Monday Crossword — January 29, 1979

Difficulty: EasyGrid: 15x1574 clues~5-15 minBy Perryman1/29/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Muscular contraction (5 letters)
6 Across
Bobstay (4 letters)
10 Across
Recorded legal proceedings (4 letters)
14 Across
Menu (5 letters)
15 Across
Holly (4 letters)
16 Across
Ill-humored (4 letters)
17 Across
Arabian gazelle (5 letters)
18 Across
Pre-eminent (9 letters)
20 Across
" . . . like the ___ on triumphant brier": Shak. (7 letters)
22 Across
English poet who gave his name to a chair (6 letters)
23 Across
UK emblem (4 letters)
24 Across
Captivates, in a way (6 letters)
25 Across
Shuns (6 letters)
28 Across
Exile (6 letters)
29 Across
Depicts in words (5 letters)
30 Across
River embankment (5 letters)
31 Across
Symbol of strength (3 letters)
34 Across
Saucer-shaped bell (4 letters)
35 Across
Trigonometric functions (5 letters)
36 Across
Chaste (4 letters)
37 Across
___ Baba (3 letters)
38 Across
Joined with heat (5 letters)
39 Across
Untouchables, e.g. (5 letters)
40 Across
What swine spurn (6 letters)
42 Across
Glossy cotton fabric (6 letters)
43 Across
Part of L.A.P.D. (6 letters)
44 Across
To ___ his own (4 letters)
45 Across
Change crops (6 letters)
46 Across
Firmly attaches (7 letters)
50 Across
Sandburg's "___ Are Different to Different People" (9 letters)
53 Across
Practice composition (5 letters)
54 Across
Fluke features (4 letters)
55 Across
Preserve from loss (4 letters)
56 Across
Doorkeeper, Masonic style (5 letters)
57 Across
Carry (4 letters)
58 Across
Mild oath (4 letters)
59 Across
Bloodhound's clue (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Blemish (4 letters)
2 Down
Remove the outer coating (4 letters)
3 Down
Without moisture (4 letters)
4 Down
British money (8 letters)
5 Down
Blister beetles (7 letters)
6 Down
Mature (5 letters)
7 Down
Wave on the Spanish Main (3 letters)
8 Down
According to (3 letters)
9 Down
Scrutinizes (8 letters)
10 Down
Pays honor to (6 letters)
11 Down
Appomattox ___, where Lee surrendered (10 letters)
12 Down
Former pirates' hide-out (5 letters)
13 Down
A well-known septet (4 letters)
19 Down
Capra product (5 letters)
21 Down
Distress signal (3 letters)
24 Down
Talked wildly (5 letters)
25 Down
Marine plant (4 letters)
26 Down
Bowed instrument (4 letters)
27 Down
Infinite in power (10 letters)
28 Down
Czechoslovak statesman (5 letters)
30 Down
Thread for French statesman (5 letters)
32 Down
Comedian Johnson (4 letters)
33 Down
Ardent (4 letters)
35 Down
Temporary respite (8 letters)
36 Down
Moving (8 letters)
38 Down
"I have kept the ___": II Timothy (5 letters)
39 Down
Seals of official approval (7 letters)
41 Down
Slip by, as time (6 letters)
42 Down
Antithesis of gleeful (3 letters)
43 Down
It struck F.D.R. in 1921 (5 letters)
44 Down
Made comfortable (5 letters)
45 Down
Fissure (4 letters)
47 Down
___ of thumb (4 letters)
48 Down
Any delightful region (4 letters)
49 Down
Waldorf-Astoria muralist (4 letters)
51 Down
Gee-gee (3 letters)
52 Down
Pride of Sen. Norris of Tenn. (3 letters)

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