Thursday Crossword — September 8, 1977

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Elaine D. Schorr9/8/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Contraction used by servants and children (4 letters)
5 Across
Lyrical offerings (4 letters)
9 Across
Rank just below marquis (4 letters)
13 Across
O'Neill's "___ Christie" (4 letters)
14 Across
Chic (5 letters)
15 Across
Author of "Q.B. VII" (4 letters)
16 Across
Prehistoric ruin in England (10 letters)
18 Across
Catamaran (4 letters)
19 Across
Shoal (8 letters)
20 Across
Where maîtres teach (6 letters)
22 Across
"Present ___!" (4 letters)
23 Across
Literally not on the level (4 letters)
24 Across
Bingo look-alike (5 letters)
27 Across
Says once more (8 letters)
31 Across
City on a Great Lake (4 letters)
32 Across
Jazz opener (5 letters)
33 Across
Peak (3 letters)
34 Across
Strict criterion (15 letters)
38 Across
Filled a certain void (3 letters)
39 Across
Man with a scepter (5 letters)
40 Across
___ house (4 letters)
41 Across
Liberator (8 letters)
43 Across
"___ a letter to my love . . . " (5 letters)
44 Across
Blathers (4 letters)
45 Across
Thrashes (4 letters)
47 Across
Lacking delicacy (6 letters)
50 Across
Sodium chloride factories (8 letters)
54 Across
Suffix with drink, sink and think (4 letters)
55 Across
The lowest point (10 letters)
57 Across
Apple-pie makers (4 letters)
58 Across
"We aren't no thin red ___": Kipling (5 letters)
59 Across
Noggin, in Nantes (4 letters)
60 Across
Carrots' partners (4 letters)
61 Across
Feathers (4 letters)
62 Across
Words to accompany a nod (4 letters)

Down

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Leonard Bernstein opus (4 letters)
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Theatrical acronym (4 letters)
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Prolific author (4 letters)
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Administered, as a colony (8 letters)
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Warning signs (5 letters)
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Like a medieval dungeon (4 letters)
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Work unit (3 letters)
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1975 Super Bowl winners (8 letters)
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Girl taken to Crete by Zeus (6 letters)
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Soviet sea (4 letters)
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In profusion (4 letters)
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Landing craft (4 letters)
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Pseudo (4 letters)
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Longest river of Spain (4 letters)
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Painter of "Chartres Cathedral" (5 letters)
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Rose oil (5 letters)
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"Merry Widow" creator (5 letters)
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Take to the podium (5 letters)
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Frazzled (5 letters)
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Take for granted (5 letters)
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Hosiery shade (5 letters)
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Terry of stage fame (5 letters)
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All tuckered out (5 letters)
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Runs in neutral gear (5 letters)
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Spaces (5 letters)
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Like some accounts (8 letters)
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Writer of "Who Has Seen the Wind?" (8 letters)
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A way out (6 letters)
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"___ the jaws of death . . . " (4 letters)
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Occupied, as a seat (5 letters)
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Kin of amices (4 letters)
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David, for one (4 letters)
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Hautboy (4 letters)
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___ mater (4 letters)
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Boat for refuse (4 letters)
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Ways to go: Abbr. (4 letters)
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Diplomatic communication (4 letters)
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Duck or fictional pirate (4 letters)
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"___ y Plata," Montana motto (3 letters)

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