Saturday Crossword — December 16, 1978

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy Jean J. Davison12/16/1978

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Grades that don't make the grade (3 letters)
4 Across
Confront (4 letters)
8 Across
___ Picchu (Incan stronghold) (5 letters)
13 Across
Women's service org. (3 letters)
14 Across
Moslem title (4 letters)
15 Across
World supporter (5 letters)
16 Across
Stunt-plane maneuver (4 letters)
18 Across
Iago's forte (4 letters)
19 Across
Thruway, e.g. (5 letters)
20 Across
Like a persona non grata (9 letters)
22 Across
Firmly implant (5 letters)
23 Across
Sound reproduction, for short (6 letters)
24 Across
Native of Teheran (5 letters)
26 Across
Type of column (5 letters)
28 Across
Arcane (6 letters)
32 Across
Satan's cohort (5 letters)
35 Across
Chore (4 letters)
37 Across
___ a happy smile (beamed) (4 letters)
38 Across
Eager (4 letters)
39 Across
Stakes (5 letters)
40 Across
Lamb's pseudonym (4 letters)
41 Across
Prefix for meter or liter (4 letters)
42 Across
Holly (4 letters)
43 Across
Member of a R.R. crew (5 letters)
44 Across
Delphic priestess (6 letters)
46 Across
___ in wait (ready to ambush) (5 letters)
48 Across
Pithy (5 letters)
50 Across
Same old stuff, in new form (6 letters)
54 Across
Promenades for Pericles (5 letters)
57 Across
Dun (9 letters)
59 Across
Hair ornaments (5 letters)
60 Across
" . . . a ___ and hungry look" (4 letters)
61 Across
Pack (4 letters)
62 Across
Useful (5 letters)
63 Across
"The ___ and Future King": White (4 letters)
64 Across
Miner's quest (3 letters)
65 Across
Inhibit (5 letters)
66 Across
Suffix for prank or song (4 letters)
67 Across
To-be-cont. story (3 letters)

Down

1 Down
Mt. ___, Colo. peak (5 letters)
2 Down
Facade (5 letters)
3 Down
Little Eva's creator (5 letters)
4 Down
Peregrine (6 letters)
5 Down
Exchange discount (4 letters)
6 Down
Fe or Au, for example (15 letters)
7 Down
Nurse, at times (5 letters)
8 Down
Leatherneck (6 letters)
9 Down
For oxygen, 16; for carbon, 12, etc. (13 letters)
10 Down
Social group (4 letters)
11 Down
Abhor (4 letters)
12 Down
Previously owned (4 letters)
17 Down
Arrangement based on Mendeleev's law (13 letters)
21 Down
Trotsky (4 letters)
25 Down
Questions (4 letters)
27 Down
Type of type: Abbr. (4 letters)
29 Down
Parker House ___ (4 letters)
30 Down
"Clinton's canal" (4 letters)
31 Down
Rend (4 letters)
32 Down
Groove (4 letters)
33 Down
At any time (4 letters)
34 Down
Biotite, e.g. (4 letters)
36 Down
Erotic (4 letters)
39 Down
Harbor structure (4 letters)
43 Down
Rare individual (4 letters)
45 Down
Inferior (6 letters)
47 Down
He has pressing problems (6 letters)
49 Down
Midwest cylinders (5 letters)
51 Down
Durant, Erskine, etc. (5 letters)
52 Down
Rhoncus (5 letters)
53 Down
He hacks (5 letters)
54 Down
Run before a gale (4 letters)
55 Down
Transport (4 letters)
56 Down
Neglect (4 letters)
58 Down
Gait (4 letters)

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