Saturday Crossword — February 16, 2008

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1566 clues~30-60 minBy Tony Orbach2/16/2008

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Bristles (7 letters)
8 Across
Post boxes? (7 letters)
15 Across
Thinner option (7 letters)
16 Across
Piece of silver, say (7 letters)
17 Across
Lab tube (7 letters)
18 Across
A lot of foreign intelligence intercepts (7 letters)
19 Across
Relatively remote (7 letters)
20 Across
Many-sided problems (6 letters)
21 Across
Ready to be put to bed (6 letters)
22 Across
"Rugrats" baby (3 letters)
23 Across
Isn't O.K. (4 letters)
25 Across
One of the Gandhis (5 letters)
26 Across
Golden fish stocked in ornamental pools (4 letters)
27 Across
Christening spot (4 letters)
28 Across
Nottingham's river (5 letters)
29 Across
Dirt (5 letters)
31 Across
One protected by a collie (3 letters)
32 Across
Patron of Paris (9 letters)
35 Across
One making calls (3 letters)
38 Across
Schubert's "Eine Kleine Trauermusik," e.g. (5 letters)
39 Across
Demand (5 letters)
43 Across
Some apéritifs (4 letters)
45 Across
Mother of Hyacinth, in myth (4 letters)
46 Across
Hindu sage (5 letters)
47 Across
Certain alkene (4 letters)
48 Across
Incubator (3 letters)
49 Across
Slew (6 letters)
50 Across
Anti-ship missile that skims waves at nearly the speed of sound (6 letters)
52 Across
Touch-related (7 letters)
53 Across
Part of a special delivery? (7 letters)
54 Across
Be quite enough for (7 letters)
55 Across
Amscray (7 letters)
56 Across
Hamlet, notably (7 letters)
57 Across
Give a bad name (7 letters)
58 Across
"On Your Toes" composer (7 letters)

Down

1 Down
"The View," essentially (7 letters)
2 Down
Home to Mount Chimborazo (7 letters)
3 Down
Earthen casserole dish (7 letters)
4 Down
Letting stand (8 letters)
5 Down
Decayed (9 letters)
6 Down
Put in up front (5 letters)
7 Down
Skittish herd (4 letters)
8 Down
Small, deep-fried pork cube (10 letters)
9 Down
C2H4 (8 letters)
10 Down
Size up (4 letters)
11 Down
Bait (6 letters)
12 Down
Singer of "A Foggy Day" in "A Damsel in Distress" (7 letters)
13 Down
Isn't very visible (7 letters)
14 Down
Shooter that may be digital, for short (3 letters)
22 Down
Caused to be scored, as a run (7 letters)
24 Down
European Union member: Abbr. (3 letters)
26 Down
Means of public protest (10 letters)
30 Down
Was broad on the boards (9 letters)
33 Down
Big Mac request (8 letters)
34 Down
Real (8 letters)
35 Down
Island entertainer (3 letters)
36 Down
Kind of water (7 letters)
37 Down
Nearest, to Nero (7 letters)
40 Down
Lessen (7 letters)
41 Down
One using a crib (7 letters)
42 Down
They work the earth (7 letters)
44 Down
Apply messily (6 letters)
49 Down
___ Nurmi, nine-time track gold medalist in 1920s Olympics (5 letters)
51 Down
Chowderhead (4 letters)
52 Down
Peter or Paul, but not Mary (4 letters)
53 Down
Picture producers (3 letters)

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