Thursday Crossword — January 14, 2010

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class1/14/2010

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Paris Hilton catchphrase (8 letters)
9 Across
"The Country Girl" playwright (5 letters)
14 Across
Be for, in an argument (8 letters)
15 Across
Nazione di Napoli (6 letters)
16 Across
Like a poison pen letter? (15 letters)
18 Across
"The Office" unit (4 letters)
19 Across
Prefix with -zoic (4 letters)
20 Across
End of a quiz? (3 letters)
21 Across
"Fly Me to the Moon" and others? (12 letters)
26 Across
Abbr. on every original Beatles song (3 letters)
29 Across
South Australia's ___ Bay (3 letters)
30 Across
Prefix with political (3 letters)
31 Across
Ham operator's "Hurrah!"? (10 letters)
35 Across
They come and go (4 letters)
39 Across
Huskies' home (5 letters)
40 Across
Writer Chinua Achebe, by birth (3 letters)
41 Across
Suffer ignominy (5 letters)
42 Across
"Do ___!" (4 letters)
43 Across
Yes-man's biography? (10 letters)
45 Across
Not there, to 11-Down (3 letters)
47 Across
Gold stds. (3 letters)
48 Across
Host of the 1970 and 1986 World Cup: Abbr. (3 letters)
49 Across
Like a superlatively sneaky sleuth? (12 letters)
55 Across
Sumac from Peru (3 letters)
56 Across
Silk: Fr. (4 letters)
57 Across
Not having gone pro? (4 letters)
61 Across
TV movie interruption ... or feature of 16-, 21-, 31-, 43- and 49-Across? (15 letters)
66 Across
Garden structures (6 letters)
67 Across
Time on the Enterprise (8 letters)
68 Across
"___ Hope," long-running ABC soap (5 letters)
69 Across
Black gold (8 letters)

Down

1 Down
Ukase issuer (4 letters)
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Obscure (4 letters)
3 Down
Recipe direction starter (4 letters)
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Contract fine print (5 letters)
5 Down
Host of the 1912 Olympics: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Bill Haley and ___ Comets (3 letters)
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They may follow last periods, for short (3 letters)
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This puzzle's is revealed at 61-Across (5 letters)
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He played Lord Jim in "Lord Jim" (6 letters)
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___ Terr., 1861-89 (3 letters)
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Henry's pupil (5 letters)
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Put on, as a roof, maybe (5 letters)
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___ slip (5 letters)
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"We're on" (6 letters)
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Miss out? (3 letters)
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Drudge (4 letters)
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U.N. figure: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Tchotchke (5 letters)
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Like some yogurt, informally (5 letters)
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Fabergé cologne (4 letters)
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It might come with the mail (4 letters)
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Kelly Clarkson, once (4 letters)
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Sound, say (5 letters)
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Litigators' grp. (3 letters)
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Ingredient in a salty dog (5 letters)
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Volume 1 of a two-volume encyclopedia? (4 letters)
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Not just serious (4 letters)
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Hit 1970s-'90s band with a mythological name (4 letters)
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"Happy Motoring" sloganeer (4 letters)
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The Three ___ (6 letters)
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Pay stub abbr. (3 letters)
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Stage equipment (6 letters)
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One way to go (5 letters)
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American university where Desmond Tutu taught theology (5 letters)
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Bossa nova kin (5 letters)
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[That's what it says] (3 letters)
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Job in "Ocean's Eleven" (5 letters)
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Little Orphan Annie and others (5 letters)
58 Down
Swell (4 letters)
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Thames gallery (4 letters)
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Retail giant from 5-Down (4 letters)
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Jamaican fellow (3 letters)
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Ingested (3 letters)
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Loose (3 letters)
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Supporter, of sorts (3 letters)

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