Friday Crossword — December 1, 1978

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy William Lutwiniak12/1/1978

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Meadowlands gait (4 letters)
5 Across
Footwear for Menjou (5 letters)
10 Across
Macula (4 letters)
14 Across
Young man slain by Duke Mantee (4 letters)
15 Across
Buckle (5 letters)
16 Across
Run easily (4 letters)
17 Across
Sports phrase for a good effort (15 letters)
20 Across
Sound an aitch (8 letters)
21 Across
Maintenance (6 letters)
22 Across
Viscountess (4 letters)
23 Across
Wear off by rubbing (4 letters)
24 Across
Moroccan city (5 letters)
27 Across
Keen (4 letters)
28 Across
Casa Mrs. (3 letters)
31 Across
Separate (5 letters)
32 Across
Pleased look (4 letters)
33 Across
Podium (4 letters)
34 Across
Sports phrase for a diamond thriller (15 letters)
37 Across
Biggins (4 letters)
38 Across
Winkle out (4 letters)
39 Across
Indistinguishable (5 letters)
40 Across
___ standstill (3 letters)
41 Across
Suggest (4 letters)
42 Across
Consecrate (5 letters)
43 Across
Recipe ingredient (4 letters)
44 Across
Half: Prefix (4 letters)
46 Across
Fastener (6 letters)
49 Across
Frees (8 letters)
53 Across
Sports phrase meaning not in contention (15 letters)
55 Across
Liter or meter (4 letters)
56 Across
___ in (listened) (5 letters)
57 Across
Thrombus (4 letters)
58 Across
Criticizes (4 letters)
59 Across
Jagged (5 letters)
60 Across
Building additions (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Relative in an Eddie Fisher hit song (4 letters)
2 Down
Ovid's "Eheu!" (4 letters)
3 Down
Quibble (4 letters)
4 Down
Rakes with gunfire (9 letters)
5 Down
Fine fiddle (5 letters)
6 Down
Bit of candy (5 letters)
7 Down
Longing (4 letters)
8 Down
Tea, in Tours (3 letters)
9 Down
Making safe (8 letters)
10 Down
Uncertain, as a wind (5 letters)
11 Down
Body of knowledge (4 letters)
12 Down
Part of a basilica (4 letters)
13 Down
Emulate Niobe (4 letters)
18 Down
Takes the stump (6 letters)
19 Down
Cacholong (4 letters)
23 Down
Indistinct (5 letters)
24 Down
Mexican dance (5 letters)
25 Down
"___ in the Dark," 1964 film (5 letters)
26 Down
Flora and fauna (5 letters)
27 Down
Glove part (5 letters)
28 Down
"Mercure" composer (5 letters)
29 Down
Piles hay (5 letters)
30 Down
Whence the phoenix arose (5 letters)
32 Down
Sty sound (5 letters)
33 Down
Trifling (9 letters)
35 Down
Fashionable attire (8 letters)
36 Down
Hackies (6 letters)
41 Down
Moiety (4 letters)
43 Down
Descries (5 letters)
44 Down
Start of a toast (5 letters)
45 Down
Dodge artfully (5 letters)
46 Down
Bartender's concoction (4 letters)
47 Down
Bonito (4 letters)
48 Down
On one's toes (4 letters)
49 Down
City near Lake Tahoe (4 letters)
50 Down
Door feature (4 letters)
51 Down
Chemical compound (4 letters)
52 Down
N.C.O.'s (4 letters)
54 Down
Wallace's "Ben ___" (3 letters)

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