Thursday Crossword — September 15, 1977

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1570 clues~15-30 minBy Dorothea E. Shipp9/15/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Yokel (6 letters)
7 Across
Deceive or drug (5 letters)
12 Across
Eastern sovereign's wife (7 letters)
13 Across
Alters the shape of (7 letters)
15 Across
Charms (7 letters)
16 Across
Obliteration (7 letters)
17 Across
Game played on land or in water (4 letters)
18 Across
Hi-fi buff's concern (4 letters)
20 Across
Ginkgo or baobab (4 letters)
21 Across
___ pro nobis (3 letters)
22 Across
Quick-witted (5 letters)
24 Across
Dealt with trouble (5 letters)
25 Across
No longer working: Abbr. (3 letters)
26 Across
Suffix with battle or settle (4 letters)
27 Across
Proofreaders' inverted v's (6 letters)
28 Across
Tenth of a century (6 letters)
30 Across
National flag (6 letters)
31 Across
Dismounted (4 letters)
32 Across
"Volsunga Saga" villain (4 letters)
33 Across
Magnetic-induction units (6 letters)
35 Across
Moonshiners' vessels (6 letters)
38 Across
Of a spring period (6 letters)
39 Across
School founded by Henry VI (4 letters)
40 Across
"Let's Call ___ Day," 1932 song (3 letters)
42 Across
Potok's "My Name Is ___ Lev" (5 letters)
43 Across
Creature (5 letters)
44 Across
Tom, Dick and Harry (3 letters)
45 Across
Romance lang. (4 letters)
46 Across
Put up wallpaper (4 letters)
47 Across
Fender bender (4 letters)
48 Across
"Flicks" (7 letters)
50 Across
Mean (7 letters)
53 Across
Quarters (7 letters)
54 Across
Screeds (7 letters)
55 Across
Change the type (5 letters)
56 Across
Gloss (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Bruited (7 letters)
2 Down
Wail (7 letters)
3 Down
Town destroyed in 1944 (4 letters)
4 Down
Menlo Park monogram (3 letters)
5 Down
Bank term: Abbr. (3 letters)
6 Down
Spanish dancer's clickers (9 letters)
7 Down
On this earth (4 letters)
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Edible root (3 letters)
9 Down
Medicine or lubricant (9 letters)
10 Down
Seizer like Caesar (7 letters)
11 Down
"Back" and "Angel" (7 letters)
12 Down
Flavor (5 letters)
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Landlord's due (4 letters)
14 Down
Caraway produce (5 letters)
19 Down
Scrap for Spot (3 letters)
22 Down
Not so large (7 letters)
23 Down
Strip in the middle of a highway (6 letters)
24 Down
Vocation (7 letters)
27 Down
Pima, for one (6 letters)
29 Down
Little strongholds (9 letters)
30 Down
Criticize severely (9 letters)
33 Down
More snappish (7 letters)
34 Down
Magnify (7 letters)
36 Down
Summer refresher (7 letters)
37 Down
A Casey who once went to bat (7 letters)
38 Down
Those not in the clergy (5 letters)
39 Down
Yet, to Shakespeare (3 letters)
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Puts a stake into the pot (5 letters)
43 Down
Pinza was one (4 letters)
46 Down
One of Rodgers's partners (4 letters)
47 Down
Small measure (4 letters)
49 Down
Simian space pioneer (3 letters)
51 Down
___ rosé (3 letters)
52 Down
Age (3 letters)

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