Saturday Crossword — December 18, 2010

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Brad Wilber12/18/2010

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Aid in deep diving (11 letters)
12 Across
One might use Peter Pan, in brief (3 letters)
15 Across
"Casino" Golden Globe winner (11 letters)
16 Across
Sch. with a 60-foot "Praying Hands" sculpture (3 letters)
17 Across
Proverbially newsworthy item (11 letters)
18 Across
Designer of Alabama's Civil Rights Memorial (3 letters)
19 Across
It displays an array of spikes: Abbr. (3 letters)
20 Across
Trunk attachment (4 letters)
21 Across
Basic drive (6 letters)
23 Across
Take on (6 letters)
25 Across
Marine muncher on mangrove leaves (7 letters)
26 Across
Explosion producer (3 letters)
27 Across
Smashes (8 letters)
28 Across
Heroine of Inge's "Picnic" (5 letters)
31 Across
1986 Indy 500 winner (5 letters)
32 Across
Poule's counterpart (3 letters)
33 Across
Sparkle (4 letters)
34 Across
Opposite of frumpish (5 letters)
35 Across
Actor awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross in W.W. II (4 letters)
36 Across
On-target (3 letters)
37 Across
Deltoid ligament attachment point (5 letters)
38 Across
French frost (5 letters)
39 Across
Old Rory Calhoun TV western (8 letters)
41 Across
Disney character prone to spoonerisms (3 letters)
42 Across
Period about a decade before the 34-Down (7 letters)
43 Across
Person in a pool (6 letters)
46 Across
"Saving Fish From Drowning" novelist (6 letters)
47 Across
Fist pumper's cry (4 letters)
48 Across
Spider, Snoopy or Intrepid: Abbr. (3 letters)
50 Across
Football Hall-of-Famer Huff (3 letters)
51 Across
Artwork depicted in Dalí's "The Hallucinogenic Toreador" (11 letters)
54 Across
"Last Train to London" grp. (3 letters)
55 Across
Financial option upon leaving a job (11 letters)
56 Across
Father's alma mater: Abbr. (3 letters)
57 Across
Tag with a message, often (11 letters)

Down

1 Down
Woman in all four "Twilight" novels (4 letters)
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R&B's ___ Khan (5 letters)
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Pays dearly for one's crimes (5 letters)
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Astronomical discovery (3 letters)
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Stain (7 letters)
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Good way to arrive (6 letters)
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1972 Bill Withers hit (5 letters)
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Wreck checker: Abbr. (4 letters)
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U.S.N. and U.S.A.F. div. (3 letters)
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Ship with devastating cargo (8 letters)
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Queenly (7 letters)
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Like some platforms (9 letters)
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Engagement party? (9 letters)
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Queenly (9 letters)
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"Ridiculous!" (3 letters)
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Plus or minus, say (4 letters)
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Israel Philharmonic maestro (5 letters)
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Après-midi follows it (5 letters)
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Places to display cuts (9 letters)
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First mate? (9 letters)
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Intergenerational MTV reality show (9 letters)
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Home to Mohammed V University (5 letters)
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When William Safire worked at the White House (8 letters)
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One may be Protestant (4 letters)
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Shalom Meir Tower locale (7 letters)
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Entered rehab, e.g. (7 letters)
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Three-day holiday (3 letters)
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Not just dangerous (6 letters)
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Inebriate (5 letters)
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Rival of Yastrzemski for 1960s A.L. batting titles (5 letters)
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Filled anew, as a flat (5 letters)
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Chess master Averbakh (4 letters)
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Hog's desire (4 letters)
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Book editor Talese (3 letters)
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CO, e.g.: Abbr. (3 letters)

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