Thursday Crossword — April 23, 2009

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Steve Dobis4/23/2009

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Starring role (4 letters)
5 Across
Way to go (4 letters)
9 Across
Certain sultan's subject (5 letters)
14 Across
"There was a time ..." (4 letters)
15 Across
It's headed by a deputy asst. secy. of labor (4 letters)
16 Across
They need their bearings (5 letters)
17 Across
See 71-Across (15 letters)
20 Across
Romance fiction or horror films, e.g. (6 letters)
21 Across
Midcentury year (3 letters)
22 Across
European tongue (4 letters)
23 Across
Small change (4 letters)
25 Across
Letters at sea (3 letters)
27 Across
See 71-Across (15 letters)
35 Across
Basic education, familiarly (3 letters)
36 Across
House support? (3 letters)
37 Across
Language that contains no adjectives (6 letters)
38 Across
Redolence (5 letters)
41 Across
Do colorful work (3 letters)
43 Across
Coffee break time, maybe (5 letters)
44 Across
Generic (6 letters)
46 Across
"I'll take that as ___" (3 letters)
48 Across
E.T.S. offering (3 letters)
49 Across
See 71-Across (15 letters)
53 Across
"Yes, ___!" (3 letters)
54 Across
Alternative to "roll the dice" (4 letters)
55 Across
Band lineup (4 letters)
59 Across
Microwave (3 letters)
61 Across
Available (6 letters)
65 Across
See 71-Across (15 letters)
68 Across
Drill (5 letters)
69 Across
Def Leppard hit "Pour Some Sugar ___" (4 letters)
70 Across
Approved (4 letters)
71 Across
Shade that defines 17-, 27-, 49- and 65-Across (5 letters)
72 Across
Title grp. in an ABC drama (4 letters)
73 Across
Barbecue order (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
High-priced ticket option (4 letters)
2 Down
Great-great-great-grandfather of Methuselah (4 letters)
3 Down
Electrical letters (4 letters)
4 Down
Scrawl graffiti on, e.g. (6 letters)
5 Down
Strength (7 letters)
6 Down
Word with mountain or fly (3 letters)
7 Down
Not us (4 letters)
8 Down
Indigent (6 letters)
9 Down
Klutz (3 letters)
10 Down
Inspiration (4 letters)
11 Down
Decor finish? (4 letters)
12 Down
Us, abroad (4 letters)
13 Down
Bikini, e.g. (4 letters)
18 Down
Culminating point (4 letters)
19 Down
Merlin of football and TV (5 letters)
24 Down
Pointy-___ (4 letters)
26 Down
Rebounds, e.g. (4 letters)
27 Down
Swiss capital (5 letters)
28 Down
Documentarian Morris (5 letters)
29 Down
Queen's attendant (5 letters)
30 Down
Like some pyramids (5 letters)
31 Down
"___ got you" (3 letters)
32 Down
Having a bite (5 letters)
33 Down
Almost 80 million people visit it yearly (5 letters)
34 Down
Former Colorado governor Roy (5 letters)
39 Down
Dallas hoopster, briefly (3 letters)
40 Down
Where the Iowa Straw Poll is done (4 letters)
42 Down
Goals (4 letters)
45 Down
"My Fair Lady" lady (5 letters)
47 Down
Fought against (7 letters)
50 Down
One of Isabella I's kingdoms (6 letters)
51 Down
"The Mod Squad" role (4 letters)
52 Down
Mainstay (6 letters)
55 Down
1970s-'80s singer Andy (4 letters)
56 Down
Songwriter Novello (4 letters)
57 Down
Urban sidewalk vendor's offering (4 letters)
58 Down
Boatload (4 letters)
60 Down
Pint-size (4 letters)
62 Down
Golfer Isao ___ (4 letters)
63 Down
Financial writer Marshall (4 letters)
64 Down
Attorneys' degs. (4 letters)
66 Down
Coastal flier (3 letters)
67 Down
Great Brit., e.g., in years past (3 letters)

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