Thursday Crossword — July 31, 2008
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1572 clues~15-30 minBy Allan E. Parrish7/31/2008
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Temple activity (7 letters)
- 8 Across
- Tex-Mex treats (7 letters)
- 15 Across
- Wedding gown material (7 letters)
- 16 Across
- Distinguished (7 letters)
- 17 Across
- Dean Martin, for one (7 letters)
- 18 Across
- Bach work (7 letters)
- 19 Across
- 1979 Bee Gees chart-topper (13 letters)
- 21 Across
- Civvies (5 letters)
- 23 Across
- ___ change (3 letters)
- 24 Across
- QB's stat. (3 letters)
- 25 Across
- Great Plains tribe (3 letters)
- 26 Across
- County of St. Andrews, Scotland (4 letters)
- 28 Across
- Part of a seal (5 letters)
- 30 Across
- Professor Lupin in Harry Potter books, e.g. (8 letters)
- 33 Across
- Creator of the Bennet family (6 letters)
- 34 Across
- Band with the 1970 hit "Get Ready" (9 letters)
- 36 Across
- One of the four evangelists, briefly (6 letters)
- 39 Across
- Many Latin compositions (8 letters)
- 43 Across
- Come up (5 letters)
- 44 Across
- Shot (off) (4 letters)
- 45 Across
- Yes, in Yokohama (3 letters)
- 46 Across
- Let go (3 letters)
- 47 Across
- Author of a once-popular book of quotations (3 letters)
- 48 Across
- Devil (5 letters)
- 50 Across
- 1979 AC/DC seven-time platinum album (13 letters)
- 55 Across
- Blow up (7 letters)
- 56 Across
- Emit (7 letters)
- 59 Across
- Smaller than small (7 letters)
- 60 Across
- Where the buoys are? (7 letters)
- 61 Across
- Puts under (7 letters)
- 62 Across
- Takes over (7 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Fighters' org. (3 letters)
- 2 Down
- 1967 N.H.L. rookie of the year (3 letters)
- 3 Down
- Support, at a game (7 letters)
- 4 Down
- Tear out (5 letters)
- 5 Down
- Radio ___ (onetime propaganda source) (5 letters)
- 6 Down
- Footnote word (4 letters)
- 7 Down
- Locale for Che Guevara in "The Motorcycle Diaries" (4 letters)
- 8 Down
- Computer whiz (6 letters)
- 9 Down
- Menotti title character (5 letters)
- 10 Down
- Harbor danger (4 letters)
- 11 Down
- Architectural pier (4 letters)
- 12 Down
- Michael ___, Bush secretary of health and human services (7 letters)
- 13 Down
- Accord (7 letters)
- 14 Down
- Suffragist Elizabeth Cady ___ (7 letters)
- 20 Down
- One that's "perky" in the morning (9 letters)
- 21 Down
- Shorten, in a way (3 letters)
- 22 Down
- Multipurpose truck (3 letters)
- 26 Down
- Chess tactic that involves attacking two pieces at once (4 letters)
- 27 Down
- Spot in la mer (3 letters)
- 28 Down
- Half-and-half, maybe (4 letters)
- 29 Down
- Department of Labor agcy. (4 letters)
- 31 Down
- Post-Civil War Reconstruction and others (4 letters)
- 32 Down
- Pottery (4 letters)
- 33 Down
- Unimaginative (4 letters)
- 35 Down
- Koko who communicates through American Sign Language, e.g. (3 letters)
- 36 Down
- Lingerie drawer items (7 letters)
- 37 Down
- Drill instructor's charge (7 letters)
- 38 Down
- Got around at a get-together (7 letters)
- 40 Down
- Military wing (7 letters)
- 41 Down
- Eggs Benedict ingredient (3 letters)
- 42 Down
- Hardly a chug (3 letters)
- 44 Down
- Football Hall-of-Famer Gale (6 letters)
- 47 Down
- Patrick ___, 1996 Tony recipient for "Marat/Sade" (5 letters)
- 48 Down
- Q45 or Grand Marquis (5 letters)
- 49 Down
- "Walkin' After Midnight" hitmaker, 1957 (5 letters)
- 51 Down
- Mandlikova of tennis fame (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- Judicial directive (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Killer whale (4 letters)
- 54 Down
- Violin virtuoso Hilary (4 letters)
- 57 Down
- Gadget for 58-Down (3 letters)
- 58 Down
- Golfer dubbed "the Big Easy" (3 letters)
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