Friday Crossword — December 15, 1978

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1578 clues~30-60 minBy Sidney L. Robbins12/15/1978

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
43,560 sq. ft. (4 letters)
5 Across
Papal seal (5 letters)
10 Across
Portend (4 letters)
14 Across
Type of camp (4 letters)
15 Across
Type of skin (5 letters)
16 Across
Summit (4 letters)
17 Across
Pipeline, at times (15 letters)
20 Across
Golf mound (3 letters)
21 Across
Author's employee (5 letters)
22 Across
"The defense ___" (5 letters)
23 Across
J.F.K. was one (4 letters)
24 Across
Tippet's cousin (3 letters)
25 Across
Quarries in tales of pirates (15 letters)
33 Across
Mountain climber's challenge (5 letters)
34 Across
Towl word (4 letters)
35 Across
Napoleon, for short (3 letters)
36 Across
Dog followers (4 letters)
37 Across
Gleamed (5 letters)
39 Across
Spotted rodent (4 letters)
40 Across
George Gershwin's brother (3 letters)
41 Across
Skidded (4 letters)
42 Across
Broadcast (5 letters)
43 Across
Howard Carter's discovery: 1922 (15 letters)
47 Across
Yellow journal (3 letters)
48 Across
Responsibility (4 letters)
49 Across
Olivier or Gielgud (5 letters)
52 Across
Burdened (5 letters)
54 Across
Unworthy coin (3 letters)
57 Across
Predicaments in ghost stories (15 letters)
60 Across
Roué (4 letters)
61 Across
" . . . no fool like ___ fool" (5 letters)
62 Across
Wedding pellets (4 letters)
63 Across
Cain-slain shepherd (4 letters)
64 Across
Labyrinths (5 letters)
65 Across
Logger's travois (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Adjoin (4 letters)
2 Down
Ice-cream holder (4 letters)
3 Down
Took the bus (4 letters)
4 Down
Paris season (3 letters)
5 Down
___ down (in a rut) (6 letters)
6 Down
Disquiet (6 letters)
7 Down
Cowardly creature in Oz (4 letters)
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Bumpkin or lumpkin (4 letters)
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___ Arbor (3 letters)
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Canadian's flat-bottomed boat (6 letters)
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Major work (4 letters)
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I.o.u. (4 letters)
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Wyes' predecessors (4 letters)
18 Down
Peep show (5 letters)
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Metal waste (5 letters)
23 Down
Sumps (4 letters)
24 Down
In one's "birthday suit" (4 letters)
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Hand-dyed fabric (5 letters)
26 Down
Arrow poison (5 letters)
27 Down
Lear's second daughter (5 letters)
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TV show (5 letters)
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Irish diminutive suffix (3 letters)
30 Down
Resume war preparations (5 letters)
31 Down
Johnny Carson role (5 letters)
32 Down
Deposit eggs, as salmon (5 letters)
37 Down
Garden pest (4 letters)
38 Down
Line-drive double, e.g. (3 letters)
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School orgs. (4 letters)
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Ogle, with "at" (5 letters)
42 Down
Sidetrack (5 letters)
44 Down
Display servility (6 letters)
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Plant bud (6 letters)
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Massages, in a way (6 letters)
49 Down
Site of the Pearl Mosque (4 letters)
50 Down
Type of apple or grass (4 letters)
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Capture (4 letters)
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Director Wertmüller (4 letters)
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From ___ (completely) (4 letters)
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Loam or loess (4 letters)
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Twice halved (4 letters)
56 Down
Secondhand (4 letters)
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Hill or Browne (3 letters)
59 Down
Division of Dept. of the Treasury (3 letters)

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