Thursday Crossword — December 21, 1978

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1572 clues~15-30 minBy Norton Rhoades12/21/1978

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Lerner-Loewe musical (7 letters)
8 Across
Altar in the sky (3 letters)
11 Across
Composer Rorem (3 letters)
14 Across
Ancient Mesopotamian (7 letters)
15 Across
Imply (7 letters)
17 Across
Showy fan palm (7 letters)
18 Across
Body of proxy rulers (7 letters)
19 Across
Llama-land (4 letters)
21 Across
Sense of pitch (3 letters)
22 Across
Price-reducing premium (4 letters)
25 Across
Busy ones (4 letters)
28 Across
Gun a motor (3 letters)
30 Across
Charged atom (3 letters)
31 Across
Hit sign (3 letters)
32 Across
October drink (3 letters)
33 Across
Retirement benefit (15 letters)
39 Across
Ditto above (15 letters)
40 Across
Ditto above (15 letters)
41 Across
Opposite of taboo, in Hilo (3 letters)
42 Across
"___ your heart out!" (3 letters)
43 Across
Corp., e.g. (3 letters)
44 Across
Vetch (3 letters)
45 Across
Coaster of a sort (4 letters)
47 Across
Gazebo drinks (4 letters)
48 Across
Drink-on-the-run (3 letters)
50 Across
Founder of "The Bookman" (4 letters)
52 Across
Kind of checkers (7 letters)
56 Across
Overwhelming flood (7 letters)
61 Across
Clumsy workman (7 letters)
62 Across
Relative of a bouquet (7 letters)
63 Across
Middle-age problem (3 letters)
64 Across
Indian export (3 letters)
65 Across
Monroe's early home (7 letters)

Down

1 Down
Grimalkin (3 letters)
2 Down
"I ___ Camera" (3 letters)
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Smallest particle of an elem. (3 letters)
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Silkworm (3 letters)
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Fra ___ Lippi (5 letters)
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Today he's a Sooner (4 letters)
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Prefix with meter or gram (5 letters)
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Top: Comb. form (3 letters)
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Richard ___ (3 letters)
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French spirit (4 letters)
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Lack of trust or dependence (11 letters)
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Common abbr. (3 letters)
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Ottoman official (3 letters)
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Close (10 letters)
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Generously given (9 letters)
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Logan tenant (7 letters)
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Breakfast greeting (11 letters)
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Waxing (10 letters)
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Threefold (5 letters)
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"___ My Mother Taught Me" (5 letters)
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Those just arrived at Granada (7 letters)
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Kitty (3 letters)
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Pooh's friend, Little ___ (3 letters)
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Skin problems (5 letters)
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Toast (5 letters)
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Bonn exclamation (3 letters)
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Sch. marks (3 letters)
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"La ___ è mobile" (5 letters)
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Cut ___ (be conspicuous) (5 letters)
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Stone (4 letters)
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"Vaya con ___" (4 letters)
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Network monogram (3 letters)
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Mao's successor (3 letters)
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Comprehend (3 letters)
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Babylonian or Caesarean (3 letters)
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Set (3 letters)
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Eastern bigwig (3 letters)
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Inexperienced (3 letters)
60 Down
Author Rand (3 letters)

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