Saturday Crossword — October 27, 2007

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Brendan Emmett Quigley10/27/2007

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Billionaire sports entrepreneur who heads HDNet (9 letters)
10 Across
Like some seasonal helpers (5 letters)
15 Across
Within the next few minutes, potentially (9 letters)
16 Across
Some piano players (5 letters)
17 Across
Case made for a shooter (9 letters)
18 Across
Agitated (5 letters)
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Real-estate ad statistic (4 letters)
20 Across
Its motto is "All for our country": Abbr. (3 letters)
22 Across
Go over (4 letters)
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Orchestra section (5 letters)
25 Across
Dr. Seuss's "Too Many ___" (5 letters)
27 Across
Consumer protection grp. (3 letters)
28 Across
Yokohama "yes" (3 letters)
30 Across
Marathon runner Gebrselassie (5 letters)
32 Across
It served the Mid-Atlantic until 1976 (15 letters)
39 Across
Classic laugh-inducing parlor game with writing or illustrations (15 letters)
40 Across
Move on after a humiliating defeat (15 letters)
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Claimed (5 letters)
42 Across
Vintner's prefix (3 letters)
43 Across
Kind of engr. (3 letters)
44 Across
Member of a popular college frat (5 letters)
47 Across
Parliament rival (5 letters)
52 Across
Shot one on (4 letters)
54 Across
Name for Quantum Computer Services since '89 (3 letters)
55 Across
Heavyweights compete in it (4 letters)
56 Across
An overabundance (5 letters)
58 Across
"You said it!" (9 letters)
62 Across
Sent regrets, say (5 letters)
63 Across
Help get settled (9 letters)
64 Across
Priceless instrument (5 letters)
65 Across
What green might ripen into (9 letters)

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Bird remarkable for its longevity (5 letters)
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Breakout maker (5 letters)
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Far Eastern bowlful (5 letters)
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Manipulate, in a way (5 letters)
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France's Saint-___-l'École (3 letters)
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She played Martha in Broadway's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (3 letters)
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One hanging around at Red Lobster? (3 letters)
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Range option (5 letters)
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Ben-Gurion setting (5 letters)
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Stumble (3 letters)
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"Happy Birthday" playwright (4 letters)
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About-faces (9 letters)
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Nervous (9 letters)
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Band with the highest first-week album sales in music history (5 letters)
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It'll get you somewhere (7 letters)
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Some religious fundamentalists (7 letters)
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Cook's words (5 letters)
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Old settings for many out-of-tune pianos (7 letters)
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Connecticut city on the Naugatuck (7 letters)
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Factory seconds: Abbr. (4 letters)
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Sport, for short (3 letters)
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Foreignness (9 letters)
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Old Spice alternative (9 letters)
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Court stuff (4 letters)
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Bus spec. (3 letters)
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"The Mischievous Dog" author (5 letters)
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___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) (3 letters)
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"Lady for a Day" director, 1933 (5 letters)
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One who's waited upon (5 letters)
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Ecuador's southernmost coastal province (5 letters)
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Provide an invitation for (5 letters)
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Kind of cycle (5 letters)
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Mug, e.g. (5 letters)
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Cut (5 letters)
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Firm part: Abbr. (4 letters)
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Arms race plan: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Takeaway game (3 letters)
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Hot spot? (3 letters)
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Gridiron datum (3 letters)

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