Wednesday Crossword — August 10, 1977

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Herb L. Risteen8/10/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Bumpkin (4 letters)
5 Across
Chief aquatic plant life (5 letters)
10 Across
Dip and throw (4 letters)
14 Across
Author of "The Man Without a Country" (4 letters)
15 Across
Swindle (5 letters)
16 Across
Noun suffix (4 letters)
17 Across
Eagerly expectant (4 letters)
18 Across
Nazi's "Nordic" (5 letters)
19 Across
Porch in Athens (4 letters)
20 Across
Went round and round (8 letters)
22 Across
Dos Passos and Steinbeck (5 letters)
23 Across
Canal in a song (4 letters)
24 Across
Nanook of the North (6 letters)
27 Across
Magna ___ (5 letters)
29 Across
Covering at Camelot (4 letters)
30 Across
Digits: Abbr. (3 letters)
33 Across
He wrote "Ragged Dick" (5 letters)
34 Across
Besmirch (5 letters)
35 Across
Kennel sound (3 letters)
36 Across
Plumlike fruit (4 letters)
37 Across
Lump (5 letters)
38 Across
Normandy town (4 letters)
39 Across
___ Aviv (3 letters)
40 Across
"Washington ___ here" (5 letters)
41 Across
Proofreading mark (5 letters)
42 Across
Sinclair's "World's ___" (3 letters)
43 Across
Scene in Margaret Mitchell's book (4 letters)
44 Across
At that time: Fr. (5 letters)
45 Across
"The ___ of night . . . ": Longfellow (6 letters)
47 Across
"___ M for Murder" (4 letters)
48 Across
Arthur Miller hero (5 letters)
50 Across
Pins on record players (8 letters)
54 Across
Site of first Olympic games (4 letters)
55 Across
In any way (5 letters)
57 Across
Tree trunk (4 letters)
58 Across
Lowest female voice (4 letters)
59 Across
Kind of code or colony (5 letters)
60 Across
Church section (4 letters)
61 Across
Author of "The Boys of Summer" (4 letters)
62 Across
Cheap; vulgar (5 letters)
63 Across
Pearl Buck's "The Living ___" (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Scorch (4 letters)
2 Down
"The ___ George Apley" (4 letters)
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Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" (15 letters)
4 Down
Banished one (8 letters)
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Desert plant (5 letters)
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Knowledge (4 letters)
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French author ("The Necklace") (15 letters)
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Turkish title (3 letters)
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Yet, to Shakespeare (3 letters)
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Twig broom (5 letters)
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Victorian novelist ("Barchester Towers") (15 letters)
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Church item (4 letters)
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Farmlands (4 letters)
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Munchausen, e.g. (4 letters)
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Cast off a lover (4 letters)
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Author ___-Exupéry (5 letters)
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Possibly a pain in the neck (4 letters)
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Brahman or Sudra (5 letters)
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Poet Ginsberg (5 letters)
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Engine tender (5 letters)
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What leopards can't alter (5 letters)
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"Hey ___" (1954 song) (5 letters)
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Attired (4 letters)
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Do-it-yourself cafe area (8 letters)
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Kowalski in "Streetcar . . . " (4 letters)
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Mildred Pierce's creator (4 letters)
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Is wearing (5 letters)
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Lalapalooza (5 letters)
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Security breach (4 letters)
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Stewpot (4 letters)
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Map of a town (4 letters)
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Differently (4 letters)
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Pearl Buck's "Dragon ___" (4 letters)
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Like a quick study (3 letters)
56 Down
"___ and Sympathy" (3 letters)

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