Friday Crossword — March 18, 2011

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Patrick Merrell3/18/2011

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Carpaccio base, maybe (7 letters)
8 Across
Rite aide (7 letters)
15 Across
"I haven't a care in the world" (7 letters)
16 Across
He succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989 (7 letters)
17 Across
Certain committee member (7 letters)
18 Across
Surveys, usually with negative responses (7 letters)
19 Across
Music genre (6 letters)
21 Across
Barbados, e.g. (4 letters)
22 Across
Worms cries (4 letters)
25 Across
Ulysses S. Grant was its eighth pres. (3 letters)
26 Across
Refuted (6 letters)
28 Across
State sch. in Kingston (3 letters)
29 Across
Severely rebukes (9 letters)
31 Across
What mown lawns do (6 letters)
33 Across
Wheelchair attachments (8 letters)
36 Across
Home of Hampshire College (7 letters)
38 Across
Part of an ancient procession (7 letters)
39 Across
Pressured (8 letters)
41 Across
Get rid of (6 letters)
42 Across
Dolphin, e.g. (9 letters)
44 Across
Organizational figure (3 letters)
45 Across
Strapping (6 letters)
47 Across
Jules Verne harpooner ___ Land (3 letters)
48 Across
Singer Vannelli of 1970s-'80s pop (4 letters)
49 Across
"___ mouse!" (4 letters)
50 Across
Flightless bird (6 letters)
52 Across
Standard with the lyric "Ain't these tears in my eyes tellin' you?" (7 letters)
55 Across
Smooth (7 letters)
59 Across
Beady-eyed and sneaky (7 letters)
60 Across
Criminal types (7 letters)
61 Across
Was irritated and made some noise about it? (7 letters)
62 Across
Semiannual event (7 letters)

Down

1 Down
Some linemen: Abbr. (3 letters)
2 Down
What may be coming after you (3 letters)
3 Down
Not ruddy (3 letters)
4 Down
23-Down caramel desserts (5 letters)
5 Down
"Must've been something ___" (4 letters)
6 Down
When there's nothing doing (11 letters)
7 Down
City known as Salisbury until 1982 (6 letters)
8 Down
Farm delivery (4 letters)
9 Down
Accomplish by economy, with "out" (3 letters)
10 Down
You: Ger. (3 letters)
11 Down
Games that go into overtime, say (9 letters)
12 Down
United States divider (11 letters)
13 Down
"... ___ told by an idiot": Macbeth (5 letters)
14 Down
"Got it" (5 letters)
20 Down
Rancor (4 letters)
22 Down
Like something you've heard? (5 letters)
23 Down
See 4-Down (5 letters)
24 Down
Wasted (11 letters)
26 Down
Home to more than 5 1/2 million Arabs (11 letters)
27 Down
Kind of pass (6 letters)
29 Down
Ethnic cuisine (6 letters)
30 Down
___ Crighton Trophy (Canada's Heisman-like award) (3 letters)
32 Down
Like wind and solar energy (9 letters)
34 Down
Wheel alignment (5 letters)
35 Down
Pope with a Nov. 10 feast day (5 letters)
37 Down
Gob (3 letters)
40 Down
Pretty ballerina in an Abba song (4 letters)
43 Down
Respite from dependents and everyone else (6 letters)
45 Down
Some circus performers (5 letters)
46 Down
Bring back to full strength, as a staff (5 letters)
48 Down
Guardian spirits (5 letters)
50 Down
Papyrus, e.g. (4 letters)
51 Down
Some soft white blocks (4 letters)
53 Down
La ___ (Hollywood nickname) (3 letters)
54 Down
Marilyn Monroe played one in "Some Like It Hot" (3 letters)
56 Down
Suffix with bass (3 letters)
57 Down
Operation Mail Call grp. (3 letters)
58 Down
B.O. buys (3 letters)

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