Friday Crossword — March 16, 1979
Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy Martha J. DeWitt3/16/1979
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Late pop singer Elliot (4 letters)
- 5 Across
- Kind of flood (5 letters)
- 10 Across
- "___ tale's best for winter": Shak. (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- In ___ (having troubles) (4 letters)
- 15 Across
- Stop the engines at sea (5 letters)
- 16 Across
- Coin of Cuba (4 letters)
- 17 Across
- Tatterdemalion (10 letters)
- 19 Across
- Regard as abominable (4 letters)
- 20 Across
- Divvy up costs (7 letters)
- 21 Across
- Attack (7 letters)
- 23 Across
- Stadium part (4 letters)
- 24 Across
- An aye for an aye, in Mexico (4 letters)
- 25 Across
- Add (6 letters)
- 28 Across
- Dump (8 letters)
- 32 Across
- Follower of sun or moon (5 letters)
- 33 Across
- Grow tiresome (4 letters)
- 34 Across
- Teen-age affliction (4 letters)
- 35 Across
- Dactyl (3 letters)
- 36 Across
- Lichenous (5 letters)
- 37 Across
- Exploit (3 letters)
- 38 Across
- Terminates (4 letters)
- 40 Across
- Barbados ___ (ornamental plant) (4 letters)
- 41 Across
- Gave it a whirl (5 letters)
- 43 Across
- Chemical change (8 letters)
- 45 Across
- "___ Baby," 1916 song (6 letters)
- 46 Across
- Oft-forgotten member of a Churchill quartet (4 letters)
- 47 Across
- Site of Anna's adventures (4 letters)
- 48 Across
- In ___ (ahead) (7 letters)
- 51 Across
- False "handles" (7 letters)
- 55 Across
- Painter of "El Mocho" (4 letters)
- 56 Across
- Maneuver in a dogfight (10 letters)
- 58 Across
- Windigo (4 letters)
- 59 Across
- Patois (5 letters)
- 60 Across
- Tropical nut (4 letters)
- 61 Across
- Bamboolike grass (4 letters)
- 62 Across
- Krupp Works site (5 letters)
- 63 Across
- Hart (4 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Goldfish, for one (4 letters)
- 2 Down
- Emile ___, author of "Momo": 1978 (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- Starch from palms (4 letters)
- 4 Down
- Make more stylish (7 letters)
- 5 Down
- Like some columns or chair legs (6 letters)
- 6 Down
- Permanent pen person (5 letters)
- 7 Down
- W.W. I overseas army (3 letters)
- 8 Down
- Red-backed sandpiper (4 letters)
- 9 Down
- In truth (8 letters)
- 10 Down
- Loss of power to use or understand words (7 letters)
- 11 Down
- Hardtack (10 letters)
- 12 Down
- Anent (4 letters)
- 13 Down
- Energetic one (4 letters)
- 18 Down
- Ship to be remembered (5 letters)
- 22 Down
- Kindled (3 letters)
- 25 Down
- Michaelmas daisy (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- Communicate, in a way (5 letters)
- 27 Down
- Short-time lodging (10 letters)
- 28 Down
- Skipper who sailed to Colchis (5 letters)
- 29 Down
- Additionally (4 letters)
- 30 Down
- Start (5 letters)
- 31 Down
- Impoverished (5 letters)
- 33 Down
- Game divided into chukkers (4 letters)
- 36 Down
- O.K. at the P.O., as a letter (8 letters)
- 39 Down
- Berated (7 letters)
- 41 Down
- Lonesome Pine way (5 letters)
- 42 Down
- Observations (7 letters)
- 44 Down
- Connection (3 letters)
- 45 Down
- Commit a foul on the gridiron (6 letters)
- 47 Down
- Beetle Bailey's boss (5 letters)
- 48 Down
- Owner of a magic hammer (4 letters)
- 49 Down
- Like the Parthenon sculptures (4 letters)
- 50 Down
- Place for a throne (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- Chimney stuffing (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Fitzgerald (4 letters)
- 54 Down
- Dross (4 letters)
- 57 Down
- Modern Nightingales, for short (3 letters)
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