Wednesday Crossword — December 20, 1978
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Herb L. Risteen12/20/1978
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Emulate the flight of the kite (4 letters)
- 5 Across
- Canal or Canyon (5 letters)
- 10 Across
- SEATO, for one (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- Earthen jar (4 letters)
- 15 Across
- Logrolling contest (5 letters)
- 16 Across
- Port of importance in the Crusades (4 letters)
- 17 Across
- Easy to lift (15 letters)
- 20 Across
- Discharge in disgrace (7 letters)
- 21 Across
- Diplomatic-corps dean (5 letters)
- 22 Across
- Hill dweller (3 letters)
- 23 Across
- Breakfast food (4 letters)
- 25 Across
- Appetizing (6 letters)
- 29 Across
- Talk boastfully (4 letters)
- 30 Across
- Vinegar (3 letters)
- 33 Across
- Urge on (4 letters)
- 34 Across
- Snow or soap follower (5 letters)
- 35 Across
- Suffix with alp or river (3 letters)
- 36 Across
- Build a Swiss bank account (15 letters)
- 40 Across
- Building section (3 letters)
- 41 Across
- Eschew (5 letters)
- 42 Across
- Pitcher (4 letters)
- 43 Across
- Madrid monarch (3 letters)
- 44 Across
- "Good Queen ___" (4 letters)
- 45 Across
- Magician's "___ chango!" (6 letters)
- 47 Across
- Solecistic word (4 letters)
- 48 Across
- Vietnamese city (3 letters)
- 49 Across
- Catkin (5 letters)
- 52 Across
- "Babes in Toyland" composer (7 letters)
- 56 Across
- Compatible persons (15 letters)
- 60 Across
- Muse of history (4 letters)
- 61 Across
- Ex ___ (one-sided) (5 letters)
- 62 Across
- Apt rhyme for casino (4 letters)
- 63 Across
- Kind of mouse or hound (4 letters)
- 64 Across
- Four of 52 (5 letters)
- 65 Across
- Marryat's "Mr. Midshipman ___" (4 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Costa del ___ (3 letters)
- 2 Down
- Suffix used in acid names (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- Water growth (4 letters)
- 4 Down
- Stadium sounds (4 letters)
- 5 Down
- Mottled, as a photograph (6 letters)
- 6 Down
- Brazil red (5 letters)
- 7 Down
- Winged (4 letters)
- 8 Down
- Ship-shaped clock (3 letters)
- 9 Down
- Hutch occupant (3 letters)
- 10 Down
- "Cry the Beloved Country" author (5 letters)
- 11 Down
- Rheumatic (4 letters)
- 12 Down
- Hudson Bay Indian (4 letters)
- 13 Down
- Gull's cousin (4 letters)
- 18 Down
- "___ she blows!" (4 letters)
- 19 Down
- Well-known sayings (6 letters)
- 23 Down
- Stigma (5 letters)
- 24 Down
- Dissolute man (4 letters)
- 25 Down
- Less risky (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- White poplar (5 letters)
- 27 Down
- Immature (5 letters)
- 28 Down
- Diamond star Mel (3 letters)
- 29 Down
- City on the Loire (5 letters)
- 30 Down
- Surveys (5 letters)
- 31 Down
- Separate leaf in a book (5 letters)
- 32 Down
- Subway on the Continent (5 letters)
- 34 Down
- New England poet: 1874–1963 (5 letters)
- 37 Down
- Special garbs (6 letters)
- 38 Down
- Uniform (4 letters)
- 39 Down
- Born (3 letters)
- 45 Down
- Thick soups (6 letters)
- 46 Down
- One-fourth of a shekel (4 letters)
- 47 Down
- Words in a contract (5 letters)
- 48 Down
- Built like a fullback (5 letters)
- 49 Down
- First four rows at the Met (4 letters)
- 50 Down
- Track-meet event (4 letters)
- 51 Down
- Battle of Lake ___: 1813 (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- The constellation Lepus (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Raison d'___ (4 letters)
- 54 Down
- Flightless bird (4 letters)
- 55 Down
- "Sawbucks" (4 letters)
- 57 Down
- Choose (3 letters)
- 58 Down
- Word with East or West (3 letters)
- 59 Down
- Campanella (3 letters)
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