Puzzles

Crossword: ''Fade to black''

Where the L did it go?

By MATT JONES | March 5, 2008

Tony Blair
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Across
1 Equipment holder on the slopes
7 Clip ___
10 Fixture in a whiskey distillery
13 "Gas, Food Lodging" director Allison
14 Reed with records
15 Suffix for McCarthy
16 What the "Make Your Own Skyscraper" kit comes in?
18 Michael Emerson, on "Lost"
19 ___ Park, Colorado
20 Band with the 2008 album "Accelerate"
21 The Phantom of the Opera's first name
22 Different roles, so to speak
23 Practice pugilism
25 Full of fluff
26 Part of A/S/L
27 Won all the games
28 Bumppo of Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales"
29 Three words describing the horrible "Dancing Santa" act in the talent show?
32 Solo played by Ford
33 Fish in the Japanese dish "unaju"
34 Line on an invitation to a domestic beer tasting?
42 Vocally disapprove of
43 On an incline
44 ___-man
45 Judaean king
46 Suckers
47 Doctor-to-be's exam
48 Idyllic place
49 Kilmer who voices K.I.T.T. in the new "Knight Rider" TV movie
50 Yammer on
51 Toys ___
52 Pass through like Mr. Freeze?
55 Altar-ed statement?
56 Super Bowl XLII MVP Manning
57 Pick
58 Suffix for velvet
59 Fifth qtrs., so to speak
60 Odorous smoke

Down
1 Standard topping
2 Made a scarf, maybe
3 Revs in neutral
4 Bunk components
5 Vince's agent, on "Entourage"
6 Channel that shows "Tic Tac Dough" reruns, for short
7 Canada's first province, alphabetically
8 Clue option
9 Prom rental
10 Wavy tonal quality overdone by a lot of "American Idol" hopefuls
11 Eroded from the outside
12 Typist's setup usually performed with the right hand
16 Joy on "The View"
17 One of Kool-Aid's original seven flavors
21 Encourage (someone's) self-destructive behavior
23 Pearls Before ___ (Stephan Pastis comic strip)
24 Stroke lovingly
25 Owing
27 Like some hard drives
30 "Serenity" director Joss
31 Carter and Newman
34 Lebowski, to Lebowski
35 Adds to the crew
36 Pastes served with sushi
37 Little ___ (section of Baltimore)
38 Piercing place
39 Alcohol brand with a fruit bat on the label
40 Cornered
41 Prevent
42 Tony Blair's wife
47 Their only #1 hit was "To Be With You"
49 Battery unit
50 Flamenco guitarist ___ de Lucía
52 Tracker maker, once
53 Passports and such
54 Badminton divider