Thursday Crossword — February 15, 1979

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Whitworth2/15/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Grate (4 letters)
5 Across
Greenhouse plant (5 letters)
10 Across
Famed N.Y.C. street (4 letters)
14 Across
Ending meaning "little one" (4 letters)
15 Across
Grotto nymph (5 letters)
16 Across
Reverberate (4 letters)
17 Across
Place to give a rap (4 letters)
18 Across
"___ yon crimson tree": Bryant (5 letters)
19 Across
Cauterize (4 letters)
20 Across
Leisters (6 letters)
22 Across
Dish sometimes served under glass (8 letters)
24 Across
Rod Carew's weapon (3 letters)
25 Across
Kin of minks (7 letters)
26 Across
Ravage (8 letters)
31 Across
Long, indefinite period (3 letters)
32 Across
Aster or peony (9 letters)
34 Across
Postponed going to bed (5 letters)
38 Across
"Like Niobe, ___ tears": Hamlet (3 letters)
39 Across
Playing card for a seer (5 letters)
41 Across
Collection (3 letters)
42 Across
Man has 32 (5 letters)
45 Across
College official (9 letters)
48 Across
Be repentant (3 letters)
50 Across
Showing good manners and taste (8 letters)
51 Across
Gives out homework (7 letters)
55 Across
Nepalese native (3 letters)
56 Across
Will property (8 letters)
58 Across
Fall forward (6 letters)
62 Across
Astringent (4 letters)
63 Across
Formula for beliefs (5 letters)
65 Across
Ardor (4 letters)
66 Across
Rebuff (4 letters)
67 Across
Poisonous (5 letters)
68 Across
Cipher (4 letters)
69 Across
Estonian (4 letters)
70 Across
Paddle (5 letters)
71 Across
Engineer for whom a St. Louis bridge was named (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Morgan, Foster et al. (4 letters)
2 Down
Like Pisa's tower (4 letters)
3 Down
Shrub with a sour fruit (4 letters)
4 Down
Short allegorical tale (7 letters)
5 Down
Not changing (8 letters)
6 Down
"Lafayette, we ___ here" (3 letters)
7 Down
Caper (4 letters)
8 Down
Shaping tool (5 letters)
9 Down
Stick (6 letters)
10 Down
Scene of Nazis' last stand in Sicily (7 letters)
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Great quantity (5 letters)
12 Down
Man in the van of a clan (5 letters)
13 Down
Civil wrongs (5 letters)
21 Down
Play based on a Maugham story (4 letters)
23 Down
Shepherd prophet (4 letters)
26 Down
Honeymoon spoiler (4 letters)
27 Down
Former Cosmo (4 letters)
28 Down
Shield border (4 letters)
29 Down
Crown: Poetic (4 letters)
30 Down
Auriculate (5 letters)
33 Down
Theater section (4 letters)
35 Down
Polynesian staple (4 letters)
36 Down
Tropical sloth (4 letters)
37 Down
So-so scores for Gary Player (4 letters)
40 Down
Music to a horologist's ears (8 letters)
43 Down
Earn a laurel wreath (7 letters)
44 Down
Like the Colosseum (4 letters)
46 Down
Where Karl Marx once lived (4 letters)
47 Down
Spot for a certain artist (7 letters)
49 Down
Legislates (6 letters)
51 Down
Humble (5 letters)
52 Down
Peddles (5 letters)
53 Down
Crouch (5 letters)
54 Down
Sharpen a razor (5 letters)
57 Down
Six: Comb. form (4 letters)
59 Down
Entreaty (4 letters)
60 Down
Fat (4 letters)
61 Down
Seth's son (4 letters)
64 Down
Uproar (3 letters)

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