Saturday Crossword — December 10, 1977
Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy Arthur Schulman12/10/1977
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Curlewlike bird (6 letters)
- 7 Across
- Birds' migration time (4 letters)
- 11 Across
- Sportsmen's assn. (3 letters)
- 14 Across
- The Australian fig-bird is one (6 letters)
- 15 Across
- Part of the iris (4 letters)
- 16 Across
- Beater for mixing mortar (3 letters)
- 17 Across
- Birds without voice boxes (6 letters)
- 18 Across
- Birds that resemble bitterns (8 letters)
- 20 Across
- Horse's tarsal joint (4 letters)
- 21 Across
- Capital of Peru (4 letters)
- 23 Across
- Type of velvet or satin (5 letters)
- 24 Across
- Porter (3 letters)
- 25 Across
- Small finch (6 letters)
- 27 Across
- British gun (4 letters)
- 28 Across
- Snappish (5 letters)
- 30 Across
- Nordic (5 letters)
- 32 Across
- Common abbr. (3 letters)
- 33 Across
- Patellae (8 letters)
- 35 Across
- Raucous (6 letters)
- 37 Across
- Gorge (4 letters)
- 38 Across
- Meccas for children (4 letters)
- 39 Across
- Roué, at times (6 letters)
- 42 Across
- U.S. game bird (8 letters)
- 46 Across
- Farm animal (3 letters)
- 47 Across
- Taste (5 letters)
- 49 Across
- Limber (5 letters)
- 50 Across
- Eagle of many puzzles (4 letters)
- 52 Across
- Bird that impales its prey on thorns (6 letters)
- 54 Across
- Poetic contraction (3 letters)
- 55 Across
- Tinker's partner (5 letters)
- 57 Across
- King Olaf's capital (4 letters)
- 58 Across
- Custom (4 letters)
- 59 Across
- Caged mimic (8 letters)
- 61 Across
- Window in an attic (6 letters)
- 63 Across
- "___ tu," Verdi aria (3 letters)
- 64 Across
- Dresden's river (4 letters)
- 65 Across
- Resting (6 letters)
- 66 Across
- Sts. (3 letters)
- 67 Across
- Like the bills of some grebes (4 letters)
- 68 Across
- Doghouse (6 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Fast-flying bird of prey (7 letters)
- 2 Down
- Bunting eaten as a delicacy (7 letters)
- 3 Down
- Bishopric (7 letters)
- 4 Down
- Opus or employment (4 letters)
- 5 Down
- Sort (3 letters)
- 6 Down
- Wizard in electricity: 1856–1943 (5 letters)
- 7 Down
- Blubber-loving sea birds (7 letters)
- 8 Down
- Large birdcage (6 letters)
- 9 Down
- Lunar module (3 letters)
- 10 Down
- Dweller in Nordland (4 letters)
- 11 Down
- Caxton or Zenger (7 letters)
- 12 Down
- Fish-eating sea birds (7 letters)
- 13 Down
- Item on a pupil's record (7 letters)
- 19 Down
- Dutch cupboard (3 letters)
- 22 Down
- Not qualified (5 letters)
- 25 Down
- Ages (6 letters)
- 26 Down
- Lout (5 letters)
- 29 Down
- Croquet stakes (4 letters)
- 31 Down
- Piece of pasta (6 letters)
- 34 Down
- Atmospheres (5 letters)
- 36 Down
- Spore sacs (4 letters)
- 38 Down
- African weasel (5 letters)
- 39 Down
- Bird that climbs tree trunks (7 letters)
- 40 Down
- President Bok's domain (7 letters)
- 41 Down
- Aida's rival (7 letters)
- 42 Down
- Fabric such as gabardine (7 letters)
- 43 Down
- Overstuffed footstool (7 letters)
- 44 Down
- People in Pearl Buck's "Sons" (7 letters)
- 45 Down
- European falcon (7 letters)
- 48 Down
- Crested flycatcher (6 letters)
- 51 Down
- Proposed amendment, for short (3 letters)
- 53 Down
- Eastman invention (5 letters)
- 56 Down
- Basket or beehive (4 letters)
- 58 Down
- Small songbird (4 letters)
- 60 Down
- Father of Phineas (3 letters)
- 62 Down
- Resident: Suffix (3 letters)
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