Thursday Crossword — September 21, 2006
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke9/21/2006
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Most like a chimney sweep (8 letters)
- 9 Across
- Way up (6 letters)
- 15 Across
- Stomach (8 letters)
- 16 Across
- Lunchtime tryst, informally (6 letters)
- 17 Across
- 30- and 47-Down in Polish (8 letters)
- 18 Across
- in Italian (6 letters)
- 19 Across
- Pick up (5 letters)
- 20 Across
- Activating switches (9 letters)
- 22 Across
- "I am such an idiot!" (3 letters)
- 24 Across
- Actress Virna (4 letters)
- 25 Across
- Teased mercilessly (4 letters)
- 29 Across
- Pot collection (5 letters)
- 31 Across
- Fictional pirate (4 letters)
- 35 Across
- Stars and crosses (6 letters)
- 37 Across
- "Oh, very funny!" (4 letters)
- 39 Across
- Pipe fitting (3 letters)
- 40 Across
- Felt but not seen (5 letters)
- 41 Across
- in Danish (3 letters)
- 42 Across
- DuBose Heyward novel on which an opera was based (5 letters)
- 44 Across
- "___War" (Shatner novel) (3 letters)
- 45 Across
- "The Birds" screenwriter ___ Hunter (4 letters)
- 47 Across
- Plants with sword-shaped leaves (6 letters)
- 48 Across
- March lasting 31 days? (4 letters)
- 50 Across
- Invite for (5 letters)
- 52 Across
- Poop (4 letters)
- 53 Across
- Shenanigan (4 letters)
- 55 Across
- The U.K.'s home (3 letters)
- 57 Across
- Alternative to Lycos (9 letters)
- 61 Across
- Searched for morays (5 letters)
- 66 Across
- in Chinese (6 letters)
- 67 Across
- in Portuguese (8 letters)
- 69 Across
- Implant deeply (6 letters)
- 70 Across
- Dope (8 letters)
- 71 Across
- Dope (6 letters)
- 72 Across
- Ways to leave (8 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Principles: Abbr. (4 letters)
- 2 Down
- Let out slowly (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- Actress Lena (4 letters)
- 4 Down
- Casual wear (4 letters)
- 5 Down
- Got to (5 letters)
- 6 Down
- Mer filler (3 letters)
- 7 Down
- A Gospel writer (6 letters)
- 8 Down
- Many a Facebook listee (4 letters)
- 9 Down
- It's heartrending (7 letters)
- 10 Down
- Alphabetizes, e.g. (5 letters)
- 11 Down
- Ring-tailed animals (6 letters)
- 12 Down
- Women's shoe designer ___ Angiolini (4 letters)
- 13 Down
- Overseas refusal (4 letters)
- 14 Down
- "___ chic!" (4 letters)
- 21 Down
- Unpromising (5 letters)
- 23 Down
- Intl. assn. since 1948 (3 letters)
- 25 Down
- "Something to Talk About" singer, 1991 (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- Lessor, usually (5 letters)
- 27 Down
- in German (5 letters)
- 28 Down
- In the time leading up to (3 letters)
- 30 Down
- With 47-Down, the theme of this puzzle (5 letters)
- 32 Down
- in French (5 letters)
- 33 Down
- "Enigma Variations" composer (5 letters)
- 34 Down
- "Family Ties" mother (5 letters)
- 36 Down
- Rap's Dr. ___ (3 letters)
- 38 Down
- Manjula's spouse on "The Simpsons" (3 letters)
- 41 Down
- Jobs (5 letters)
- 43 Down
- Part of the U.S. campaign season: Abbr. (3 letters)
- 46 Down
- Publication that coined the word "sitcom" (7 letters)
- 47 Down
- See 30-Down (3 letters)
- 49 Down
- "Ah-oooo-ga!" horn (6 letters)
- 51 Down
- One getting into hot water (6 letters)
- 54 Down
- Word on overseas mail (5 letters)
- 56 Down
- Treat again, as a sprain (5 letters)
- 57 Down
- Pink-slips (4 letters)
- 58 Down
- Coupling (4 letters)
- 59 Down
- Emmy-nominated Hatcher (4 letters)
- 60 Down
- Coloring (4 letters)
- 62 Down
- They may need massaging (4 letters)
- 63 Down
- Chin-up targets, briefly (4 letters)
- 64 Down
- Singer Brickell (4 letters)
- 65 Down
- Nonfictional films, for short (4 letters)
- 68 Down
- Basic education, familiarly (3 letters)
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