Thursday Crossword — February 26, 2009

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Brendan Emmett Quigley2/26/2009

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Toastmaster's offering (4 letters)
5 Across
Worked regularly at (5 letters)
10 Across
Home of Ensenada, informally (4 letters)
14 Across
"The ___ of Frankenstein" (Peter Cushing film) (4 letters)
15 Across
Poet Federico García ___ (5 letters)
16 Across
Acct. ___ (4 letters)
17 Across
Delft, e.g. (4 letters)
18 Across
"Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson (5 letters)
19 Across
"Hard ___!" (captain's order) (4 letters)
20 Across
Residence (14 letters)
23 Across
Some music on the Warped Tour (3 letters)
24 Across
"___ see!" (3 letters)
25 Across
It has to be asked (15 letters)
34 Across
Troubled (5 letters)
35 Across
Like Petruchio's wench in "The Taming of the Shrew" (5 letters)
36 Across
Middle year of Nero's reign (3 letters)
37 Across
Santa's reindeer, e.g. (4 letters)
38 Across
Common origami figures (5 letters)
39 Across
Ask for (4 letters)
40 Across
___ de coeur (3 letters)
41 Across
Clean, in a way (5 letters)
42 Across
Consumer electronics giant (5 letters)
43 Across
Alumni weekend V.I.P. (15 letters)
46 Across
1961 Top 10 hit "Hello Mary ___" (3 letters)
47 Across
Texans' grp. (3 letters)
48 Across
Many Haydn compositions (14 letters)
56 Across
It comes from Mars (4 letters)
57 Across
Casts (5 letters)
58 Across
Firm honcho (4 letters)
60 Across
Centers of activity (4 letters)
61 Across
Finnish architect Alvar ___ (5 letters)
62 Across
Ambiance (4 letters)
63 Across
Something in the air (4 letters)
64 Across
Words repeated after "O Absalom" in the Bible (5 letters)
65 Across
Occurrence in the moon's first quarter (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Wandering ___ (3 letters)
2 Down
Eyeglass lens shape (4 letters)
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___ Davis, "A Girl Like Me" documentarian (4 letters)
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Matinee showing time, maybe (8 letters)
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Have in mind (6 letters)
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Pants spec (4 letters)
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Modern home of the ancient Akkadian empire (4 letters)
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It's similar to cream (4 letters)
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Records for computer processing (8 letters)
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"Vamoose!" (6 letters)
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Part of a wheelset (4 letters)
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Raspberry (4 letters)
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Reno's AAA baseball team (4 letters)
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"You're looking at your guy!" (4 letters)
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Upbeat (4 letters)
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Bake sale display (5 letters)
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"In ___" (1993 #1 album) (5 letters)
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Adjust, as a satellite dish (5 letters)
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Twilight, old-style (5 letters)
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Somewhat (5 letters)
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Old hwy. from Detroit to Seattle (5 letters)
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"The L Word" creator/producer Chaiken (5 letters)
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False sunflower (5 letters)
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Coolpix camera maker (5 letters)
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Closed carriage with the driver outside in front (8 letters)
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Its home is on the range (8 letters)
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Capital subj. (4 letters)
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Carpet meas. (4 letters)
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Alchemist's concoction (6 letters)
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She played Mrs. Miniver in "Mrs. Miniver" (6 letters)
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French town of W.W. II (4 letters)
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Lacking depth (4 letters)
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Opposite of pobre (4 letters)
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Unloading site (4 letters)
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They may be bookmarked (4 letters)
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Certain castrato (4 letters)
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Legitimate (4 letters)
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"Buona ___" (4 letters)
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Delete in one quick stroke (3 letters)

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