Friday Crossword — March 9, 2018

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Neville Fogarty and Doug Peterson3/9/2018

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Group in the original "Ocean's 11" (7 letters)
8 Across
Classic arcade game with lots of shooting (6 letters)
14 Across
Like Istanbul (8 letters)
16 Across
Emphatic admission (6 letters)
17 Across
First world capital, alphabetically (8 letters)
18 Across
Like clothes buttons, generally (6 letters)
19 Across
Unexciting poker holding (4 letters)
20 Across
2008 Bond girl Kurylenko (4 letters)
22 Across
Bedevil (5 letters)
23 Across
Car once promoted with the line "The thrill starts with the grille" (5 letters)
25 Across
Speaker units (4 letters)
27 Across
Prefix with -gon (4 letters)
28 Across
Nocturnal acronym (3 letters)
29 Across
Strange things (7 letters)
32 Across
Super 8, e.g. (3 letters)
33 Across
Group of female seals (5 letters)
34 Across
Powerhouse in Olympic weightlifting (6 letters)
36 Across
Gradually (13 letters)
39 Across
Animated character who graduated from Dogwarts University (6 letters)
40 Across
The "R" of 28-Across (5 letters)
41 Across
Circular parts (3 letters)
42 Across
Formidable opponents (7 letters)
44 Across
Campaign aid (3 letters)
47 Across
"The Old Curiosity Shop" girl (4 letters)
49 Across
Touched (4 letters)
50 Across
Rail center? (5 letters)
52 Across
Express stress, in a way (5 letters)
54 Across
Gulf of ___ (4 letters)
56 Across
Santa ___, Calif. (4 letters)
57 Across
Juiced (up) (6 letters)
59 Across
Jacob's partner in "A Christmas Carol" (8 letters)
61 Across
City nicknamed "The Old Pueblo" (6 letters)
62 Across
So-so, as support (8 letters)
63 Across
Acropolis figure (6 letters)
64 Across
Spots (7 letters)

Down

1 Down
One going against the grain? (6 letters)
2 Down
Poem greeting the dawn (6 letters)
3 Down
"What's past is past," e.g. (6 letters)
4 Down
Giant competitor (5 letters)
5 Down
Last name of cosmetics giant Mary Kay (3 letters)
6 Down
"See ya" (4 letters)
7 Down
Bad way to go (8 letters)
8 Down
Buffalo's home: Abbr. (3 letters)
9 Down
Has-___ (4 letters)
10 Down
Source of stone used to build the ancient Egyptian pyramids (5 letters)
11 Down
Flag-waving and such (8 letters)
12 Down
Musical "girl who cain't say no" (8 letters)
13 Down
Joe known as "The Comeback Kid" (7 letters)
15 Down
Cause of bad dreams, in modern lingo (13 letters)
21 Down
Follower of bon or mon (3 letters)
24 Down
Show immediately preceding another (6 letters)
26 Down
Scuffle (6 letters)
30 Down
For adults only (6 letters)
31 Down
Special-education challenge (6 letters)
33 Down
Bottom line? (3 letters)
35 Down
Tom Sawyer's half brother (3 letters)
36 Down
Request for food delivery (8 letters)
37 Down
Someone who's pretty darn good (8 letters)
38 Down
It could be on the tip of your tongue (8 letters)
39 Down
___ rap (7 letters)
43 Down
More, in México (3 letters)
44 Down
O.C.D. fighter, maybe (6 letters)
45 Down
Put forth (6 letters)
46 Down
Enamors (6 letters)
48 Down
Small slip (5 letters)
51 Down
"___ done now?" (5 letters)
53 Down
Superbright (4 letters)
55 Down
"The Wizard of Oz" farmhand (4 letters)
58 Down
Helicases split it (3 letters)
60 Down
Court divider (3 letters)

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