Thursday Crossword — May 4, 2006

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Rob Richardson5/4/2006

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Literally, "the gentle way" (4 letters)
5 Across
Ottava ___ (poetry type) (4 letters)
9 Across
Some porcelain (5 letters)
14 Across
African antelope (4 letters)
15 Across
Holy man (4 letters)
16 Across
Surfer wannabe (5 letters)
17 Across
2000 Olympics greeting (4 letters)
18 Across
Benihana founder Rocky ___ (4 letters)
19 Across
Mediterranean resort island (5 letters)
20 Across
Eye in the sky (13 letters)
23 Across
Old Roman port (5 letters)
24 Across
One-eighty (3 letters)
25 Across
Natives encountered by explorer James Cook (5 letters)
28 Across
Way up the mountain (4 letters)
30 Across
Dross (4 letters)
34 Across
Prepare to share, maybe, as a song (6 letters)
36 Across
Suffix with ranch (4 letters)
38 Across
"Take ___" (3 letters)
39 Across
Some setups (15 letters)
42 Across
Fair-hiring inits. (3 letters)
43 Across
French sight-seer? (4 letters)
44 Across
Opposite of whole (6 letters)
45 Across
Once, once (4 letters)
47 Across
Huff (4 letters)
49 Across
Writer Zora ___ Hurston (5 letters)
50 Across
Box score no. (3 letters)
52 Across
Water nymph of myth (5 letters)
54 Across
"Ain't" ain't part of it (13 letters)
59 Across
Home turf for many commuters, with "the" (5 letters)
60 Across
___ consequence (4 letters)
61 Across
Heater stats (4 letters)
63 Across
"Key" employee (5 letters)
64 Across
"Bon ___" (4 letters)
65 Across
Old ___, Conn. (4 letters)
66 Across
They sometimes slip (5 letters)
67 Across
Tolkien monsters (4 letters)
68 Across
Suit (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Nudge (3 letters)
2 Down
Language in which "Pakistan" means "land of the pure" (4 letters)
3 Down
Actress Cannon (4 letters)
4 Down
Head butt, e.g. (8 letters)
5 Down
Jocular (5 letters)
6 Down
"No problemo" (6 letters)
7 Down
Home in on (15 letters)
8 Down
In (4 letters)
9 Down
British draft horse (5 letters)
10 Down
N'awlins sandwiches (6 letters)
11 Down
God of wisdom (4 letters)
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Bowl over (4 letters)
13 Down
Author LeShan (3 letters)
21 Down
Italian cheese (6 letters)
22 Down
Malodorous Malaysian fruit (6 letters)
25 Down
Louvre, par exemple (5 letters)
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More suitable (5 letters)
27 Down
Mixtures (5 letters)
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Airport monitor abbr. (3 letters)
31 Down
Bath sponge (5 letters)
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Year's record (5 letters)
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Brave deed of yore (5 letters)
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Ices (6 letters)
37 Down
Lacking a key (6 letters)
40 Down
End of a sporting match (3 letters)
41 Down
Like mudpies and wax fruit (8 letters)
46 Down
Game show host impersonated by Ferrell (6 letters)
48 Down
Astringent, as wine (6 letters)
51 Down
Outdoes (5 letters)
53 Down
Hockey's Kravchuk and Korolev (5 letters)
54 Down
Paris's ___ d'Orsay (4 letters)
55 Down
Modern links, for short (4 letters)
56 Down
Unexceptional (4 letters)
57 Down
Band with the 1979 hit "Babe" (4 letters)
58 Down
"Essays Moral and Political" philosopher (4 letters)
59 Down
Underwear letters (3 letters)
62 Down
Jiffy (3 letters)

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