Crossword: ''You Missed!''

He shoots, he doesn't score
By MATT JONES  |  March 7, 2012

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Across
1 Prescription figures
6 Frenemy, in part
9 Tenth-grader, for short
13 Sportscaster Shaquille
14 Not real, like some crab meat: abbr.
16 Shade darker than eggshell
17 "Spiffy!"
18 1958 Best Picture winner
19 Summers abroad?
20 Add atop a refuse pile, after aiming out and missing?
23 Good, in Guatemala
24 Room where church records are kept
25 "Isn't that somethin'?"
26 Abbr. at an airport terminal
27 Cave under weight
28 Placing, at the track
30 Strikes, in Biblical terms
33 It's inside an env.
34 Sports uniform for an all-out brawl, after aiming back and missing?
39 Cambodian currency
40 Fox News analyst, often
41 Focus for some committees
44 Hit the jackpot
45 Pai ___ (gambling game)
48 National code-breaking gp. (found in VACATION)
49 Member of a duo that "went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat"
52 Olympic swimmer with 12 medals ___ Torres
53 What your dog might do after eating his way through your linen closet, after aiming in and missing?
56 Actor Jon of "Homicide"
57 Marcia and Felicity's co-star
58 Electronic bracelet site
59 Work without ___ (take risks)
60 Hold, like a vehicle
61 Magnus Carlsen's game
62 IDs often used in identity theft
63 Pilot's heading: abbr.
64 "M*A*S*H" setting

 

Down
1 "Surprised?" follow-up
2 Like many musical wonders
3 Prepared like some ahi
4 Shirley who was painted gold in "Goldfinger"
5 Like molasses
6 Square cookie
7 Leaves out
8 This clue's number
9 Fortune teller
10 Linoleum pattern shapes, sometimes
11 Just being there
12 In a suddenly quiet way
15 Stadium divisions
21 Egg-shaped
22 Heavyweight boxer Fields
27 Rolls-Royce's parent company
29 Org. that operates the world's largest particle physics lab
30 One-person opera performances
31 Ma who says "baa"
32 Happy acquaintance?
34 Responds to (in a certain way)
35 "Letters to a Young Contrarian" author Christopher
36 Freeze again, like slush to ice
37 Rapper with the 2011 hit "Work Out"
38 Reeeeeally long time
42 "Sesame Street" org., back in the day
43 Seals (out)
45 "Daily Manhattan media news and gossip" site
46 Ultimatum ender
47 Peace Nobelist Lech ___
50 Fencing swords
51 Others, in Spanish
52 "Tiny Bubbles" crooner
54 Muesli ingredient
55 It's put on a chair in a prank

©2012 Jonesin' Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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