Thursday Crossword — January 15, 2004

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Patrick Merrell1/15/2004

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Often-told truths (4 letters)
5 Across
___ facto (4 letters)
9 Across
Tricky shot (5 letters)
14 Across
Racer Luyendyk (4 letters)
15 Across
Gardener's purchase (4 letters)
16 Across
Some saxes (5 letters)
17 Across
Lava geese (4 letters)
18 Across
It's passed on (4 letters)
19 Across
Contents of some John Cage compositions (5 letters)
20 Across
Start of a question (13 letters)
23 Across
Adjusts (6 letters)
24 Across
Big ___ (3 letters)
25 Across
Whomps, briefly (3 letters)
28 Across
Old Mideast combine: Abbr. (3 letters)
29 Across
John Dean, to Nixon (4 letters)
32 Across
Sure way to lose money (6 letters)
34 Across
"Gosh!" (2 letters)
35 Across
Ruined (6 letters)
37 Across
A star may have one (4 letters)
38 Across
Middle of the question (11 letters)
41 Across
Place (4 letters)
43 Across
Discernment (6 letters)
44 Across
Common ratio (2 letters)
46 Across
Sample (6 letters)
49 Across
Dispatched (4 letters)
50 Across
Chamber piece? (3 letters)
51 Across
Monk's title (3 letters)
52 Across
Driver's aid: Abbr. (3 letters)
54 Across
Track racer (6 letters)
56 Across
End of the question (13 letters)
60 Across
Like workhorses (4 letters)
62 Across
Arcade name (5 letters)
63 Across
V.I.P.'s opposite (4 letters)
64 Across
It's passed on (4 letters)
65 Across
Compelled (5 letters)
66 Across
Wading bird (4 letters)
67 Across
Ottawa-born singer/songwriter (4 letters)
68 Across
Turned up (5 letters)
69 Across
Cry that might be appropriate at this point in the puzzle (4 letters)

Down

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Retreat (7 letters)
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Passage between buildings (7 letters)
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Bingo announcement (6 letters)
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"Toodles!" (5 letters)
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Mirage (8 letters)
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Magician's sound effect (4 letters)
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Draped dress (4 letters)
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Things to be read (5 letters)
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Om, e.g. (6 letters)
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Cream ingredient (4 letters)
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Malodorous pest (8 letters)
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Coded message (3 letters)
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Language suffix often seen in crosswords 13. Compass dir. often seen in crosswords (3 letters)
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African grazer (5 letters)
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Put words in someone's mouth? (3 letters)
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Anthem contraction (3 letters)
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Platform place: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Is hip to (4 letters)
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1995 country hit "Someone ___ Star" (5 letters)
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"Dagnabbit!" (4 letters)
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Latched (4 letters)
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Affectedly dainty, in England. 37. Extinct Namibian shrub genus: Var. (4 letters)
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Coordinated effort (8 letters)
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Like some seats (8 letters)
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First (5 letters)
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Trip producer (3 letters)
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W.W. II Pacific battle site, for short (3 letters)
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Appropriate (7 letters)
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Blazing (7 letters)
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Cat (3 letters)
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Desired response to "Take my wife... please!" (6 letters)
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Open-sided shelter (6 letters)
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Perfume source (5 letters)
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Noted archer (5 letters)
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What a germ may become (4 letters)
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Good sign (4 letters)
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Ticks off (4 letters)
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Hearst kidnapping grp. (3 letters)
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Dear (3 letters)

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