Wednesday Crossword — January 4, 1978

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1568 clues~15-30 minBy William Lutwiniak1/4/1978

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Bookcase feature (5 letters)
6 Across
Impertinent (5 letters)
11 Across
Exiguous (6 letters)
12 Across
Detection (6 letters)
14 Across
See 13 Down (15 letters)
17 Across
Punta del ___ (4 letters)
18 Across
Door sign (5 letters)
19 Across
Francis or Starr (3 letters)
20 Across
New Havenites (4 letters)
21 Across
Cicada sound (5 letters)
22 Across
Swan, for one (4 letters)
23 Across
Retreat (3 letters)
24 Across
Dick or Spencer (5 letters)
25 Across
Fluff (5 letters)
26 Across
Supersonic threshold (7 letters)
28 Across
Famed puppeteer and family (5 letters)
29 Across
Promontories (9 letters)
31 Across
David or Robert (5 letters)
33 Across
Five-sou piece in Louis XIV's day (7 letters)
36 Across
"___ Jacques" (5 letters)
37 Across
Isolated hill (5 letters)
38 Across
Matador's trophy (3 letters)
40 Across
Electrified, as a wire (4 letters)
41 Across
Performs without accompaniment (5 letters)
42 Across
Flock of mallards (4 letters)
43 Across
Bother (3 letters)
44 Across
Corday's victim (5 letters)
45 Across
Cinnabar and mispickel (4 letters)
46 Across
Go all out (15 letters)
50 Across
Polite reply (6 letters)
51 Across
Famous small town in Georgia (6 letters)
52 Across
Jimmy and John (5 letters)
53 Across
"___ Dream," Wagner aria (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Verse form used by Dante (7 letters)
2 Down
Execrates (5 letters)
3 Down
Personality (3 letters)
4 Down
Writer Deighton (3 letters)
5 Down
Plenty of leeway (8 letters)
6 Down
G.I. standing guard (6 letters)
7 Down
Garden bloomer (5 letters)
8 Down
Urge onward (4 letters)
9 Down
Knightly title (3 letters)
10 Down
Bell ringer's activity (7 letters)
11 Down
Islamite (6 letters)
13 Down
With 14 Across, goes all out (6 letters)
14 Down
Requirement (4 letters)
15 Down
Like an amoeba (11 letters)
16 Down
Author of "Your Erroneous Zones" (4 letters)
21 Down
Zagreb native (5 letters)
22 Down
Back: Prefix (5 letters)
24 Down
"One of ___ days . . . " (5 letters)
25 Down
Marshal's star (5 letters)
27 Down
Bit of work (5 letters)
28 Down
Agitated states (5 letters)
30 Down
Facsimile (8 letters)
31 Down
"Dragnet" role (6 letters)
32 Down
Annulled (7 letters)
34 Down
Nerve cells (7 letters)
35 Down
Horse operas (6 letters)
36 Down
Humbug (4 letters)
37 Down
Destructive insects (6 letters)
39 Down
"The ___ is silence": Hamlet's last words (4 letters)
41 Down
Creeping juniper (5 letters)
42 Down
Capital of Bulgaria (5 letters)
44 Down
Tableland (4 letters)
47 Down
Compass heading (3 letters)
48 Down
Edifice extension (3 letters)
49 Down
Musical notes (3 letters)

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