Tuesday Crossword — March 17, 2009

Difficulty: EasyGrid: 15x1576 clues~5-15 minBy Richard Chisholm3/17/2009

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Comprehend (5 letters)
6 Across
Contemptible (4 letters)
10 Across
Shade of many a swimming pool basin (4 letters)
14 Across
Surgeon's tool (5 letters)
15 Across
Web addresses (4 letters)
16 Across
Parts of a tea set (4 letters)
17 Across
Sprightly (5 letters)
18 Across
Politician's goal (4 letters)
19 Across
Give the heave-ho (4 letters)
20 Across
1940s hit radio show featuring the bartender Archie (12 letters)
23 Across
Salad additive (3 letters)
24 Across
Marveled audibly (at) (5 letters)
28 Across
1939 James Joyce novel (13 letters)
33 Across
Second-smallest state: Abbr. (3 letters)
34 Across
Instrument held with two hands (4 letters)
35 Across
Pakistani leader, 1977-88 (3 letters)
36 Across
1960s sitcom about a group of castaways (15 letters)
41 Across
G.I. entertainers (3 letters)
42 Across
X ___ xylophone (4 letters)
43 Across
Work unit (3 letters)
44 Across
1946 Bing Crosby hit (13 letters)
49 Across
Blog messages (5 letters)
50 Across
Sculler's item (3 letters)
51 Across
1960s sitcom set in a P.O.W. camp (12 letters)
59 Across
On the briny (4 letters)
62 Across
"Am ___ late?" (4 letters)
63 Across
___ cotta (5 letters)
64 Across
Wimbledon surface (4 letters)
65 Across
Head for (4 letters)
66 Across
Jew traditionally dressed in a black coat and hat (5 letters)
67 Across
Canned (4 letters)
68 Across
Period of time (4 letters)
69 Across
Solo (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Delighted (4 letters)
2 Down
Prego competitor (4 letters)
3 Down
"Yeah, right!" (4 letters)
4 Down
"To thine own ___ be true" (4 letters)
5 Down
Victimize (6 letters)
6 Down
Ado (6 letters)
7 Down
Geographical datum (4 letters)
8 Down
Czech, e.g., but not a Hungarian (4 letters)
9 Down
Ferrara ruling family (4 letters)
10 Down
Ad exhortation (6 letters)
11 Down
Status ___ (3 letters)
12 Down
Good times (3 letters)
13 Down
Numbskull (3 letters)
21 Down
Transgress (3 letters)
22 Down
Kentucky Derby prize (5 letters)
25 Down
Sand trap, e.g. (6 letters)
26 Down
Barely making, with "out" (5 letters)
27 Down
Defunct (4 letters)
28 Down
Prison population (6 letters)
29 Down
Needing a doctor's attention (3 letters)
30 Down
"___ Fly Now" ("Rocky" theme) (5 letters)
31 Down
Tummy muscles (3 letters)
32 Down
"___ won't!" (3 letters)
33 Down
Establishment with a revolving mirrored ball (5 letters)
36 Down
Forrest ___, 1994 Oscar-winning role (4 letters)
37 Down
Schoolyard retort (5 letters)
38 Down
Fed. property overseer (3 letters)
39 Down
Publicize (3 letters)
40 Down
Novelist Deighton (3 letters)
45 Down
Available (6 letters)
46 Down
"Already?" (6 letters)
47 Down
"Rubbish!" (3 letters)
48 Down
First name in soul (6 letters)
52 Down
Play dates? (4 letters)
53 Down
Surmounting (4 letters)
54 Down
___ bene (4 letters)
55 Down
Down-to-earth (4 letters)
56 Down
Roughly (4 letters)
57 Down
Land that's saluted in this puzzle (4 letters)
58 Down
Marquis de ___ (4 letters)
59 Down
Menu phrase (3 letters)
60 Down
Instrument famously played by Bill Clinton on "The Arsenio Hall Show" (3 letters)
61 Down
One catching a ram's eye (3 letters)

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