Saturday Crossword — May 19, 2012

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Patrick Berry5/19/2012

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
One with a coat of many colors (9 letters)
10 Across
Asian sea name (4 letters)
14 Across
Girl group with a 1986 #1 hit (10 letters)
15 Across
"Sì, mi chiamano ___" (Puccini aria) (4 letters)
16 Across
Like telescopes (10 letters)
17 Across
The Olympic Australis, e.g. (4 letters)
18 Across
Unlocked? (5 letters)
19 Across
1977 Paul Davis hit that spent 25 weeks in the Top 40 (8 letters)
21 Across
Negligible (4 letters)
22 Across
Rubber (6 letters)
24 Across
Old man (3 letters)
25 Across
"___ Time," 1952 million-selling Eddie Fisher hit (3 letters)
26 Across
Solitary places (5 letters)
27 Across
___ Humpalot, Austin Powers villain (5 letters)
29 Across
Pro ___ (5 letters)
30 Across
City NNE of Toledo (6 letters)
31 Across
Game in which players offer a few words (7 letters)
34 Across
Swingers hit on them at parties (7 letters)
35 Across
Manila airport name (6 letters)
36 Across
Like hurricane weather (5 letters)
37 Across
Punishment, metaphorically (5 letters)
38 Across
Bill who composed "Gonna Fly Now" (5 letters)
39 Across
Big trap (3 letters)
42 Across
CBer's place (3 letters)
43 Across
"Clamshell" computers of old (6 letters)
45 Across
Kennedy Center happening (4 letters)
46 Across
First, second and third (8 letters)
48 Across
Historic D.C. theater (5 letters)
49 Across
Beast fought by Heracles (4 letters)
50 Across
Donning, as loafers (10 letters)
53 Across
Gloom (4 letters)
54 Across
Chilling (10 letters)
55 Across
Short winter day? (4 letters)
56 Across
They may be heard in a temple (9 letters)

Down

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Redeem (6 letters)
2 Down
Second Triumvirate member (6 letters)
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David with a role for himself on TV (5 letters)
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Muscle ___ (4 letters)
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Junk (3 letters)
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California's Montaña de ___ State Park (3 letters)
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Duchess of Cornwall (7 letters)
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Mates (6 letters)
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Dishes eaten with the hands (5 letters)
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Topic for Catullus (4 letters)
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Shred (8 letters)
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Rain forest region (8 letters)
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Resting spots by the water (8 letters)
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"Stop!" overseas (5 letters)
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Pasta go-with (7 letters)
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Four-time Oscar nominee (never a winner) in the 1930s (5 letters)
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Motivators (4 letters)
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Doesn't merely observe (7 letters)
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Heady time for soldiers (4 letters)
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Rapid turnover (4 letters)
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They're hard to see through (5 letters)
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Organization of Afro-American Unity founder (8 letters)
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School house? (8 letters)
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Comic strip that Chic Young abandoned to create "Blondie" (8 letters)
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No-goodnik (4 letters)
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Touching bottom? (7 letters)
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Pet peeve? (6 letters)
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Herbert Henry Asquith's socialite wife (6 letters)
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___ Snow, Russell Brand's character in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek" (6 letters)
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"___ That a Time?" (Weavers album) (5 letters)
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Poet credited with popularizing haiku (5 letters)
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They may be heard in a temple (5 letters)
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Signs (4 letters)
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Done, in Dunkirk (4 letters)
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Wanamaker Trophy org. (3 letters)
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Jewelry box item (3 letters)

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