Thursday Crossword — December 7, 1978
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy N. M. Meyer12/7/1978
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Without any changes (4 letters)
- 5 Across
- Lead-pipe cinch (4 letters)
- 9 Across
- Chesterfield (4 letters)
- 13 Across
- Basin for holy water (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- Customary; conventional (5 letters)
- 16 Across
- Blue-pencil (4 letters)
- 17 Across
- Danseuse's attire (4 letters)
- 18 Across
- Town on the Penobscot (5 letters)
- 19 Across
- Cell in the retina (4 letters)
- 20 Across
- Ecology-minded actor (13 letters)
- 23 Across
- English watering place (4 letters)
- 24 Across
- Half a sawbuck (3 letters)
- 25 Across
- Decorate (6 letters)
- 28 Across
- Whitman's "___ of Adam" (8 letters)
- 33 Across
- Bear (5 letters)
- 34 Across
- Rest period (5 letters)
- 35 Across
- U.S. satellite (3 letters)
- 36 Across
- Object of Androcles' beneficence (4 letters)
- 37 Across
- Valued at (5 letters)
- 38 Across
- Wharf (4 letters)
- 39 Across
- Kind of dye (3 letters)
- 40 Across
- Guitar ridges (5 letters)
- 41 Across
- Eccentric (5 letters)
- 42 Across
- "Heartaches" bandleader (8 letters)
- 44 Across
- Opposite of hits the hay (6 letters)
- 45 Across
- Kin of mins. and secs. (3 letters)
- 46 Across
- Says further (4 letters)
- 47 Across
- Christmas "visitor" (13 letters)
- 53 Across
- Self-controlled (4 letters)
- 54 Across
- Turning tool (5 letters)
- 55 Across
- Plant with sword-shaped leaves (4 letters)
- 57 Across
- Prepares to fire (4 letters)
- 58 Across
- Arab title (5 letters)
- 59 Across
- Elaine ___, author of "Right Bank" (4 letters)
- 60 Across
- Neil Simon creation (4 letters)
- 61 Across
- Old tongue (4 letters)
- 62 Across
- Malodorous (4 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Sternward (3 letters)
- 2 Down
- Bar offering (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- "Long Day's Journey ___ Night" (4 letters)
- 4 Down
- Dogged or mulish (8 letters)
- 5 Down
- Paddock sounds (6 letters)
- 6 Down
- Realm of Boreas (5 letters)
- 7 Down
- Love, in Acapulco (4 letters)
- 8 Down
- Victim of blister rust (4 letters)
- 9 Down
- Base place (6 letters)
- 10 Down
- Bouquet (4 letters)
- 11 Down
- Come across (4 letters)
- 12 Down
- Took refection (3 letters)
- 15 Down
- Massachusetts' "___ aristocracy" (7 letters)
- 21 Down
- Nothing to it (4 letters)
- 22 Down
- Rat-tail ___ (4 letters)
- 25 Down
- Brilliant acclaim (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- Pale yellow, as corn (5 letters)
- 27 Down
- Coop group (5 letters)
- 28 Down
- Peddlers' wagons (5 letters)
- 29 Down
- Shanties (4 letters)
- 30 Down
- Puts to flight (5 letters)
- 31 Down
- Astray: Fr. (5 letters)
- 32 Down
- Poet who wrote "The Highwayman" (5 letters)
- 34 Down
- Quatrain container (4 letters)
- 37 Down
- Contend with (7 letters)
- 38 Down
- Traitor (8 letters)
- 40 Down
- House plant (4 letters)
- 41 Down
- Religious booklet (4 letters)
- 43 Down
- Quaint humor (6 letters)
- 44 Down
- Stick (6 letters)
- 46 Down
- Deep yearnings (5 letters)
- 47 Down
- Flying jib (4 letters)
- 48 Down
- Soprano ___ Jean Smith (4 letters)
- 49 Down
- Reputation (4 letters)
- 50 Down
- Brain passage (4 letters)
- 51 Down
- ___ code (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- Thailand (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Beanie (3 letters)
- 56 Down
- Like Reynard (3 letters)
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