Friday Crossword — October 16, 2009

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy Karen M. Tracey10/16/2009

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
It's often said with the eyes closed (4 letters)
5 Across
Stunned (5 letters)
10 Across
Floppy headgear (4 letters)
14 Across
Writer of the history "Ab Urbe Condita" (4 letters)
15 Across
"Beloved" heroine (5 letters)
16 Across
Chick chaser? (4 letters)
17 Across
London broil, often (10 letters)
19 Across
Cleave (4 letters)
20 Across
Part of Christmas (7 letters)
21 Across
Longtime name in photography (7 letters)
23 Across
"Where people go to dance the night away," in song (14 letters)
25 Across
Bucolic call (3 letters)
26 Across
Limnological study (4 letters)
27 Across
Coastal island colonists (6 letters)
28 Across
Up to (5 letters)
30 Across
Lusatian ___ (German/Polish border river) (6 letters)
32 Across
1930s bomber (4 letters)
33 Across
Brush (5 letters)
34 Across
Some displays, briefly (4 letters)
38 Across
What you probably have a head for (6 letters)
40 Across
Summer Olympics event (5 letters)
41 Across
Like some checkups (6 letters)
44 Across
1980s Argentine president ___ Alfonsín (4 letters)
46 Across
It has four bases (3 letters)
47 Across
Châteaubriand accompaniment, often (14 letters)
50 Across
Kids in funny shorts (7 letters)
51 Across
Recipients of dollars for quarters? (7 letters)
53 Across
Reader's digest founder of 1984 (4 letters)
54 Across
Cut off (10 letters)
56 Across
Vote in der Bundesrat (4 letters)
57 Across
Modern way to request participation (5 letters)
58 Across
Male protagonist in William Inge's "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" (4 letters)
59 Across
"Nuts!" (4 letters)
60 Across
Start over, in a way (5 letters)
61 Across
Multitude (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Film composer Clausen and others (4 letters)
2 Down
Unlike doves (8 letters)
3 Down
Gauge (8 letters)
4 Down
1997 Bell Atlantic acquisition (5 letters)
5 Down
Court figure: Abbr. (6 letters)
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More than merely meet (9 letters)
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Partook of (3 letters)
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Popular aquatic performer (5 letters)
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Toy developed in China (8 letters)
10 Down
Set for a reading (9 letters)
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Emperor's relative (6 letters)
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Guide (6 letters)
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Typical taxis (6 letters)
18 Down
Sound ominously (5 letters)
22 Down
Spinoff of CBS's "JAG" (4 letters)
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"Golly!" (7 letters)
25 Down
Sonny (3 letters)
29 Down
Young Turk, e.g. (9 letters)
31 Down
Old covenant keeper (9 letters)
33 Down
Draining aid (8 letters)
35 Down
Its skeleton may be used to make jewelry (8 letters)
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Largest of the Canary Islands (8 letters)
37 Down
Platform place: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Easternmost town on Maui, on one end of 52 miles of twisty highway (4 letters)
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Fractional bit? (5 letters)
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Be everywhere, so to speak (6 letters)
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Fix (6 letters)
43 Down
Setting for C. S. Lewis's "The Last Battle" (6 letters)
45 Down
Early online discussion setting (6 letters)
48 Down
"You win" (5 letters)
49 Down
Detox population (5 letters)
52 Down
Fuss (4 letters)
55 Down
Familial title (3 letters)

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