Friday Crossword — August 18, 2006

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Joe DiPietro8/18/2006

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Predicament (4 letters)
5 Across
Tots' pops (5 letters)
10 Across
See 12-Down (4 letters)
14 Across
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference team (4 letters)
15 Across
Rice/Lloyd Webber work (5 letters)
16 Across
It's part of P.R. (4 letters)
17 Across
Backup troops (10 letters)
19 Across
Dying words (4 letters)
20 Across
Sweet German bread (7 letters)
21 Across
Its use might leave you out of gas (6 letters)
23 Across
Old computer networking protocol (13 letters)
26 Across
One way to be repaid (6 letters)
28 Across
Torment (5 letters)
29 Across
Tiptop, in hip-hop (5 letters)
30 Across
Steve ___, 1980 Olympic gold-medalist runner (5 letters)
31 Across
"Fat chance!" (3 letters)
34 Across
Musical instruction (4 letters)
35 Across
Where "Aida" debuted (5 letters)
36 Across
Captured, after "on" (4 letters)
37 Across
In addition (3 letters)
38 Across
Starch sources (5 letters)
39 Across
Provide food for (5 letters)
40 Across
Overseas carrier (5 letters)
41 Across
Wags (6 letters)
42 Across
Lincoln's description of pre-Civil War America ? or a hint to the circled letters (13 letters)
46 Across
Brown v. Board of Education city (6 letters)
47 Across
Movable belonging (7 letters)
50 Across
"___ charmant!" (4 letters)
51 Across
Turn up on the beach (10 letters)
54 Across
Religious inscription (4 letters)
55 Across
Bypass (5 letters)
56 Across
Enthralled (4 letters)
57 Across
Shade of blue (4 letters)
58 Across
Cries out (5 letters)
59 Across
Junk (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Paul McCartney and others (4 letters)
2 Down
Foot specialist? (4 letters)
3 Down
Watching (9 letters)
4 Down
Engine attachment (8 letters)
5 Down
Stand up for (6 letters)
6 Down
Opposite of après (5 letters)
7 Down
Board member: Abbr. (3 letters)
8 Down
Bill holder (3 letters)
9 Down
Refuses (8 letters)
10 Down
Lacoste-wearing, maybe (6 letters)
11 Down
Affordable artwork, perhaps (5 letters)
12 Down
One in a 10-Across (5 letters)
13 Down
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Robin (5 letters)
18 Down
Actress Verdugo (5 letters)
22 Down
Fails to be (4 letters)
24 Down
Literally, "little turnips" (7 letters)
25 Down
New ___ (certain occultists) (5 letters)
26 Down
"Well, well," to Wellington (4 letters)
27 Down
Knot (4 letters)
30 Down
Four-___ boat (5 letters)
31 Down
Didn't like leaving (9 letters)
32 Down
Little, e.g. (4 letters)
33 Down
One of a matched set (4 letters)
35 Down
Left (8 letters)
36 Down
Words of defiance (8 letters)
38 Down
Mission (4 letters)
39 Down
Notes at the end? (5 letters)
40 Down
Makes aware (6 letters)
41 Down
Crusades (6 letters)
42 Down
Where Christmas decorations go up in summer? (5 letters)
43 Down
Ceratoid (5 letters)
44 Down
Word with light or horse (5 letters)
45 Down
Screening device (5 letters)
48 Down
"Aeneid" figure (4 letters)
49 Down
Endurance (4 letters)
52 Down
Greetings from Galba (3 letters)
53 Down
Staff note (3 letters)

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