Friday Crossword — May 19, 1978

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy Hallie & Gerald Parsons5/19/1978

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Drive down with light blows (4 letters)
5 Across
Ornamental tag (5 letters)
10 Across
Spindle on a cart (4 letters)
14 Across
Vase-shaped jug (4 letters)
15 Across
Garry or Archie (5 letters)
16 Across
Bridle strap (4 letters)
17 Across
Fear of strangers (10 letters)
19 Across
Walked (4 letters)
20 Across
Exam taker (6 letters)
21 Across
Mile-square land units (8 letters)
23 Across
Raison d'___ (4 letters)
25 Across
Hinged fastener (4 letters)
26 Across
Most cunning (7 letters)
29 Across
"___ eat cake" (7 letters)
32 Across
Tara's locale (4 letters)
33 Across
Boars' kin (6 letters)
35 Across
"___ Maria" (3 letters)
36 Across
Atlas material (4 letters)
37 Across
Intend (3 letters)
38 Across
Like a patriarch (4 letters)
39 Across
Expression of distaste (3 letters)
40 Across
Flexor muscle (6 letters)
43 Across
Twining stem (4 letters)
44 Across
Prepares for business after a holiday (7 letters)
46 Across
Repeat (7 letters)
48 Across
Star in the Big Dipper: Var. (4 letters)
49 Across
Caper (4 letters)
50 Across
Young actresses (8 letters)
54 Across
Cause to be invalid (6 letters)
58 Across
Covering for Caligula (4 letters)
59 Across
Wood-engraving art (10 letters)
61 Across
Burden (4 letters)
62 Across
Expunge (5 letters)
63 Across
Flag (4 letters)
64 Across
Get set to be photographed (4 letters)
65 Across
Staid; subdued (5 letters)
66 Across
Father of Cainan (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Kind of book (4 letters)
2 Down
Bide-___ (4 letters)
3 Down
"___ sana in corpore sano" (4 letters)
4 Down
Part of a balanced diet (8 letters)
5 Down
Where Emily Dickinson lived (7 letters)
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Sticky stuff (3 letters)
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Tosses underhand (4 letters)
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Buffalo's county (4 letters)
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Socrates, to Plato (7 letters)
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Mary Cassatt was one (6 letters)
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Strictest Christian fast (10 letters)
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His share is the largest (4 letters)
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Dead and loose followers (4 letters)
18 Down
Folk singer Seeger (4 letters)
22 Down
Makes lace (4 letters)
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Gazelles' late kin (6 letters)
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Man's largest and longest bone (5 letters)
27 Down
Storm, in Sedan (5 letters)
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Abnormality, as in the case of Siamese twins (10 letters)
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Clear (6 letters)
30 Down
Reporter's assignment (5 letters)
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"First modern opera" (by Cherubini) (5 letters)
34 Down
Pandowdy (3 letters)
38 Down
Annul; repeal (8 letters)
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Dulles biographer (4 letters)
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Important parts of reference books (7 letters)
42 Down
Brandy-based cocktail (7 letters)
45 Down
"In the soup" is one (6 letters)
47 Down
N.Y. drama critic (4 letters)
50 Down
Highway junction sign (4 letters)
51 Down
___ avail (4 letters)
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Novice (4 letters)
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Where a pitcher's toe goes (4 letters)
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Neat as ___ (4 letters)
56 Down
"Gave proof ___ the night . . . " (4 letters)
57 Down
"Dancing with Tears in My ___" (4 letters)
60 Down
Sugar: Suffix (3 letters)

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