Saturday Crossword — February 23, 2013

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1560 clues~30-60 minBy Todd Gross2/23/2013

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Dragging vehicles (9 letters)
10 Across
Massachusetts governor after John Hancock (11 letters)
12 Across
One who was very successful with numbered balls (13 letters)
14 Across
Advance man? (6 letters)
15 Across
Some clouds (6 letters)
17 Across
Cerebral canals (5 letters)
18 Across
Crook's mark (3 letters)
21 Across
Apostle of Ire. (5 letters)
22 Across
Plate setting (4 letters)
23 Across
Board game found in Egyptian tombs (5 letters)
25 Across
Group led by a Grand Exalted Ruler (4 letters)
26 Across
"The Chronicles of Vladimir ___" (hit young adult book series about a vampire) (3 letters)
27 Across
Feature of some televised debates (11 letters)
29 Across
Spanish demonstrative (3 letters)
30 Across
Long and twisty (7 letters)
31 Across
"The L Word" network, in listings (3 letters)
32 Across
Survey militarily (11 letters)
34 Across
Canvas in a wooden frame, of sorts (3 letters)
35 Across
Yeomen of the Guard officer (4 letters)
36 Across
Ready to play (5 letters)
37 Across
Number one, to some (4 letters)
38 Across
Old letters (5 letters)
40 Across
"Combats avec ___ défenseurs!" (line from "La Marseillaise") (3 letters)
41 Across
In a way, informally (5 letters)
42 Across
Some Japanese-Americans (6 letters)
44 Across
Period of slow growth (6 letters)
45 Across
One who is very successful with numbered balls (13 letters)
49 Across
One getting laughs at others' expense (11 letters)
50 Across
Exercise leader (9 letters)

Down

1 Down
Stopped flowing (6 letters)
2 Down
Exeunt ___ (stage direction) (5 letters)
3 Down
Violin virtuoso Leopold (4 letters)
4 Down
French preposition (3 letters)
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Street caution (3 letters)
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Part of an equitable trade, figuratively speaking (3 letters)
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Writer LeShan and others (4 letters)
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Bundles of logs, maybe (5 letters)
9 Down
Not so dim (7 letters)
10 Down
Dublin-born singer with a 1990 #1 hit (13 letters)
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Kings' home (13 letters)
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GQ sort of guy (11 letters)
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Part-owner, say (11 letters)
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Mess makers (9 letters)
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"Just a few more miles" (9 letters)
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Hit show (7 letters)
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Chemical used in dyes (7 letters)
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Dress store section (7 letters)
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Weary (5 letters)
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Reproved, in a way (5 letters)
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Sessions in D.C., say (3 letters)
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Battle of ___ (first Allied victory of W.W. I) (3 letters)
33 Down
Like some shopping (7 letters)
37 Down
Luster, e.g. (6 letters)
39 Down
Gripping parts of gecko footpads (5 letters)
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"Roots" family surname (5 letters)
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Superlative suffix (4 letters)
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___ list (4 letters)
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Map abbr. (3 letters)
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Soprano Sumac (3 letters)
48 Down
Mil. branch disbanded in 1978 (3 letters)

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