Wednesday Crossword — January 11, 2012

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Chuck Deodene1/11/2012

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Semidomed area (4 letters)
5 Across
Constellation with the star Rigel (5 letters)
10 Across
Smidgens (4 letters)
14 Across
Mecca for oenophiles (4 letters)
15 Across
Like a drag revue (5 letters)
16 Across
___-B (4 letters)
17 Across
Fabric store employees? (10 letters)
19 Across
"Me neither" (4 letters)
20 Across
"Nixon in China" role (3 letters)
21 Across
Sculptor Jean (3 letters)
22 Across
Fed in pursuit of counterfeiters (4 letters)
23 Across
Repair for a torn pullover? (14 letters)
27 Across
___ esprit (witty one) (3 letters)
28 Across
Set of parts awaiting assembly (3 letters)
29 Across
Bothersome (5 letters)
30 Across
Org. that oversees American athletes (4 letters)
32 Across
Gunk (3 letters)
34 Across
Bro's sibling (3 letters)
35 Across
Attend a tennis tournament because one is a fan of? (15 letters)
41 Across
"La Femme Nikita" director Besson (3 letters)
42 Across
Serengeti herd member (3 letters)
43 Across
Vostok 1's Gagarin (4 letters)
44 Across
Slanted columns? (5 letters)
47 Across
Dallas is in it, for short (3 letters)
49 Across
Kicker (3 letters)
50 Across
Cookies baked by Satan? (14 letters)
55 Across
Ocean predator (4 letters)
56 Across
Back-to-school night grp. (3 letters)
57 Across
E.M.T. hookups (3 letters)
58 Across
Mineral suffixes (4 letters)
59 Across
Arrest made on a side street? (10 letters)
64 Across
Online destination (4 letters)
65 Across
Sierra ___ (5 letters)
66 Across
Grumpy (4 letters)
67 Across
Muscular jerks (4 letters)
68 Across
Harmonizes, as digital devices (5 letters)
69 Across
Form of fencing (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
All of the above, e.g.: Abbr. (3 letters)
2 Down
Claw holder (3 letters)
3 Down
2005 Broadway hit based on a 1974 film (8 letters)
4 Down
Vex (5 letters)
5 Down
Edinburgh exclamation (3 letters)
6 Down
Turncoat (3 letters)
7 Down
"To clarify ..." (5 letters)
8 Down
Eye-straining exhibit (5 letters)
9 Down
Young termite, e.g. (5 letters)
10 Down
Advice to an introvert (9 letters)
11 Down
Airborne stimuli (6 letters)
12 Down
President after George (6 letters)
13 Down
Toy consisting of 80 feet of wire (6 letters)
18 Down
One making a wake-up call? (4 letters)
23 Down
Money across the border (4 letters)
24 Down
Feat for a soprano (5 letters)
25 Down
Plains native (4 letters)
26 Down
Monumental (4 letters)
27 Down
Flu (3 letters)
31 Down
Dead-ended investigations (9 letters)
33 Down
Text messager's "Wow!" (3 letters)
34 Down
Cram (5 letters)
36 Down
Heinie (4 letters)
37 Down
___ Domini (4 letters)
38 Down
Period (8 letters)
39 Down
Oka River city (4 letters)
40 Down
Semi (3 letters)
44 Down
Wind section player (6 letters)
45 Down
Trilogy's midsection (6 letters)
46 Down
Yadda, yadda, yadda (6 letters)
48 Down
Fashionable (4 letters)
51 Down
Milky gems (5 letters)
52 Down
Five-time All-Star second baseman Chase ___ (5 letters)
53 Down
Avian gripper (5 letters)
54 Down
Sidestep (5 letters)
60 Down
S.A.S.E., for one (3 letters)
61 Down
"Getting to ___" (best-selling business book) (3 letters)
62 Down
What a walk-on awaits (3 letters)
63 Down
Bygone Eur. realm (3 letters)

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