Friday Crossword — December 2, 1977

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy William Lutwiniak12/2/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Waxed (4 letters)
5 Across
Fine cigar (5 letters)
10 Across
Loci (6 letters)
12 Across
Branchlike (6 letters)
14 Across
Victor Herbert operetta (15 letters)
17 Across
Bone: Prefix (5 letters)
18 Across
Wrangler's territory (5 letters)
19 Across
___ Lanka (Ceylon) (3 letters)
20 Across
1 and 66 (4 letters)
21 Across
"In hoc ___ vinces" (5 letters)
22 Across
Comedian Conway (3 letters)
23 Across
___ culpa (3 letters)
24 Across
Nader's "Unsafe ___ Speed" (5 letters)
25 Across
Pancake (5 letters)
27 Across
Berlin hit: 1924 (8 letters)
29 Across
Like an escarpment (6 letters)
30 Across
Twists the facts (9 letters)
32 Across
S.A. serpents (6 letters)
35 Across
Grafts, as a plant (8 letters)
39 Across
Gogol's "___ Bulba" (5 letters)
40 Across
___ Mountains, in three states (5 letters)
41 Across
Name meaning "high" (3 letters)
42 Across
Mauna ___ (3 letters)
43 Across
Grudge (5 letters)
44 Across
Partisan: Suffix (4 letters)
45 Across
Opening trio (3 letters)
46 Across
Durable fabric (5 letters)
47 Across
Hit a golf ball with the heel of the club (5 letters)
48 Across
Aussie song (15 letters)
51 Across
Mid-March advice to Caesar (6 letters)
52 Across
Gives up (6 letters)
53 Across
Alphabetizes, e.g. (5 letters)
54 Across
Iowa college town (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Pertaining to buttock muscles (7 letters)
2 Down
Tantrums (5 letters)
3 Down
Iterate (4 letters)
4 Down
All ___ (in error) (3 letters)
5 Down
Small slit (6 letters)
6 Down
Composition by Handel (5 letters)
7 Down
Gallic girlfriend (4 letters)
8 Down
Caviar (3 letters)
9 Down
Stride beyond (7 letters)
10 Down
Delicate; light (6 letters)
11 Down
People of Aleppo (7 letters)
13 Down
Lane marker (6 letters)
14 Down
Shearer or Talmadge (5 letters)
15 Down
Circe's forte (11 letters)
16 Down
Intended (5 letters)
21 Down
German sculptor-painter (5 letters)
24 Down
A.k.a. (5 letters)
25 Down
Scribe (5 letters)
26 Down
Irish county: Abbr. (4 letters)
28 Down
Abbess (4 letters)
29 Down
Gawk (5 letters)
31 Down
One of da Vinci's interests (7 letters)
32 Down
Attorney ___ (5 letters)
33 Down
Broad-trunked tree (6 letters)
34 Down
Sources of wisdom (7 letters)
36 Down
Publicizes (7 letters)
37 Down
Veldt beasts (6 letters)
38 Down
Naval base in Alaska (5 letters)
40 Down
Airs a view (6 letters)
43 Down
Camise (5 letters)
44 Down
Drake raided its coasts (5 letters)
46 Down
Man of great power (4 letters)
47 Down
Spinach part (4 letters)
49 Down
Brace (3 letters)
50 Down
Building-planners' org. (3 letters)

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