Friday Crossword — August 19, 1977

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy Virginia Butler8/19/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Magnificent (5 letters)
6 Across
Separate (4 letters)
10 Across
Boxing program (4 letters)
14 Across
Ridin' and ropin' show (5 letters)
15 Across
Congregation response (4 letters)
16 Across
Woodwind (4 letters)
17 Across
Church officer (5 letters)
18 Across
City near San Francisco (9 letters)
20 Across
"The ___ rose is brief": Swinburne (9 letters)
22 Across
Red head: 1918–24 (5 letters)
23 Across
Sesame; til (4 letters)
24 Across
Norman Bel ___, stage designer (6 letters)
25 Across
She wept and would not be comforted (6 letters)
28 Across
Satirist Beerbohm (3 letters)
29 Across
James and Houdini (6 letters)
30 Across
English poet (8 letters)
35 Across
Available (5 letters)
36 Across
Trouble (3 letters)
37 Across
Austen work (5 letters)
38 Across
Breaks ranks; scatters (8 letters)
40 Across
Something strange (6 letters)
41 Across
" . . . pocket full of ___" (3 letters)
42 Across
Welsh-rabbit sine qua non (6 letters)
43 Across
Rupert, the poet: 1887–1915 (6 letters)
47 Across
Rabbit or Fox (4 letters)
48 Across
Hogback (5 letters)
49 Across
Gem weighing less than ¼ grain (9 letters)
54 Across
Estimated too highly (9 letters)
56 Across
___ vincit amor (5 letters)
57 Across
Allot (4 letters)
58 Across
Off one's rocker (4 letters)
59 Across
Spike for mountain climbing (5 letters)
60 Across
God of love (4 letters)
61 Across
Scrooge's cries (4 letters)
62 Across
Blot out (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Zane or Jane (4 letters)
2 Down
Thespian's need (4 letters)
3 Down
Po tributary (4 letters)
4 Down
"Two at a trade can ___ agree": Gay (4 letters)
5 Down
She said: "Brevity is the soul of lingerie" (13 letters)
6 Down
Light literary sketch (6 letters)
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Menotti hero (5 letters)
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Descartes (4 letters)
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Relative of dynamite (3 letters)
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Prepared apples for baking (5 letters)
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"And take ___ of fate": Macbeth (5 letters)
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The O'Grady girl (5 letters)
13 Down
Acheson and Rusk (5 letters)
19 Down
He said: "A little learning is a dangerous thing" (13 letters)
21 Down
Patients' payments (4 letters)
24 Down
"My ___ Sal" (3 letters)
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Hindu queen (4 letters)
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Crafts' companion (4 letters)
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Sourpuss (4 letters)
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Allen or Torme (3 letters)
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Mason's burden (3 letters)
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Prefix with place or grace (3 letters)
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Fashion (4 letters)
32 Down
Rara ___ (4 letters)
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Network of nerves (4 letters)
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Culbertson (3 letters)
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Humorist George ___ (3 letters)
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Louis or Bill (3 letters)
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Exclaimed (4 letters)
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Firm beliefs (6 letters)
43 Down
Tall grass (5 letters)
44 Down
Moon or Spoon (5 letters)
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"___ Autumn": Keats (5 letters)
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Fairy-tale menaces (5 letters)
47 Down
Hardwood tree (5 letters)
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Greek portico (4 letters)
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Middle East V.I.P. (4 letters)
51 Down
Theater group (4 letters)
52 Down
Grande and Rita (4 letters)
53 Down
Byway or seaway (4 letters)
55 Down
Vestment (3 letters)

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