Saturday Crossword — August 10, 2013

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Chris A. McGlothlin8/10/2013

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Title trio of a 1980 Pulitzer winner (15 letters)
16 Across
One-on-one with a big shot (15 letters)
17 Across
Gist (15 letters)
18 Across
French preposition (3 letters)
19 Across
"Just what I need" (5 letters)
20 Across
Stamp purchases (5 letters)
23 Across
"Cool dad" on "Modern Family" (4 letters)
24 Across
Hill minority: Abbr. (4 letters)
28 Across
Top honors for atletas olímpicos (4 letters)
29 Across
They're often taken on horses (4 letters)
30 Across
Happening (5 letters)
31 Across
"... we'll ___ a cup o' kindness ...": Burns (3 letters)
32 Across
First name in Harlem Renaissance literature (4 letters)
33 Across
Quail (6 letters)
34 Across
Winged it (15 letters)
37 Across
Napkin material (6 letters)
38 Across
Son of 30-Down (4 letters)
39 Across
"___ wise guy, eh?" (3 letters)
40 Across
Very little (of) (5 letters)
41 Across
A quarter of acht (4 letters)
42 Across
Second-largest city in Nicaragua (4 letters)
43 Across
Tree-hugger? (4 letters)
44 Across
Youthful and fresh (4 letters)
45 Across
Longtime late-night announcer (5 letters)
46 Across
Breakout company of 1976 (5 letters)
48 Across
Spearfishing need (3 letters)
49 Across
Moment's notice? (15 letters)
56 Across
Vetoes (15 letters)
57 Across
Some government checks (15 letters)

Down

1 Down
It might tell you where to get off (3 letters)
2 Down
Sch. founded by a Pentecostal preacher (3 letters)
3 Down
Turn down (3 letters)
4 Down
Dances around (6 letters)
5 Down
Dangerous things to weave on (5 letters)
6 Down
Ballparks at J.F.K.? (4 letters)
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Her, to Henriette (3 letters)
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Grabbed some sack time (15 letters)
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Self-confidence to a fault (6 letters)
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Vehicular bomb? (5 letters)
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Romance novelist's award (4 letters)
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Looking ecstatic (8 letters)
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One of the Romneys (3 letters)
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New Deal inits. (3 letters)
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Snicker bit (3 letters)
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Home of Sanssouci Palace (7 letters)
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Wind River Reservation native (7 letters)
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Hiawatha's grandmother in "The Song of Hiawatha" (7 letters)
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Philatelist's concern, briefly (4 letters)
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Clean type (7 letters)
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Lab growth need (7 letters)
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Designer Gabbana of Dolce & Gabbana (7 letters)
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Stamp purchase (4 letters)
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Father of 38-Across (4 letters)
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Limoncello ingredient (4 letters)
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K. J. ___, 2011 Players Championship champion (4 letters)
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Univ. in Manhattan (8 letters)
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Smaller cousin of a four-in-hand? (4 letters)
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100 bits? (6 letters)
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San Diego suburb (6 letters)
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Russian retreat (5 letters)
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One trying to avoid a banking crisis? (5 letters)
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Loss from a guillotine (4 letters)
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They're issued to cruisers, briefly (4 letters)
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Little chances? (3 letters)
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Fruitcake (3 letters)
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It's H-shaped (3 letters)
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First year of the Liang dynasty (3 letters)
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"Kung Fu" actor Philip (3 letters)
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Part of U.S.S.R.: Abbr. (3 letters)
55 Down
Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. (3 letters)

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