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A Confederacy of Dunces Crossword Puzzle

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Take a trip to New Orleans with Ignatius J. Riley. Most clues are direct references to the book.
Author: ubermom - Diff: Harder

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      1. Sunglasses and smoke (5,5)
      6. You could run one up in the Night of Joy
      10. Where Darlene had to take her bird
      11. It's not a banjo!
      12. According to "The Sound of Music," "A name I call myself"
      13. As of this time
      15. The dead one in the Riley yard was of the banana variety
      17. Raw mineral
      18. Partnered with Commerce on Ignatius's cross
      19. Irene, to Ignatius
      22. Mrs. Levy wants this left out of the discussion! (8,5)
      24. Trebled, it's Santa's catchphrase
      25. Hideaway in the Alps
      27. What Susan might call Sandra
      28. Giant mythological bird
      29. The kind of grease that seemed to be on Mr. Gonzales' stamp pad
      31. Equine utterance
      32. What kind of show the ladies were having
      33. How Ignatius would say, "Yes," in honor of the office manager's noble heritage
      34. Ignatius bought a wooden one
      36. Abbreviation for one of the things Jones dreamed of getting
      38. What Ignatius imagined saying to Miss O'Hara (2,6)
      40. Modern way to address Ignatius's idol (2,8)
      43. Metrical unit with an unstressed syllable
      44. Belonging to us
      45. Doctor who treated the Ingalls family for malaria
      46. Ignatius's was appallingly unhealthy
      47. Did Ignatius have one? No!
      49. Quaker breakfast grain
      52. What Schiller needed to smell rotting in his desk
      53. Ignatius insisted that he didn't wear one
      56. Meadow
      57. Auto race: The Grand ___
      58. Sound of astonishment
      59. Poet's lower-case initials

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      1. A school-aged Ignatius
      2. Chopper lifter
      3. What Ignatius did with the hot dogs
      4. Originally named
      5. Extraterrestrial of film
      6. Not a strain from Scarlotti (6,2,3,5)
      7. What Ignatius did to excess
      8. Homonym for a honey generator
      9. What Ignatius did with the stuff he didn't want his mother to find
      11. Behold!
      12. The dignity Ignatius championed
      14. Printer's measure
      15. One of the things the world lacked a sense of
      16. Buried in the front yard
      20. Darlene had to take some so she wouldn't hurt Mrs. Riley's feelings (4,5)
      21. Big name street for the tiny house
      23. Ignatius's vehicular menace
      24. Spy Mata
      26. She was cursed to never start a sentence
      30. Used to indicate an alternative
      33. 'Cheers' bartender
      35. Turned edge of a garment
      37. Ignatius flung one at Dorian
      38. One of Ignatius's small gaseous eruptions
      39. The Nazi proprietress (4,3)
      41. Abbreviation for the group including Germany, France, and Spain
      42. This elderly Miss wanted to retire
      48. Ignatius's were blue and yellow
      50. The kind of bag Ignatius smelled like
      51. Dinosaur deposit that Ignatius looked like in his smock
      54. Abbreviation indicating non-human intellect
      55. Abbreviation for prescription