Wednesday Crossword — October 19, 2005

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Levi Denham10/19/2005

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Flipper, e.g. (4 letters)
5 Across
Butting heads (6 letters)
11 Across
W.W. II spy org. (3 letters)
14 Across
Fit to serve (4 letters)
15 Across
Stick together (6 letters)
16 Across
Some drops (3 letters)
17 Across
Spot in the top tier (11 letters)
19 Across
___ de France (3 letters)
20 Across
Hot spot (5 letters)
21 Across
"Nova" network (3 letters)
22 Across
Not fresh (3 letters)
23 Across
Without support (5 letters)
24 Across
Up to, quickly (3 letters)
26 Across
Rope fiber (4 letters)
27 Across
"Ben-___" (3 letters)
28 Across
When wadis fill (11 letters)
32 Across
Pellets, e.g. (4 letters)
34 Across
Speed (up) (3 letters)
35 Across
Accidental occurrence (3 letters)
36 Across
1941 Cary Grant tearjerker (13 letters)
41 Across
It may have periods (3 letters)
42 Across
Capek play (3 letters)
43 Across
Church part (4 letters)
45 Across
Letterhead feature (11 letters)
50 Across
Burden (3 letters)
51 Across
Hoodwink (4 letters)
52 Across
Poetic contraction (3 letters)
53 Across
Ill-suited (5 letters)
55 Across
Cabinet dept. since 1965 (3 letters)
56 Across
Host of an annual convention attended by publishers: Abbr. (3 letters)
58 Across
Hut material (5 letters)
59 Across
Public-house offering (3 letters)
60 Across
Measure of a company's dominance (and a literal hint to 17-, 28-, 36- and 45-Across) (11 letters)
64 Across
Circle meas. (3 letters)
65 Across
Cause of weird weather (6 letters)
66 Across
"The heat ___!" (4 letters)
67 Across
Master hand (3 letters)
68 Across
Lie atop (6 letters)
69 Across
Backpack item, maybe (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Court ploy (3 letters)
2 Down
Struggling, as a pitcher (8 letters)
3 Down
The Velvet Fog (8 letters)
4 Down
He said "Knowledge is power" (5 letters)
5 Down
Retin-A treats it (4 letters)
6 Down
Poodle, perhaps (3 letters)
7 Down
Startled cries (3 letters)
8 Down
With all one's heart (6 letters)
9 Down
Evoking an "eh" (4 letters)
10 Down
Lot sights (4 letters)
11 Down
Rotten to the core (6 letters)
12 Down
Deal with commercially (6 letters)
13 Down
It touches the Gulf of Bothnia (6 letters)
18 Down
Recovered from (4 letters)
23 Down
Brainstormer's cry (3 letters)
24 Down
Haberdashery stock (4 letters)
25 Down
2, to 1/2 (7 letters)
26 Down
Where "besuboru" is played (5 letters)
29 Down
Indo-___ languages (5 letters)
30 Down
He-Man's toon sister (5 letters)
31 Down
Caesar's end? (3 letters)
33 Down
Time to get back to work, maybe (5 letters)
37 Down
Big D.C. lobby (3 letters)
38 Down
One kicking oneself (4 letters)
39 Down
Record collection (8 letters)
40 Down
1996 Madonna role (8 letters)
44 Down
Tel. no. add-on (3 letters)
45 Down
Black key (6 letters)
46 Down
Eyepiece (6 letters)
47 Down
Got by (6 letters)
48 Down
Pines (6 letters)
49 Down
Spending restraints (4 letters)
54 Down
Like a rare baseball game (5 letters)
56 Down
Part of VISTA: Abbr. (4 letters)
57 Down
Bundle up (4 letters)
58 Down
Oodles (4 letters)
61 Down
Emergency ___ (3 letters)
62 Down
Musician Brian (3 letters)
63 Down
Tolkien creature (3 letters)

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