Saturday Crossword — October 1, 2016

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1566 clues~30-60 minBy David Woolf10/1/2016

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
One of a pair of cuddlers (8 letters)
9 Across
Desired response to a 3-Down (6 letters)
15 Across
Handel bars (8 letters)
16 Across
Bartender's stock (6 letters)
17 Across
Participates in quid pro quo (8 letters)
18 Across
Edward Gorey's "The Gashlycrumb ___" (6 letters)
19 Across
In trouble for base violations? (8 letters)
20 Across
1982 international chart-topper by Trio with a repetitive title (6 letters)
21 Across
Digits in flats, maybe (4 letters)
22 Across
Noted challenges for movers (6 letters)
24 Across
About 92% of britannium (3 letters)
25 Across
Start of a lawyer's conclusion (5 letters)
27 Across
Tar liquid (4 letters)
28 Across
One getting hammered (4 letters)
29 Across
Some workers along Chesapeake Bay (6 letters)
31 Across
Roman soldier who became a Christian martyr (8 letters)
33 Across
Very long span (4 letters)
35 Across
Grinder (4 letters)
36 Across
Call to someone on deck (8 letters)
40 Across
Like sand dunes (6 letters)
44 Across
G.I. portions (4 letters)
45 Across
Symbol of happiness (4 letters)
47 Across
Iraklion is its capital (5 letters)
48 Across
First Chinese dynasty (3 letters)
49 Across
Relating to the abdomen (6 letters)
51 Across
Just those of Juan's things? (4 letters)
52 Across
It's on track to serve people (6 letters)
54 Across
Showy and sudden (8 letters)
56 Across
Like live-blogged sports updates (6 letters)
57 Across
Everything must go in it (8 letters)
58 Across
Deceitful sorts (6 letters)
59 Across
Basic count (8 letters)
60 Across
Three-footers (6 letters)
61 Across
Hoarder's squalor (8 letters)

Down

1 Down
Western wear (7 letters)
2 Down
Major export of Western Australia (7 letters)
3 Down
Series of bloopers (7 letters)
4 Down
Puts away under pressure? (10 letters)
5 Down
___ deck (4 letters)
6 Down
___ deck (5 letters)
7 Down
Where a mud engineer works (6 letters)
8 Down
Awful rating (7 letters)
9 Down
Showboat (9 letters)
10 Down
Billy the Kid, e.g. (5 letters)
11 Down
Rear (4 letters)
12 Down
Howard Hughes, for one (7 letters)
13 Down
Taking seriously (7 letters)
14 Down
Subject of the 2013 film "The Fifth Estate" (7 letters)
23 Down
Chris of CBS's "The Good Wife" (4 letters)
26 Down
Kind of diagram (4 letters)
28 Down
Motive that makes sense (10 letters)
30 Down
Spelling pro? (9 letters)
32 Down
Decker or Dickerson of the N.F.L. (4 letters)
34 Down
{ }, in mathematics (4 letters)
36 Down
Off-road racer (7 letters)
37 Down
Huffington of The Huffington Post (7 letters)
38 Down
March interrupter, maybe (7 letters)
39 Down
Purchased (7 letters)
41 Down
Take to term (7 letters)
42 Down
Headliners at le Palais Garnier, e.g. (7 letters)
43 Down
Spelunker's activity (7 letters)
46 Down
Place for an anchor (6 letters)
49 Down
Brand once advertised with the line "They never get on your nerves" (5 letters)
50 Down
Addition sign (5 letters)
53 Down
Give up (4 letters)
55 Down
Subway Series squad (4 letters)

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