Friday Crossword — October 17, 2014

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Michael Ashley10/17/2014

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Something running on a cell (9 letters)
10 Across
"The Waltons" co-star Ralph (5 letters)
15 Across
Starting to succeed (9 letters)
16 Across
Opera title boy (5 letters)
17 Across
Been exposed to an awful lot (9 letters)
18 Across
Like Royal Albert Hall (5 letters)
19 Across
Roofing option (3 letters)
20 Across
"Palindromania!" writer Jon (4 letters)
21 Across
Male duck (5 letters)
22 Across
Be up (3 letters)
24 Across
Ones hanging around delis? (7 letters)
26 Across
Flashers at a rock concert (7 letters)
30 Across
Let up (6 letters)
31 Across
Superslim (11 letters)
34 Across
Some QB protectors (3 letters)
35 Across
Out of service?: Abbr. (4 letters)
36 Across
Gouge, e.g. (3 letters)
37 Across
Dog tag? (4 letters)
38 Across
Thespian Thurman (3 letters)
39 Across
One who's often 31-Across (11 letters)
43 Across
Orbiting Galaxy, e.g. (6 letters)
45 Across
Hulu offerings (7 letters)
46 Across
Like a cat-o'-nine-tails' nine tails (7 letters)
48 Across
Spitfire org. (3 letters)
49 Across
Paul who pioneered in quantum mechanics (5 letters)
50 Across
Means to deep spiritual insight (4 letters)
53 Across
Malaria-fighting compound during W.W. II (3 letters)
56 Across
Development sites? (5 letters)
57 Across
"V for Vendetta" writer (9 letters)
60 Across
"Le Bassin aux Nymphéas" painter (5 letters)
61 Across
Tabs, e.g. (9 letters)
62 Across
Lead character in seasons 1-3 of "Homeland" (5 letters)
63 Across
One-run homers (9 letters)

Down

1 Down
Start of many records (4 letters)
2 Down
Prime draft pick (4 letters)
3 Down
Two-time belligerent against the British Empire (4 letters)
4 Down
Country ___ (3 letters)
5 Down
"Magnum, P.I." wear (3 letters)
6 Down
Things dealt with in passing? (7 letters)
7 Down
Like many dogs' tails (4 letters)
8 Down
Faint (4 letters)
9 Down
TV's Goober and others (5 letters)
10 Down
Was ducky? (7 letters)
11 Down
Lacking scruples (6 letters)
12 Down
2007 satirical best seller (10 letters)
13 Down
2007 Jamie Foxx film set in Saudi Arabia (10 letters)
14 Down
Many future monarchs (10 letters)
22 Down
What atoms may have (4 letters)
23 Down
Oakland Oaks' org. (3 letters)
25 Down
Consist of (3 letters)
26 Down
Overawed (10 letters)
27 Down
Church-owned newsweekly, for short (10 letters)
28 Down
Only Hispanic performer with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (10 letters)
29 Down
___ Club (4 letters)
32 Down
Player motivator (3 letters)
33 Down
Olympian troublemaker (4 letters)
37 Down
Person's sphere of operation (4 letters)
39 Down
Easy street's location? (7 letters)
40 Down
Had (3 letters)
41 Down
Town at the tip of Italy's "heel" (7 letters)
42 Down
Carrying people, for short? (3 letters)
44 Down
Didn't just peek (6 letters)
47 Down
Couples (5 letters)
51 Down
Potpourri (4 letters)
52 Down
Fine ___ (Irish political party) (4 letters)
53 Down
Dummy (4 letters)
54 Down
"Consarn it all!" (4 letters)
55 Down
Danny Ocean's ex-wife in "Ocean's Eleven" (4 letters)
58 Down
Some mail for a mag (3 letters)
59 Down
"Will ya look at that!" (3 letters)

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