Thursday Crossword — October 27, 1977

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Jeanette K. Brill10/27/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Tree growth (4 letters)
5 Across
Bogged down (5 letters)
10 Across
Staid (4 letters)
14 Across
Seaman's word (4 letters)
15 Across
Julius Caesar's early post (5 letters)
16 Across
"___ and the Swan": Yeats (4 letters)
17 Across
First to draw Santa as he looks today (4 letters)
18 Across
Retailer's come-on (10 letters)
20 Across
This once gave a free view of the diamond (8 letters)
22 Across
Yellow flags (6 letters)
23 Across
English wool-manufacturing city (5 letters)
24 Across
Scrutinize (4 letters)
25 Across
Step on it (6 letters)
27 Across
Apply the paddle (8 letters)
31 Across
Toned down (5 letters)
32 Across
Cite (5 letters)
33 Across
The heart of the matter (3 letters)
34 Across
Needing irrigation (4 letters)
35 Across
Dipsy doodle (5 letters)
36 Across
Try (4 letters)
37 Across
Rita or Grande (3 letters)
38 Across
Watered silk (5 letters)
39 Across
Eydie's man (5 letters)
40 Across
Drift (8 letters)
42 Across
In rows (6 letters)
43 Across
Frame for toting hay (4 letters)
44 Across
Bellhop's beat (5 letters)
45 Across
Cenobite of ancient Palestine (6 letters)
48 Across
Become exhausted (8 letters)
51 Across
Antonym for freedom (10 letters)
53 Across
Place for a bishop's throne (4 letters)
54 Across
Is penitent (4 letters)
55 Across
Harness strap (5 letters)
56 Across
Met baritone Boucher (4 letters)
57 Across
Discoverer of heavy hydrogen (4 letters)
58 Across
It's sometimes irrefusable (5 letters)
59 Across
Cicero's "I was" (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Deposit money (4 letters)
2 Down
___ Ude, U.S.S.R. city (4 letters)
3 Down
It's often broken on Jan. 2 (10 letters)
4 Down
Describing scholars (8 letters)
5 Down
"Broadway ___": 1929 (6 letters)
6 Down
Baal and Mammon (5 letters)
7 Down
Bullish period (4 letters)
8 Down
Kays' followers (3 letters)
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Albee's "A ___ Balance" (8 letters)
10 Down
Lamentation (6 letters)
11 Down
Seaver's colleagues (4 letters)
12 Down
___ fixe (4 letters)
13 Down
God for whom a month was named (4 letters)
19 Down
Expunge (5 letters)
21 Down
Rancher's charges (4 letters)
24 Down
Rush-hour discourtesy (5 letters)
25 Down
Sting (5 letters)
26 Down
Pierre or Marie (5 letters)
27 Down
Treat leather (5 letters)
28 Down
Meddlesome one (10 letters)
29 Down
Blandly urbane (5 letters)
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Waned (5 letters)
32 Down
Mentally agile (5 letters)
35 Down
"Emperor" or "Brandenburg" (8 letters)
36 Down
"Bargain basement" on a cruise (8 letters)
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Intended (5 letters)
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Location (4 letters)
41 Down
Stylish (6 letters)
42 Down
Actress Audrey (6 letters)
44 Down
Ergo (5 letters)
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Beige (4 letters)
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Whiskey or Scotch (4 letters)
47 Down
Dirk of yore (4 letters)
48 Down
Memorable chanteuse (4 letters)
49 Down
Middies study here (4 letters)
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Come down in buckets (4 letters)
52 Down
Sandy's response (3 letters)

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