Friday Crossword — September 19, 2008

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Alex Boisvert9/19/2008

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Source of troubles (11 letters)
12 Across
___ of God (3 letters)
15 Across
"Later!" (11 letters)
16 Across
What the 1939 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" completely lacks (3 letters)
17 Across
Bank offerings (11 letters)
18 Across
"Uh-huh" (3 letters)
19 Across
Turns down (5 letters)
20 Across
Spirit (3 letters)
21 Across
___ leaf (4 letters)
22 Across
Irritation suffix (4 letters)
23 Across
Irritated, after "in" (4 letters)
25 Across
Like most music (5 letters)
26 Across
Persian, e.g. (3 letters)
27 Across
Not yet delivered, after "in" (5 letters)
28 Across
W.W. II air ace who lent his name to an airport (5 letters)
29 Across
Wee hour (5 letters)
30 Across
Meyerbeer output (6 letters)
31 Across
___ Day (September 19) (15 letters)
35 Across
How some dares are done (6 letters)
36 Across
Outline (5 letters)
37 Across
Bar tenders?: Abbr. (5 letters)
38 Across
Places for dust to collect (5 letters)
39 Across
Assn. (3 letters)
42 Across
Apparently is (5 letters)
43 Across
Insurance providers, for short (4 letters)
44 Across
"Super Trouper" group, 1980 (4 letters)
45 Across
Kind of delay (4 letters)
46 Across
Poke (3 letters)
47 Across
Packers QB whose #15 jersey is retired (5 letters)
48 Across
LAX datum (3 letters)
49 Across
One end of the Welland Canal (11 letters)
52 Across
Hi-___ (3 letters)
53 Across
At someone's mercy (11 letters)
54 Across
Ones needing career counseling, maybe: Abbr. (3 letters)
55 Across
Shell locations (11 letters)

Down

1 Down
Eat out? (6 letters)
2 Down
Hindu drink of the gods (6 letters)
3 Down
Play with the line "Hell is other people" (6 letters)
4 Down
Guys (5 letters)
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Revolutionary patriot James (4 letters)
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Start to smell, maybe (3 letters)
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Union inits. starting in 1886 (3 letters)
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"Well, I'll be!," as it might be said on September 19 (15 letters)
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___ Santiago, 1987 N.L. Rookie of the Year (6 letters)
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City near Provo (4 letters)
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Scratches, with "out" (3 letters)
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"Later!" (8 letters)
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200 milligrams (8 letters)
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Like soldiers known as Gurkhas (8 letters)
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Stick (6 letters)
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Wiped out, slangily (5 letters)
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Top (4 letters)
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What debaters debate (6 letters)
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Hedge word (6 letters)
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"That's fine" (6 letters)
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Pendant adornments (5 letters)
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Some diner equipment (8 letters)
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It has a long tongue (8 letters)
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Student excuser (8 letters)
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Live folk album of 1968 (4 letters)
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D.T.'s (6 letters)
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Italian restaurant chain (6 letters)
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TV newswoman Soledad (6 letters)
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Doorstep numbers? (6 letters)
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___ 2600 (hit product of the 1970s-'80s) (5 letters)
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Joe (4 letters)
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"This instant!" (4 letters)
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Record (3 letters)
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Bit of chicken feed (3 letters)
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Org. with the annual Eddie Gottlieb Trophy (3 letters)

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