters)
43 Down
"Bridge Complete" author (5 letters)
45 Down
Exxon rival (5 letters)
46 Down
Became wearisome (5 letters)
47 Down
Biathlon need (5 letters)
48 Down
Moscow's ___ Museum (5 letters)
49 Down
Track founded in 1711 (5 letters)
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Times (5 letters)
53 Down
Blue ___ Reservoir (Colorado's largest body of water) (4 letters)
55 Down
Old protest grp. (3 letters)
56 Down
"___ Married an Axe Murderer" (Mike Myers comedy) (3 letters)
57 Down
Media inits. since 1980 (3 letters)
58 Down
It may be written in stone (3 letters)

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