Friday Crossword — December 18, 2009

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Brendan Emmett Quigley12/18/2009

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
"Huh?" (7 letters)
8 Across
Rule without exceptions (7 letters)
15 Across
Sent a line, say (7 letters)
16 Across
"The Imaginary Invalid" playwright (7 letters)
17 Across
Request for entertainment (7 letters)
18 Across
Words of acclamation (7 letters)
19 Across
1984 historical novel, with "The" (3 letters)
20 Across
Home to Torrey Pines Golf Course (7 letters)
22 Across
Bellini's "___ furor delle tempeste" (3 letters)
23 Across
Think piece? (4 letters)
25 Across
Mini replacements (5 letters)
26 Across
Tiny opening? (4 letters)
27 Across
Shortsighted solution? (5 letters)
29 Across
Período de 31 días (3 letters)
30 Across
Fed. bill (5 letters)
31 Across
Peninsula south of the Gulf of Trieste (6 letters)
33 Across
Breaks (8 letters)
35 Across
The Sun and Mercury are in it: Abbr. (4 letters)
37 Across
It may come from a loud speaker (4 letters)
38 Across
Place for a collared person (8 letters)
42 Across
Means of obtaining data about planets (6 letters)
46 Across
Picks out (5 letters)
47 Across
Gen. Pershing's command: Abbr. (3 letters)
49 Across
Hit to short right, say (5 letters)
50 Across
Calculated thing (4 letters)
51 Across
Shellac (5 letters)
53 Across
Outfielder Chávez (4 letters)
54 Across
One in a long line of workers? (3 letters)
55 Across
Certain pitch (7 letters)
57 Across
"The ___ of Malta," Christopher Marlowe play (3 letters)
58 Across
Comic character in whiteface (7 letters)
60 Across
Marker maker (7 letters)
62 Across
Neither here nor there? (7 letters)
63 Across
Offer to host (7 letters)
64 Across
Now gender-neutral (7 letters)
65 Across
Gritty TV series set in Baltimore (7 letters)

Down

1 Down
"Kwanzaa" comes from it (7 letters)
2 Down
Forces afloat (7 letters)
3 Down
"C'mon, that can't be true!" (7 letters)
4 Down
Birth data: Abbr. (3 letters)
5 Down
Height enhancer (4 letters)
6 Down
Hindu soul (5 letters)
7 Down
Digital detritus (6 letters)
8 Down
Second song on "Beatles '65" (8 letters)
9 Down
Drum set? (5 letters)
10 Down
Indian water holder (4 letters)
11 Down
Biomedical research inits. (3 letters)
12 Down
Rough housing (7 letters)
13 Down
Opera quickie (7 letters)
14 Down
"Actually, it's true" (7 letters)
21 Down
Standout (4 letters)
24 Down
High passageway between buildings (7 letters)
26 Down
Fashionable (7 letters)
28 Down
Stripes (5 letters)
30 Down
Like some dumbbells: Abbr. (5 letters)
32 Down
First string? (3 letters)
34 Down
Half-___ (coffee order) (3 letters)
36 Down
Superior, as an investment (8 letters)
38 Down
Like some elbows and fenders (7 letters)
39 Down
Tonic water ingredient (7 letters)
40 Down
Wool coats (7 letters)
41 Down
Line holder (4 letters)
43 Down
First hard rock band to score a #1 country hit (7 letters)
44 Down
Producer of high and outside pitches? (7 letters)
45 Down
Virus kin (7 letters)
48 Down
Deep-pocketed type (6 letters)
51 Down
"My Fair Lady" actor Robert (5 letters)
52 Down
Place for a crane (5 letters)
55 Down
Gist (4 letters)
56 Down
Make a pile in a casino? (4 letters)
59 Down
Eggs sometimes served on toast (3 letters)
61 Down
"Man, that hurts!" (3 letters)

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