Thursday Crossword — March 10, 2011

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1570 clues~15-30 minBy Matt Ginsberg3/10/2011

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
*Poet's performance (7 letters)
8 Across
Frequent flooding site (6 letters)
14 Across
Country with which the U.S. goes to war in "Wag the Dog" (7 letters)
15 Across
Who "saved my life tonight" in a 1975 Elton John hit (7 letters)
16 Across
With 36- and 58-Across, what the answers to the starred clues are (15 letters)
18 Across
Jacket material, for short? (3 letters)
19 Across
1973 nonfiction best seller about a woman with multiple personalities (5 letters)
20 Across
Lady of the knight? (4 letters)
21 Across
"Me, too" (5 letters)
24 Across
Line ___ (4 letters)
26 Across
"The Thin Man" actress (3 letters)
27 Across
___ Beach, Calif. (7 letters)
30 Across
Plunder (6 letters)
32 Across
Big name in circuses (6 letters)
35 Across
B, A, D, G and E, e.g. (5 letters)
36 Across
See 16-Across (11 letters)
38 Across
Say "B-A-D-G-E," e.g. (5 letters)
40 Across
Figures on the ceiling of la Cappella Sistina (6 letters)
41 Across
Impersonated at a costume party (6 letters)
43 Across
Spoils (7 letters)
47 Across
Nutritional amt. (3 letters)
48 Across
Doughnuts, but not danishes (4 letters)
51 Across
Piece of the action (5 letters)
52 Across
Gillette offering (4 letters)
54 Across
Bette's "Divine" stage persona (5 letters)
57 Across
Actress Vardalos (3 letters)
58 Across
See 16-Across (15 letters)
62 Across
"I'm done after this" (7 letters)
63 Across
"Somehow everything gets done" (7 letters)
64 Across
Does nothing (6 letters)
65 Across
*Like Seattle vis-à-vis Phoenix (7 letters)

Down

1 Down
Seafood lover's hangout (6 letters)
2 Down
Nancy Drew's aunt (6 letters)
3 Down
One way to travel or study (6 letters)
4 Down
Pop (3 letters)
5 Down
Connections (3 letters)
6 Down
Cheese ___ (4 letters)
7 Down
Player of golf (4 letters)
8 Down
Clink (6 letters)
9 Down
Prey of wild dogs and crocodiles (3 letters)
10 Down
Furnish (4 letters)
11 Down
Neighborhood (8 letters)
12 Down
Flower that shares its name with a tentacled sea creature (7 letters)
13 Down
They might depart at midnight (7 letters)
15 Down
Huff (4 letters)
17 Down
Japanese band (3 letters)
22 Down
*Not fixed (6 letters)
23 Down
Like Elgar's Symphony No. 1 (7 letters)
25 Down
Cloaks (7 letters)
28 Down
"What's the ___?" (3 letters)
29 Down
Pharmaceutical oils (4 letters)
31 Down
*Shine (6 letters)
33 Down
Old World eagle (3 letters)
34 Down
Burglar in detective stories (4 letters)
36 Down
William who played Uncle Charley on "My Three Sons" (8 letters)
37 Down
Prefix with paganism (3 letters)
38 Down
Many signatures (7 letters)
39 Down
Noodle dish (7 letters)
42 Down
Lots and lots of (6 letters)
44 Down
Battle cry (6 letters)
45 Down
French department in the Pyrenees (6 letters)
46 Down
Less lively (6 letters)
49 Down
Opportune (4 letters)
50 Down
"Whatever it ___ don't care!" (3 letters)
53 Down
Drones, maybe (4 letters)
55 Down
Excitement (4 letters)
56 Down
___ Bear (4 letters)
59 Down
Inner ear? (3 letters)
60 Down
Medieval French love poem (3 letters)
61 Down
What a keeper may keep (3 letters)

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