Saturday Crossword — November 19, 2016

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen11/19/2016

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Skated on thin ice (8 letters)
9 Across
Scrap (5 letters)
14 Across
Blips (9 letters)
16 Across
Square (5 letters)
17 Across
Title for the leader of Chile or South Korea (15 letters)
19 Across
Blip on a radar screen (5 letters)
20 Across
Miss, abroad: Abbr. (4 letters)
21 Across
His gravestone says simply "PLAYWRIGHT" (4 letters)
22 Across
Counterpart to 24-Across (4 letters)
24 Across
Counterpart to 22-Across (3 letters)
25 Across
It's a must (4 letters)
26 Across
Precursor of rocksteady (3 letters)
28 Across
Org. featured in 2014's "Cesar Chavez" (3 letters)
30 Across
Dish made with mayo (4 letters)
32 Across
Former minority whip in both the House and Senate (4 letters)
34 Across
It seeks pledges annually (4 letters)
36 Across
App tappers (5 letters)
39 Across
Like neat freaks (15 letters)
42 Across
Hindi for "palace" (5 letters)
43 Across
"A storm's a-brewin'" (4 letters)
44 Across
Logical connector (4 letters)
45 Across
Lady of Camelot (4 letters)
47 Across
Event requiring an S.E.C. filing (3 letters)
48 Across
Cognizance (3 letters)
49 Across
Subj. of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (4 letters)
51 Across
Arabic patronymic part (3 letters)
53 Across
Alternative to a tap (4 letters)
56 Across
Author whose "Earth's Children" series has sold more than 45 million copies (4 letters)
57 Across
"Paul Bunyan's toothpicks" (4 letters)
59 Across
Italian sausage ingredient (5 letters)
62 Across
Where East meets West? (15 letters)
65 Across
Pronouncements (5 letters)
66 Across
Military testing grounds and such (9 letters)
67 Across
Had a bad feeling (5 letters)
68 Across
High class (8 letters)

Down

1 Down
Inclination (4 letters)
2 Down
39-Across, informally (4 letters)
3 Down
Hardly a piece of cake (15 letters)
4 Down
Name on a range (5 letters)
5 Down
Common microwaveable dish (5 letters)
6 Down
Haiti's ___-Ã -Vache (3 letters)
7 Down
Doesn't toss back, say (4 letters)
8 Down
Lead actress on TV's "Scandal" (15 letters)
9 Down
___ juris (of legal age) (3 letters)
10 Down
Deadlock (9 letters)
11 Down
It sold for a penny at its 1851 launch (15 letters)
12 Down
Shade (5 letters)
13 Down
Chose (5 letters)
15 Down
Program whose prospects are looking up? (4 letters)
18 Down
Minus (4 letters)
23 Down
Lip (4 letters)
26 Down
Subject of "How the Other Half Lives" (4 letters)
27 Down
Rain forest nut (4 letters)
29 Down
Mrs., abroad (4 letters)
31 Down
Something taken in preparation for a trip (3 letters)
33 Down
Decode (9 letters)
35 Down
Old Trans Am feature (4 letters)
37 Down
Olympic event with singles, doubles and team relay (4 letters)
38 Down
Airs (4 letters)
40 Down
Loser of the Drama in Bahama (3 letters)
41 Down
Food chain (4 letters)
46 Down
Salmon seasoning (4 letters)
49 Down
The Beijing Olympics mascot Jingjing, e.g. (5 letters)
50 Down
Like some feet (5 letters)
52 Down
J. M. Barrie's Mr. Smee, e.g. (4 letters)
54 Down
Katey of "Sons of Anarchy" (5 letters)
55 Down
Net (5 letters)
58 Down
___ pearls (tapioca lookalike) (4 letters)
60 Down
A vast quantity (4 letters)
61 Down
North Carolina motto opener (4 letters)
63 Down
Bucko (3 letters)
64 Down
Pirate, e.g. (3 letters)

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