Wednesday Crossword — February 23, 2011

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Barry C. Silk2/23/2011

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Audibly in shock (5 letters)
6 Across
Rack item (3 letters)
9 Across
Can't stomach (5 letters)
14 Across
State-run revenue source (5 letters)
15 Across
1945 flag-raising site, briefly (3 letters)
16 Across
Arledge who pioneered Monday night football (5 letters)
17 Across
Grammy winner James and others (5 letters)
18 Across
Horror film star Chaney (3 letters)
19 Across
Widely known (5 letters)
20 Across
Big Bopper hit (13 letters)
23 Across
[as printed] (3 letters)
24 Across
Common gout site (3 letters)
25 Across
Title for Paul McCartney (3 letters)
26 Across
Actor McShane of "Deadwood" (3 letters)
29 Across
Barrier with a diamond pattern (14 letters)
33 Across
Thurman of film (3 letters)
34 Across
Baseballer-turned-spy Berg (3 letters)
35 Across
Unaccompanied (4 letters)
36 Across
Place to get a bucket of balls (5 letters)
39 Across
In a funk (3 letters)
40 Across
Like some paper and coats (5 letters)
41 Across
"Understood" (4 letters)
42 Across
Sock-in-the-gut reaction (3 letters)
43 Across
Mauna ___ (3 letters)
44 Across
Group overseeing Notre Dame Cathedral (14 letters)
49 Across
H.M.S. part (3 letters)
50 Across
Just fine (3 letters)
51 Across
California town name starter (3 letters)
52 Across
Rock's ___ Rose (3 letters)
54 Across
Remote possibility ... or a hint to 20-, 29- and 44-Across (13 letters)
58 Across
Yawl's pair (5 letters)
60 Across
"No dice!" (3 letters)
61 Across
Weighed down (5 letters)
62 Across
Russian pancakes (5 letters)
63 Across
First Liston/Clay fight result, in brief (3 letters)
64 Across
Republican-turned-Democrat Specter (5 letters)
65 Across
It's a plus (5 letters)
66 Across
Anthem contraction (3 letters)
67 Across
Like a neglected lawn (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Smart guys? (5 letters)
2 Down
Notre Dame's architectural style (6 letters)
3 Down
Tack on (6 letters)
4 Down
Satirist Freberg (4 letters)
5 Down
When racehorses are at the gate (8 letters)
6 Down
Jewish campus group (6 letters)
7 Down
M.P.'s quarry (4 letters)
8 Down
Press secretary under George W. Bush (8 letters)
9 Down
Kennel outburst (6 letters)
10 Down
Old U.K. carrier (4 letters)
11 Down
Follow a signal to (8 letters)
12 Down
Admit ___ (3 letters)
13 Down
Badly chafed (3 letters)
21 Down
Inner Hebrides isle (4 letters)
22 Down
___ button (Facebook icon) (4 letters)
27 Down
Oxy 5 target (4 letters)
28 Down
___-to-know basis (4 letters)
30 Down
Boring tool (5 letters)
31 Down
"Bye for now!" (5 letters)
32 Down
___ González affair of 2000 (5 letters)
36 Down
Rolling in it (4 letters)
37 Down
1975 Wimbledon winner (4 letters)
38 Down
Phobic disorder, e.g. (8 letters)
39 Down
Check out (8 letters)
40 Down
Ordinance aimed at pet owners (8 letters)
42 Down
Shouts of surprise (4 letters)
43 Down
Ray who built McDonald's into a giant (4 letters)
45 Down
Watch a kitty (6 letters)
46 Down
Limb-bending muscle (6 letters)
47 Down
Thing to snuff (6 letters)
48 Down
Go over (6 letters)
53 Down
1974 title role for Dustin Hoffman (5 letters)
55 Down
___ Reader (alternative magazine) (4 letters)
56 Down
Flood barrier (4 letters)
57 Down
Rhine feeder (4 letters)
58 Down
Wharton deg. (3 letters)
59 Down
Capp and Capone (3 letters)

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