Thursday Crossword — October 13, 1977

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Martha J. DeWitt10/13/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Republic or lake in Africa (4 letters)
5 Across
Vilify (5 letters)
10 Across
Pundit (4 letters)
14 Across
Swiss river (4 letters)
15 Across
Element important in nucleonics (5 letters)
16 Across
Boris Godunov, for one (4 letters)
17 Across
Kind of movie (10 letters)
19 Across
Make the first bet (4 letters)
20 Across
Apart (8 letters)
21 Across
Rail at (6 letters)
23 Across
Shiftless (4 letters)
24 Across
Stander on the corner (5 letters)
25 Across
Baucis, to Philemon (6 letters)
28 Across
Legate (8 letters)
31 Across
"Gay ___" (5 letters)
32 Across
Pale yellow (5 letters)
33 Across
Kind of cup or bag (3 letters)
34 Across
Fruit throwaway, at times (4 letters)
35 Across
Hereditary social class (5 letters)
36 Across
Edict (4 letters)
37 Across
Santa ___ (3 letters)
38 Across
Nostrils (5 letters)
39 Across
Gauntlet (5 letters)
40 Across
Transitory or terrestrial (8 letters)
42 Across
Pat and Daniel (6 letters)
43 Across
Break out (5 letters)
44 Across
Kind of time, score or song (4 letters)
45 Across
Fido or Spot (6 letters)
47 Across
Down-to-earth (8 letters)
51 Across
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria (4 letters)
52 Across
Gossip (10 letters)
54 Across
Shell-game items (4 letters)
55 Across
Philip Nolan, for one (5 letters)
56 Across
Selene, to the Romans (4 letters)
57 Across
One form of quinine (4 letters)
58 Across
Cause to have second thoughts (5 letters)
59 Across
Trivium and quadrivium (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Vonnegut's "___ Cradle" (4 letters)
2 Down
Loser of a fabled race (4 letters)
3 Down
Not give ___: Slang (4 letters)
4 Down
Lowered in esteem (8 letters)
5 Down
Burning (6 letters)
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Spoils (5 letters)
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Encourage (4 letters)
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Ala., Ga., Fla. et al. (3 letters)
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Frequent "Star Trek" command (8 letters)
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Heat generators (6 letters)
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Ambition (10 letters)
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Celt (4 letters)
13 Down
Bald eagle's relative (4 letters)
18 Down
Wipe the slate (5 letters)
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Differently (4 letters)
24 Down
Leaves off (5 letters)
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Fat eschewer (5 letters)
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Author of "The Age of Reason" (5 letters)
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Plant cultivated for its beauty (10 letters)
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Studio furnishing (5 letters)
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Rend; break; tear (5 letters)
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Contemporary of Dickens (5 letters)
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Danton's colleague (5 letters)
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Reprimanded, British style (8 letters)
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Small fleet (8 letters)
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It may be common or proper (4 letters)
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Furze; juniper (5 letters)
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Former U.S. Treasurer: 1952 (6 letters)
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Persiflage (6 letters)
44 Down
Author of "The Old Wives' Tale" (5 letters)
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Upper case, in printers' jargon (4 letters)
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Territory (4 letters)
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Fissure (4 letters)
48 Down
Mackle (4 letters)
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It follows Shrovetide (4 letters)
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Time divisions (4 letters)
53 Down
Tool for a shantyman (3 letters)

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