Thursday Crossword — October 16, 2008

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Ian Tullis10/16/2008

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Joshua's companion, in the Old Testament (5 letters)
6 Across
Historic mansion in Newport, R.I., with "the" (4 letters)
10 Across
Stone at a stream crossing (4 letters)
14 Across
Done to death (5 letters)
15 Across
Flood survivor (4 letters)
16 Across
Former currency of Vatican City (4 letters)
17 Across
Curl the hair of (5 letters)
18 Across
Holey things (4 letters)
19 Across
What some use to ply their craft? (4 letters)
20 Across
Some Cubans in Texas? (14 letters)
23 Across
Took a dip (4 letters)
24 Across
Western end of I-190 near I-294 (5 letters)
25 Across
Where hot jazz developed? (12 letters)
31 Across
Untighten (5 letters)
32 Across
Untight (5 letters)
33 Across
Have ___ at (3 letters)
36 Across
"The emerald of Europe" (4 letters)
37 Across
"Go, and catch a falling star" poet (5 letters)
38 Across
Put one's foot down (4 letters)
39 Across
Heartbreak (3 letters)
40 Across
International Olympics chief Jacques (5 letters)
41 Across
Up (5 letters)
42 Across
Broadway deli offerings? (12 letters)
44 Across
Japanese immigrant's child (5 letters)
47 Across
Ends (4 letters)
48 Across
20-, 25- and 42-Across, so to speak (14 letters)
54 Across
Without ___ (unsafely) (4 letters)
55 Across
How some quarterbacks go (4 letters)
56 Across
Floated downstream, in a way (5 letters)
58 Across
Wrapper weight (4 letters)
59 Across
Start a hand, maybe (4 letters)
60 Across
Greeting in an in-box (5 letters)
61 Across
"Day Is Dying in the West," for one (4 letters)
62 Across
Heath (4 letters)
63 Across
Zero out (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Part of a price: Abbr. (3 letters)
2 Down
Cunning (4 letters)
3 Down
Ancient dynasty of northern China (4 letters)
4 Down
Pre-Roman Roman (8 letters)
5 Down
Affairs, slangily (7 letters)
6 Down
Buggy field? (10 letters)
7 Down
Wacko (4 letters)
8 Down
Playwright Connelly (4 letters)
9 Down
Division of Islam (4 letters)
10 Down
They often go out on a limb (6 letters)
11 Down
Piece among the crown jewels (5 letters)
12 Down
Unwanted computer message (5 letters)
13 Down
So last week (5 letters)
21 Down
Follow (along) (3 letters)
22 Down
Beverage brand whose logo is two lizards (4 letters)
25 Down
Rowers (4 letters)
26 Down
Purple Heart recipient (4 letters)
27 Down
"Would ___?" (4 letters)
28 Down
River below the Boyoma Falls (5 letters)
29 Down
Silver topper? (10 letters)
30 Down
Practice (3 letters)
33 Down
Measurement with square units (4 letters)
34 Down
Billy, e.g. (4 letters)
35 Down
They may be even, ironically (4 letters)
37 Down
Daily news quote, with "the" (3 letters)
38 Down
Alcohol, slangily (8 letters)
40 Down
Pull back (in) (4 letters)
41 Down
Current measurer (7 letters)
42 Down
Put in order (6 letters)
43 Down
Black bag, maybe (3 letters)
44 Down
Under, to a poet (5 letters)
45 Down
"Uh-uh" (5 letters)
46 Down
Kind of whale (5 letters)
49 Down
Dis (4 letters)
50 Down
Prefix with sphere (4 letters)
51 Down
"I'm ___ you!" (4 letters)
52 Down
Wharton degs. (4 letters)
53 Down
Desiccated (4 letters)
57 Down
Banned pesticide (3 letters)

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