Friday Crossword — December 24, 1976

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1580 clues~30-60 minBy Sophie Fierman12/24/1976

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Aftermath of a scrape (4 letters)
5 Across
Ada of stage (5 letters)
10 Across
Self-satisfied (4 letters)
14 Across
Particle (4 letters)
15 Across
Zola (5 letters)
16 Across
"The ___ Machine" (4 letters)
17 Across
Wassail or eggnog, e.g. (10 letters)
19 Across
Confused (4 letters)
20 Across
Slippery one (3 letters)
21 Across
Swiss river (4 letters)
22 Across
Place of worship (5 letters)
23 Across
Unwavering (6 letters)
25 Across
Scatter (6 letters)
28 Across
Catalogue (4 letters)
30 Across
According to Hoyle (7 letters)
33 Across
Holiday exchanges (5 letters)
36 Across
Brutus's D-Day (4 letters)
38 Across
Rocky hill (3 letters)
39 Across
Relevant (5 letters)
40 Across
___ Roy (3 letters)
41 Across
Germ cell (5 letters)
43 Across
Persian measure (3 letters)
44 Across
Type size (4 letters)
45 Across
Christmas and shoe (5 letters)
46 Across
One of Santa's reindeer (7 letters)
49 Across
Mirth (4 letters)
51 Across
"All ___ bright and beautiful" (6 letters)
53 Across
Show up (6 letters)
57 Across
Certain tire (5 letters)
59 Across
Douay Bible name (4 letters)
61 Across
Trygve of U.N. (3 letters)
62 Across
Bede or Smith (4 letters)
63 Across
"Visions of ___ danced in . . . " (10 letters)
66 Across
Gift for a teen-ager (4 letters)
67 Across
Put ___ to (finish) (5 letters)
68 Across
___ fixe (4 letters)
69 Across
Natives: Suffix (4 letters)
70 Across
Daggers (5 letters)
71 Across
Saucy (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
___ and sevens (5 letters)
2 Down
One of Santa's reindeer (5 letters)
3 Down
"___ of Two Cities" (5 letters)
4 Down
Stocking, in France (3 letters)
5 Down
Wipes out a debt (6 letters)
6 Down
Eastern ruler (4 letters)
7 Down
Took on (5 letters)
8 Down
Heavyweight name (3 letters)
9 Down
N.Y. cager (3 letters)
10 Down
More corny (6 letters)
11 Down
Buss-catcher (9 letters)
12 Down
Swedish city (4 letters)
13 Down
Equipment (4 letters)
18 Down
Cruelty (6 letters)
22 Down
Spring month: Abbr. (3 letters)
24 Down
German senior citizen (4 letters)
26 Down
Morning-after wear (6 letters)
27 Down
Sea call (3 letters)
29 Down
Becoming boresome (6 letters)
31 Down
Gist (4 letters)
32 Down
___ bien (4 letters)
33 Down
Leg, in heraldry (4 letters)
34 Down
Admired one (4 letters)
35 Down
Holiday dessert (9 letters)
37 Down
"What's up, ___?" (3 letters)
41 Down
Come forward (6 letters)
42 Down
Kind of school (4 letters)
44 Down
Sword's rival (3 letters)
47 Down
Tower Bridge's crossing (6 letters)
48 Down
Code on a letter (3 letters)
50 Down
Scottish landowners (6 letters)
52 Down
More shrewd (5 letters)
54 Down
Sidestep (5 letters)
55 Down
Gunsight user (5 letters)
56 Down
Replace a ring gem (5 letters)
57 Down
Nobel physicist (4 letters)
58 Down
Do newsroom work (4 letters)
60 Down
Target for Bonnie and Clyde (4 letters)
63 Down
Downhearted (3 letters)
64 Down
One: Prefix (3 letters)
65 Down
Sass (3 letters)

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