Thursday Crossword — April 12, 1979
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Dana Gross4/12/1979
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Forefront (3 letters)
- 4 Across
- Docile person (4 letters)
- 8 Across
- Type of history (4 letters)
- 12 Across
- In a line (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- Place of an action, in law (5 letters)
- 15 Across
- A lot of money (4 letters)
- 16 Across
- Tree native to the southern U.S. (4 letters)
- 17 Across
- Concern of Soviet officials (10 letters)
- 19 Across
- Atmospheric pollutant (7 letters)
- 21 Across
- Liqueur and condiment flavor (5 letters)
- 22 Across
- Birthplace of the limerick (4 letters)
- 23 Across
- Located at or in the ear (4 letters)
- 24 Across
- Insect-eating mammal of Madagascar (6 letters)
- 27 Across
- Washington Monument, e.g. (7 letters)
- 30 Across
- Part of the psyche (3 letters)
- 31 Across
- Caliban, to Prospero (5 letters)
- 33 Across
- Jack Horner, for one (5 letters)
- 35 Across
- Signs of Rialto success (4 letters)
- 37 Across
- Rejoice (5 letters)
- 39 Across
- Captain in a Verne novel (4 letters)
- 40 Across
- Doctrine (5 letters)
- 42 Across
- Epic of the Trojan War (5 letters)
- 44 Across
- Like a teacher's pet (3 letters)
- 45 Across
- Able to withstand stress (7 letters)
- 47 Across
- "There is no ___ but life": Ruskin (6 letters)
- 49 Across
- Wood and coal derivatives (4 letters)
- 50 Across
- Almost invisible biter (4 letters)
- 51 Across
- Blazing (5 letters)
- 53 Across
- Mouth of a clam (7 letters)
- 56 Across
- G.I. sent elsewhere (10 letters)
- 58 Across
- Frat's next of kin (4 letters)
- 60 Across
- Make goo-goo eyes (4 letters)
- 61 Across
- Complete (5 letters)
- 62 Across
- Beat out barely (4 letters)
- 63 Across
- Candidate's concern (4 letters)
- 64 Across
- Word between stop and listen (4 letters)
- 65 Across
- The time of many billions of lives (3 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Wine vessel (3 letters)
- 2 Down
- "The Toreador Song," e.g. (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- Observe (4 letters)
- 4 Down
- Winning manager in 1978 World Series (5 letters)
- 5 Down
- Dye (4 letters)
- 6 Down
- Drinking utensil (3 letters)
- 7 Down
- Criticize sharply (6 letters)
- 8 Down
- Spectacles are his specialty (8 letters)
- 9 Down
- Social reformer: 1849–1914 (4 letters)
- 10 Down
- Succulent plant (4 letters)
- 11 Down
- Author Deighton (3 letters)
- 13 Down
- Building artisan (5 letters)
- 14 Down
- Blister (7 letters)
- 18 Down
- Old-womanish (5 letters)
- 20 Down
- Ilmenite and chalcopyrite (4 letters)
- 23 Down
- Printers' daggers (5 letters)
- 24 Down
- Acid ___ (4 letters)
- 25 Down
- Bird known for its valuable plumes (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- Caldwell's "___ Hears" (5 letters)
- 27 Down
- Part of a seed plant (5 letters)
- 28 Down
- Peculate (5 letters)
- 29 Down
- Trim (5 letters)
- 32 Down
- Branch or leaf angles (5 letters)
- 34 Down
- He wrote "Portnoy's Complaint" (4 letters)
- 36 Down
- Possible watcher on the Rhine (8 letters)
- 38 Down
- More like a lion's pelt (7 letters)
- 41 Down
- Autocrats (5 letters)
- 43 Down
- Unwilling to listen (4 letters)
- 46 Down
- Angry (6 letters)
- 48 Down
- "There is ___ in the affairs of men . . . " (5 letters)
- 50 Down
- Socrates or Isocrates (5 letters)
- 51 Down
- Jason's ship (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- Collapse (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Hamlet's "___ take arms . . . " (4 letters)
- 54 Down
- Word with area or zip (4 letters)
- 55 Down
- Hence, to Hadrian (4 letters)
- 56 Down
- Kind of billing (3 letters)
- 57 Down
- Ike's post in W.W. II (3 letters)
- 59 Down
- Pieces for Fischer (3 letters)
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