Saturday Crossword — July 13, 2013

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1566 clues~30-60 minBy Byron Walden7/13/2013

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Back order? (6 letters)
7 Across
Main means of defense? (8 letters)
15 Across
First city bombed in W.W. II's Baedeker Blitz (6 letters)
16 Across
Opted to duck (8 letters)
17 Across
1954 Audie Murphy western (6 letters)
18 Across
Prom amenity (8 letters)
19 Across
It comes with lots of extras (10 letters)
21 Across
"Every hero becomes a ___ at last": Emerson (4 letters)
22 Across
W's is 74 (4 letters)
23 Across
Not hunched over (5 letters)
24 Across
Biased writing?: Abbr. (4 letters)
25 Across
Pounded side (3 letters)
26 Across
Scrooge's portrayer in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (5 letters)
27 Across
Soul (5 letters)
28 Across
Pens (8 letters)
30 Across
Jaguar, for one (6 letters)
31 Across
Classic brand in men's apparel (4 letters)
32 Across
Occur (4 letters)
33 Across
Occur (6 letters)
36 Across
Christ the ___ (Rio de Janeiro landmark) (8 letters)
40 Across
Grace (5 letters)
41 Across
Small, round and shiny (5 letters)
42 Across
Letters on some overseas packages (3 letters)
43 Across
Person taking drugs (4 letters)
44 Across
Dark green? (5 letters)
45 Across
Automotive plural selected in a 2011 promotion (4 letters)
46 Across
Court position (4 letters)
47 Across
They're off on casual Fridays (10 letters)
49 Across
___ chicken (8 letters)
51 Across
Indignant denial (6 letters)
52 Across
Frozen treat with Alexander the Grape as one of its flavors (8 letters)
53 Across
2010 U.S. Open winner McDowell (6 letters)
54 Across
Setting of the Levant (8 letters)
55 Across
Tito's successor as head of the Non-Aligned Movement (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Superman accessory (7 letters)
2 Down
Apply to (7 letters)
3 Down
Of pions and kaons (7 letters)
4 Down
When clocks are set back for the end of daylight saving time (5 letters)
5 Down
Pi Day celebrant, perhaps (4 letters)
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Late October to March, in West Africa (9 letters)
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Malaria enlarges them (7 letters)
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It might be in a jam (6 letters)
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Not satisfied (5 letters)
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Midori on ice (3 letters)
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"White Christmas" singer, informally (9 letters)
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Beyond silly (7 letters)
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Obama descriptor (7 letters)
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Show reverence to, in a way (7 letters)
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Called out (5 letters)
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Deceive (5 letters)
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"Revelations" choreographer (5 letters)
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Expert in facial recognition? (9 letters)
30 Down
Recall reason (9 letters)
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They may be stoked (5 letters)
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Jazz legend who turned the Benny Goodman Trio into the Benny Goodman Quartet (7 letters)
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Worship (7 letters)
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Cornmeal mush (7 letters)
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It often comes with a "Thank You" (7 letters)
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Devil dogs (7 letters)
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Height (7 letters)
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Whoop it up (7 letters)
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Unpaid mine workers (6 letters)
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One of two components of the drug Sinemet (5 letters)
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Some athletic shoes (5 letters)
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Manhattan's ___ D. Roosevelt Park (4 letters)
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A heavy metal band may have it (3 letters)

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