Saturday Crossword — August 5, 2006

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1566 clues~30-60 minBy Trip Payne8/5/2006

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Hardly poker-faced (5 letters)
6 Across
Hamper contents (9 letters)
15 Across
Nancy's friend, in the comics (5 letters)
16 Across
It may be moderated (9 letters)
17 Across
Hard to change (5 letters)
18 Across
O.M.B. director under Carter (9 letters)
19 Across
Word with heat or meat (4 letters)
20 Across
Pays attention (10 letters)
21 Across
16-team grp. (3 letters)
22 Across
___-wip (5 letters)
23 Across
Back cover (4 letters)
24 Across
Hirer of the stunt man in "The Stunt Man" (3 letters)
25 Across
Dollar alternative (4 letters)
26 Across
Skiing brothers of the 1984 Olympics (6 letters)
28 Across
Excavation site (7 letters)
30 Across
Course in African history (4 letters)
31 Across
Go as far down as (7 letters)
32 Across
Dialog box fill-ins (7 letters)
36 Across
One may be hereditary (4 letters)
37 Across
Give the benefit of the doubt (7 letters)
38 Across
Upwardly mobile people (6 letters)
41 Across
Tom Lehrer's anti-censorship song (4 letters)
42 Across
Yacht heading: Abbr. (3 letters)
43 Across
Early 80's TV police comedy (4 letters)
44 Across
Is touching (5 letters)
45 Across
Separator of family names (3 letters)
46 Across
Hot (10 letters)
49 Across
Great-grandfather of David (4 letters)
50 Across
Don't stop (9 letters)
51 Across
Stop (5 letters)
52 Across
From then on (9 letters)
53 Across
In the main? (5 letters)
54 Across
Many a conservative (9 letters)
55 Across
Treasury (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Drought (8 letters)
2 Down
Fizzled out (8 letters)
3 Down
Tony winner for "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" (8 letters)
4 Down
Argued (4 letters)
5 Down
It goes on and on (3 letters)
6 Down
Help in constructing sites (9 letters)
7 Down
They're made after a fight (6 letters)
8 Down
A Manhattan restaurant is named for him (5 letters)
9 Down
Angels' wishes (4 letters)
10 Down
___ parmigiana (4 letters)
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They're obviously shocked (9 letters)
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Progressing sequentially (6 letters)
13 Down
Divertissement (6 letters)
14 Down
Metric volume units (6 letters)
20 Down
Hebrew tribe (7 letters)
22 Down
Q-Tip, for example (6 letters)
26 Down
Reason for a coup d'état (7 letters)
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Many Pribilof Islanders (6 letters)
29 Down
Ones making sports predictions (9 letters)
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Connecticut resident (9 letters)
33 Down
Frustrated cry (8 letters)
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Screeners' targets (8 letters)
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Make light of (8 letters)
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Tool with a spiral (6 letters)
39 Down
Swept off one's feet (6 letters)
40 Down
Completely filled, say (6 letters)
41 Down
Contact point? (6 letters)
44 Down
Vanguard (5 letters)
47 Down
Biblical verb (4 letters)
48 Down
"Distant Correspondents" writer (4 letters)
49 Down
Big loss (4 letters)
51 Down
Campaign statement listing (3 letters)

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