Tuesday Crossword — October 3, 2006

Difficulty: EasyGrid: 15x1578 clues~5-15 minBy Ed Stein10/3/2006

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Blast maker, informally (5 letters)
6 Across
Basketball position (5 letters)
11 Across
Opening word usually skipped in alphabetizing (3 letters)
14 Across
Interstate interchange establishment (5 letters)
15 Across
Zhou ___ (5 letters)
16 Across
Squeal (on) (3 letters)
17 Across
Former Portuguese territory in China (5 letters)
18 Across
"Hasta la vista, baby!," e.g. (9 letters)
20 Across
Tivoli's Villa ___ (5 letters)
22 Across
___-car (5 letters)
23 Across
Boar's mate (3 letters)
26 Across
Bad economic situation (11 letters)
29 Across
Gleeful laugh (7 letters)
31 Across
Cup part (3 letters)
32 Across
Jibe (5 letters)
33 Across
"Oh yeah? ___ who?" (3 letters)
34 Across
"Get outta here!" (4 letters)
38 Across
Description of 14-, 18-, 26-, 29-, 46-, 48-, 57- or 66-Across (15 letters)
42 Across
Ice cream brand (4 letters)
43 Across
Lad (3 letters)
44 Across
Grandmothers, affectionately (5 letters)
45 Across
Strong and healthy (3 letters)
46 Across
Citrus fruit (7 letters)
48 Across
Seat-of-the-pants figure (11 letters)
53 Across
ID for the I.R.S. (3 letters)
54 Across
Dark (5 letters)
55 Across
"Aunt ___ Cope Book" (5 letters)
57 Across
Home movie maker (9 letters)
60 Across
Unfreezes (5 letters)
64 Across
U.S.N. noncom (3 letters)
65 Across
Stop for a second (5 letters)
66 Across
Big, tough cat (5 letters)
67 Across
"For what ___ worth ?" (3 letters)
68 Across
Amphetamines, slangily (5 letters)
69 Across
Belgian city in W.W. I fighting (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
"Well, let me think ?" (3 letters)
2 Down
Wrapper that's hard to remove? (3 letters)
3 Down
Like some stocks, briefly (3 letters)
4 Down
Honeyed drink (4 letters)
5 Down
Prairie grass used for forage (8 letters)
6 Down
Res ___ (deeds) (6 letters)
7 Down
Release to float, as a currency price (5 letters)
8 Down
Pie ___ mode (3 letters)
9 Down
Did a marathon (3 letters)
10 Down
Two-letter combination (6 letters)
11 Down
Singer Lopez (5 letters)
12 Down
Must (5 letters)
13 Down
Actor Hawke (5 letters)
19 Down
Tennis official's call (3 letters)
21 Down
The Cardinals, on a scoreboard (3 letters)
23 Down
Outdoor scene in a painting (5 letters)
24 Down
George Burns film (5 letters)
25 Down
Fret (5 letters)
27 Down
Gratis (4 letters)
28 Down
Oscar winner Minnelli (4 letters)
30 Down
Soaks, as flax (4 letters)
33 Down
Place to wallow in mud (3 letters)
34 Down
Loot (4 letters)
35 Down
Sharpens, as a knife (5 letters)
36 Down
Tests for Ph.D. candidates (5 letters)
37 Down
Takes way too much, briefly (5 letters)
39 Down
Somewhat (4 letters)
40 Down
Answer to the Little Red Hen (4 letters)
41 Down
Sloppily (8 letters)
45 Down
Lens settings (6 letters)
46 Down
Blackened (6 letters)
47 Down
Place to enter a PIN (3 letters)
48 Down
Haute couture name (5 letters)
49 Down
Not suitable (5 letters)
50 Down
St. ___ fire (5 letters)
51 Down
[Not my mistake] (3 letters)
52 Down
Reagan cabinet member Edwin (5 letters)
56 Down
She, at sea (4 letters)
58 Down
Popular music category (3 letters)
59 Down
Owed (3 letters)
61 Down
Cabinet post: Abbr. (3 letters)
62 Down
"___ Willie Winkie" (3 letters)
63 Down
H.S. prom attendees (3 letters)

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