Wednesday Crossword — January 31, 1979

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Maura B. Jacobson1/31/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Elec. unit (3 letters)
4 Across
L.A. locale (5 letters)
9 Across
Travois (4 letters)
13 Across
Do fingerpainting (4 letters)
15 Across
Bell town (5 letters)
16 Across
Held up in use (4 letters)
17 Across
Excerpt (15 letters)
20 Across
Governs badly (8 letters)
21 Across
Not so puzzling (6 letters)
22 Across
Stowe title (4 letters)
23 Across
Invites (4 letters)
24 Across
Sticky (6 letters)
27 Across
Prepay the pot (4 letters)
28 Across
Dunce (3 letters)
31 Across
Of Andean natives (5 letters)
32 Across
Ballerina's knee bend (4 letters)
33 Across
Monitor lizard (4 letters)
34 Across
Clinch (15 letters)
37 Across
Mal à la ___ (4 letters)
38 Across
Puccini piece (4 letters)
39 Across
Mitt (5 letters)
40 Across
"But where ___ the snows . . . " (3 letters)
41 Across
Word on an octagonal sign (4 letters)
42 Across
Luise from Vienna (6 letters)
43 Across
Form of "lie" (4 letters)
44 Across
Creator of the Buddenbrooks (4 letters)
45 Across
Swear to (6 letters)
48 Across
Tended the flowers (8 letters)
52 Across
Gold standard (15 letters)
54 Across
Yours and mine (4 letters)
55 Across
Duke or Day (5 letters)
56 Across
Getz (4 letters)
57 Across
Confined, with "up" (4 letters)
58 Across
Robert ___ Sherwood (5 letters)
59 Across
Pig's digs (3 letters)

Down

1 Down
"Madam, I'm ___" (4 letters)
2 Down
Parisian spouse (4 letters)
3 Down
___ forth (proposes) (4 letters)
4 Down
Directed the hoedown (6 letters)
5 Down
"___ without a name": "Macbeth" (5 letters)
6 Down
Track circuits (4 letters)
7 Down
Actress Balin (3 letters)
8 Down
Ranger of a sort (8 letters)
9 Down
Bernese, e.g. (5 letters)
10 Down
Math points (4 letters)
11 Down
Gardner (4 letters)
12 Down
Elk's ilk (4 letters)
14 Down
Canary's confines (8 letters)
18 Down
Smokehouse process (6 letters)
19 Down
Film segment (4 letters)
23 Down
Loos (5 letters)
24 Down
Panorama (5 letters)
25 Down
Kind of city or tube (5 letters)
26 Down
Reptile's covering (5 letters)
27 Down
Town in NE Illinois (5 letters)
28 Down
Gaseous element in our atmosphere (5 letters)
29 Down
Ointment (5 letters)
30 Down
Derisive look (5 letters)
32 Down
Name of fame in Argentina (5 letters)
33 Down
Duckling's problem (8 letters)
35 Down
Line on a map (8 letters)
36 Down
Amin's realm (6 letters)
41 Down
Back talk (4 letters)
42 Down
Most uncommon (6 letters)
43 Down
Minimum (5 letters)
44 Down
Former First Lady (5 letters)
45 Down
On the peak (4 letters)
46 Down
Factual (4 letters)
47 Down
Sea swallow (4 letters)
48 Down
Bacterium (4 letters)
49 Down
C.O. Skinner's "___ in May" (4 letters)
50 Down
Part of Q.E.D. (4 letters)
51 Down
Gainsay (4 letters)
53 Down
Male gypsy (3 letters)

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