Wednesday Crossword — December 15, 2010

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy John Lampkin12/15/2010

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Friends and neighbors (4 letters)
5 Across
Bend one's elbow, e.g. (4 letters)
9 Across
Cornered (5 letters)
14 Across
Start of an incantation (4 letters)
15 Across
Wash up (4 letters)
16 Across
"On the Beach" author (5 letters)
17 Across
Hard-boiled crime genre (4 letters)
18 Across
Aesir ruler (4 letters)
19 Across
Perfect Sleeper maker (5 letters)
20 Across
Athlete who has pigged out on snacks at a bar? (13 letters)
23 Across
Interstate-championing prez (3 letters)
24 Across
Strippers' tips, often (4 letters)
25 Across
Explosive of old (6 letters)
28 Across
Special treatment, for short (3 letters)
29 Across
"___ geht's?" (German "How are you?") (3 letters)
30 Across
___ pro nobis (3 letters)
31 Across
Chief heckler? (10 letters)
36 Across
Skewer (4 letters)
37 Across
Place for a Dumpster (5 letters)
38 Across
Juan's "what" (3 letters)
39 Across
Lavender, for one (5 letters)
40 Across
Pesky arachnid (4 letters)
41 Across
Skydiver's amended plans? (10 letters)
43 Across
Troop-entertaining grp. (3 letters)
44 Across
Cara ___ (Italian term of endearment) (3 letters)
45 Across
Performer yukking it up (3 letters)
46 Across
Friend from afar (6 letters)
48 Across
Tickled (4 letters)
50 Across
Indy letters (3 letters)
53 Across
Insulation from jokes? (13 letters)
56 Across
Rodeo ride (5 letters)
58 Across
Astronomy's ___ cloud (4 letters)
59 Across
Brand for woofers, but not tweeters? (4 letters)
60 Across
Cultural prefix (5 letters)
61 Across
Purple shade (4 letters)
62 Across
Sound from a steeple (4 letters)
63 Across
Core belief (5 letters)
64 Across
Critic's unit (4 letters)
65 Across
Primordial stuff (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Japanese writing system (5 letters)
2 Down
Old Apple laptop (5 letters)
3 Down
Brief moment (5 letters)
4 Down
"Listen!," old-style (4 letters)
5 Down
Walk with jerky motions (7 letters)
6 Down
Chili server (5 letters)
7 Down
Escapees from Pandora's box (5 letters)
8 Down
Alien: Prefix (4 letters)
9 Down
Take on (6 letters)
10 Down
Angle symbol, in trigonometry (5 letters)
11 Down
Explode like a puffball (9 letters)
12 Down
"Boston Legal" fig. (3 letters)
13 Down
Truly, in the Bible (3 letters)
21 Down
Unwise undertaking (5 letters)
22 Down
Brand once advertised with the jingle "We wear short shorts ..." (4 letters)
26 Down
Circular gasket (5 letters)
27 Down
Barista's offering (5 letters)
28 Down
Back into a corner (4 letters)
29 Down
Boo-hoo (4 letters)
31 Down
Copier malfunction (5 letters)
32 Down
Beethoven dedicatee (5 letters)
33 Down
"Rocket Man" rocker (9 letters)
34 Down
Pastel hue (4 letters)
35 Down
Scat syllable (3 letters)
36 Down
Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g. (4 letters)
39 Down
Parasol's offering (5 letters)
41 Down
Leave high and dry (4 letters)
42 Down
Say "Hey, batter batter batter" and such (7 letters)
44 Down
Mr. Met, for one (6 letters)
47 Down
Tubular pasta (5 letters)
48 Down
Mosaic artist's material (5 letters)
49 Down
Spanish poet García ___ (5 letters)
50 Down
Fifth-century canonized pope (5 letters)
51 Down
Birthstone for many Scorpios (5 letters)
52 Down
Working stiff (5 letters)
54 Down
The old man (4 letters)
55 Down
Banjo accessory (4 letters)
56 Down
Double or nothing, e.g. (3 letters)
57 Down
Tpke., e.g. (3 letters)

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