Wednesday Crossword — May 12, 2010

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1581 clues~15-30 minBy Pete Muller5/12/2010

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Specialty (5 letters)
6 Across
1970s sitcom that included Carlton the Doorman (5 letters)
11 Across
"___ you one" (4 letters)
15 Across
"___ Majesty's Secret Service" (5 letters)
16 Across
Hatch in the Senate (5 letters)
17 Across
Country music pioneer Ernest (4 letters)
18 Across
Boarding place? (5 letters)
19 Across
Test group? (5 letters)
20 Across
Attempt (4 letters)
21 Across
Short trip (3 letters)
22 Across
Civil War inits. (3 letters)
24 Across
Some footnotes, for short (6 letters)
26 Across
Person on your bad side? (8 letters)
29 Across
Cannoli ingredient (7 letters)
32 Across
Contradict (4 letters)
33 Across
Flower of the buttercup family (7 letters)
35 Across
Gmail alternative (3 letters)
36 Across
Passeport info (3 letters)
38 Across
"Mazel ___!" (3 letters)
39 Across
Green gem source (5 letters)
41 Across
Some surprises ... and what you'll find in the shaded areas of this puzzle (14 letters)
45 Across
Israel's Dayan (5 letters)
46 Across
___ Miss (3 letters)
47 Across
Superscript number in math: Abbr. (3 letters)
48 Across
More than -er (3 letters)
49 Across
Woman in Sartre's "No Exit" (7 letters)
52 Across
Number two: Abbr. (4 letters)
56 Across
Doughnuts are fried in it (7 letters)
58 Across
Short piano piece (8 letters)
60 Across
Shoe brand named for an antelope (6 letters)
62 Across
Former N.B.A. star Unseld (3 letters)
63 Across
Hip-hop's ___-A-Fella Records (3 letters)
64 Across
It's better than ace-high (4 letters)
66 Across
Tchaikovsky's black swan (5 letters)
68 Across
Madison Sq. Garden player (5 letters)
70 Across
Woodworking tool (4 letters)
71 Across
Branch gripper (5 letters)
72 Across
Regular's request, with "the" (5 letters)
73 Across
Goes on and on (4 letters)
74 Across
Religious assembly (5 letters)
75 Across
Word-processing command (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Took the cake, perhaps (6 letters)
2 Down
Smitten (6 letters)
3 Down
"Fantaisie" composer (6 letters)
4 Down
In the know, old-style (3 letters)
5 Down
Standing (5 letters)
6 Down
1915 Literature Nobelist ___ Rolland (6 letters)
7 Down
Realm ended by Napoleon: Abbr. (3 letters)
8 Down
"Yes ___?" (4 letters)
9 Down
Confute (8 letters)
10 Down
Tylenol competitor (6 letters)
11 Down
"___ die for" (5 letters)
12 Down
Defeat in a don't-blink contest (8 letters)
13 Down
Tate and Bowe were once champions of it: Abbr. (3 letters)
14 Down
Decline (3 letters)
23 Down
Person often pictured with crossed legs (5 letters)
25 Down
Where trays may be stacked (6 letters)
27 Down
"Dune" director David (5 letters)
28 Down
Irritate (6 letters)
30 Down
Santa's sleighful (4 letters)
31 Down
"Is that ___?" (3 letters)
34 Down
Bris parties (6 letters)
37 Down
Michael of "Caddyshack" (6 letters)
40 Down
American in Paris, perhaps (5 letters)
41 Down
Singer Feliciano (4 letters)
42 Down
What a record may have (8 letters)
43 Down
"Another time, perhaps" (8 letters)
44 Down
Designer Geoffrey (5 letters)
45 Down
Kind of school (3 letters)
50 Down
Cousins of clogs (6 letters)
51 Down
Subwoofer's zone (6 letters)
53 Down
Bright spot in Canis Major (6 letters)
54 Down
Back-country winter transport (6 letters)
55 Down
Take on (6 letters)
57 Down
They did it (5 letters)
59 Down
Invite to one's penthouse, say (5 letters)
61 Down
Oven (4 letters)
64 Down
Meddle (3 letters)
65 Down
Org. with a sign at many motels (3 letters)
67 Down
Head of Buckingham Palace? (3 letters)
69 Down
Secretive org. (3 letters)

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