Saturday Crossword — March 24, 1979

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy Jean Reed3/24/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Bright as ___ penny (4 letters)
5 Across
Took 40 winks (5 letters)
10 Across
Islamic spirit (4 letters)
14 Across
Branches (4 letters)
15 Across
"It came ___ midnight clear" (5 letters)
16 Across
Uncouth (4 letters)
17 Across
No problem (10 letters)
19 Across
Holly plant (4 letters)
20 Across
___ work (toiling earnestly) (6 letters)
21 Across
Rights fighter (8 letters)
23 Across
French fuzz (4 letters)
25 Across
"When I put out ___": Tennyson (5 letters)
26 Across
Atmosphere or milieu (8 letters)
30 Across
She sewed for the poor (6 letters)
33 Across
Bar orders (5 letters)
34 Across
Leah's father (5 letters)
36 Across
Letters for Victoria (3 letters)
37 Across
Abdominal flab (4 letters)
38 Across
Mervyn of movies (5 letters)
39 Across
___ en scène (4 letters)
40 Across
After north or post (3 letters)
41 Across
Cracker (5 letters)
42 Across
___ spade a spade (5 letters)
43 Across
Lorenzo or Mellon (6 letters)
45 Across
Breach of the peace (8 letters)
47 Across
Horse followers (5 letters)
49 Across
That: Fr. (4 letters)
50 Across
Take ___ (like) (8 letters)
53 Across
___ acid (aqua fortis) (6 letters)
57 Across
Tiant of the Yankees (4 letters)
58 Across
Name of fame in banking (10 letters)
60 Across
Before graph or scope (4 letters)
61 Across
Vikings (5 letters)
62 Across
Atop (4 letters)
63 Across
Jimmy the Greek's specialty (4 letters)
64 Across
What the leopard can't alter (5 letters)
65 Across
Headland (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Sight at St. Louis (4 letters)
2 Down
Okinawan seaport (4 letters)
3 Down
Arab prince (4 letters)
4 Down
Sweeping conflagration (8 letters)
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Hoffman or Farnum (6 letters)
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Contrary: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Author of "J'accuse" (4 letters)
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Vote into law (5 letters)
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One way to live (8 letters)
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Ryan O'Neal film (6 letters)
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Cook on TV (10 letters)
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June 13, e.g., to Cicero (4 letters)
13 Down
Baldwin's "The Fire ___ Time" (4 letters)
18 Down
Evans and Carnegie (5 letters)
22 Down
"When the frost ___ the punkin": Riley (4 letters)
24 Down
Symbol in music (5 letters)
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___ in the right direction (5 letters)
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Shearer of ballet (5 letters)
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Fire dreader, according to Ben Jonson (10 letters)
29 Down
Word with dog or lop (5 letters)
31 Down
Where outstretched legs are hazards (5 letters)
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Slander (5 letters)
35 Down
___ acid (mild antiseptic) (5 letters)
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Feast of ___, in Chinatown (8 letters)
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Annual Boston event (8 letters)
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Threadbare (4 letters)
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Mulligrubs (5 letters)
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Brings up (6 letters)
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Meanings (6 letters)
48 Down
Small porch (5 letters)
50 Down
Band instrument, for short (4 letters)
51 Down
Appropriate rhyme for wooed (4 letters)
52 Down
Another, in Avila (4 letters)
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Wrench open (4 letters)
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___ du Vent (Windward Islands) (4 letters)
56 Down
Officers under an adm. (4 letters)
59 Down
Merle Miller subj. (3 letters)

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