Friday Crossword — September 12, 2014

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Michael Wiesenberg9/12/2014

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Queen's music (11 letters)
12 Across
Film developer?: Abbr. (3 letters)
15 Across
"Hasta la vista!" (11 letters)
16 Across
Musician with the 2012 album "Lux" (3 letters)
17 Across
Allows someone to walk, say (11 letters)
18 Across
Big gun on a ship: Abbr. (3 letters)
19 Across
Oxford, e.g., to its students (3 letters)
20 Across
Michael of "Juno" (4 letters)
21 Across
Oxide used in picture tubes (6 letters)
23 Across
"A person who talks when you wish him to listen," per Ambrose Bierce (4 letters)
24 Across
Lead (7 letters)
25 Across
Shots (6 letters)
28 Across
Coddle, e.g. (8 letters)
29 Across
Shack (5 letters)
30 Across
Artistic friend of Zola (5 letters)
31 Across
Sharpshooter's skill (3 letters)
32 Across
Poet Wilfred ___ (4 letters)
33 Across
Out of gear? (5 letters)
34 Across
Buchanan in a bookstore (4 letters)
35 Across
Word of logic (3 letters)
36 Across
Moving day multitude (5 letters)
37 Across
Governor or senator follower (5 letters)
38 Across
Caught in a web (8 letters)
40 Across
Certain book, sizewise (6 letters)
41 Across
Makes out (7 letters)
42 Across
Secure neatly, as an umbrella (4 letters)
43 Across
Pioneer in the Nevada gaming industry (6 letters)
44 Across
One of its categories is Agency of the Year (4 letters)
45 Across
With 46-Down, two-in-one movie players (3 letters)
48 Across
It's often an oxide (3 letters)
49 Across
Something avoided in a factory outlet (11 letters)
52 Across
Washington and McKinley: Abbr. (3 letters)
53 Across
Commute, in a way (11 letters)
54 Across
Replies of confusion (3 letters)
55 Across
Stick here and there (11 letters)

Down

1 Down
Archaeologists often find what they're looking for in this (4 letters)
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Counterfeiter fighter, informally (4 letters)
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Isao of golf (4 letters)
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At full term (3 letters)
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"No worries" (7 letters)
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Comes out with (6 letters)
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Skiing twins' surname (5 letters)
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Sister of Phoebe, in myth (4 letters)
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"Or softly lightens ___ her face": Byron (3 letters)
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Like many kids' self-made greeting cards (8 letters)
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Didn't let oneself go, say (7 letters)
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Lead-in to some written advice (10 letters)
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Blurred (10 letters)
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Option for a marinara base (10 letters)
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Not too big a jerk (3 letters)
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Old bomber (4 letters)
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A lot of what makes you you (5 letters)
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Checked in with loved ones, say (10 letters)
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Exclamation that might be punctuated "??!?" (10 letters)
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Put too much weight on (10 letters)
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Like some potato chips (5 letters)
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Ceilings (5 letters)
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From the Union (8 letters)
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Hebrew for "to the skies" (4 letters)
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Rival of Captain Morgan (7 letters)
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Abba's music (7 letters)
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___ Tamid (ever-burning synagogue lamp) (3 letters)
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Thick spreads (6 letters)
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Ace on a base (5 letters)
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Give up (4 letters)
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One of its fragrances is Poison (4 letters)
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See 45-Across (4 letters)
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Rink fooler (4 letters)
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Small warbler (3 letters)
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Inits. of Thoreau's mentor (3 letters)

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