Thursday Crossword — April 19, 1979

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Weil4/19/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Peter, e.g. (4 letters)
5 Across
As clear as ___ (5 letters)
10 Across
Starchy foodstuff (4 letters)
14 Across
Jar (4 letters)
15 Across
Wet blankets and drips (5 letters)
16 Across
Pep, vim or vigor (4 letters)
17 Across
Ultimate game of chance (15 letters)
20 Across
Pops the question (8 letters)
21 Across
Transients in the 30's (5 letters)
22 Across
Shoshoneans (4 letters)
23 Across
"You could hear ___ drop" (4 letters)
25 Across
Jai alai baskets (6 letters)
28 Across
"Christmas ___": Bach (8 letters)
32 Across
"You're ___ Need," song of the 30's (4 letters)
33 Across
Thompson or Hawkins (5 letters)
34 Across
Cassandra's forte, in today's lingo (3 letters)
35 Across
Medieval evil one (15 letters)
39 Across
Diary-writer Anais (3 letters)
40 Across
Corroded (5 letters)
41 Across
Suffix with six, seven, etc. (4 letters)
42 Across
Baltic denizen (8 letters)
44 Across
Fish dish (6 letters)
46 Across
Like a whooping crane (4 letters)
47 Across
Box (4 letters)
48 Across
With force (5 letters)
51 Across
Air hole (8 letters)
55 Across
Bomb in a bottle (15 letters)
58 Across
Soviet river (4 letters)
59 Across
Electron tube (5 letters)
60 Across
Siècles (4 letters)
61 Across
Emblem of England (4 letters)
62 Across
Passé (5 letters)
63 Across
Dried up (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Missile that could destroy a destroyer: Abbr. (4 letters)
2 Down
Elide (4 letters)
3 Down
___-ran (4 letters)
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Grigori Efimovich (8 letters)
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Reduces in rank or esteem (6 letters)
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"Treasure Island" pirate (5 letters)
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Makes a fluff (4 letters)
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Zodiac sign (3 letters)
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Baton Rouge campus (3 letters)
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"I little have, and ___ more": Dyer (6 letters)
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High: Comb. form (4 letters)
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The take (4 letters)
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Individuals (4 letters)
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Theta follower (4 letters)
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Dawdle (6 letters)
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"Miss Brooks" actress (5 letters)
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Match (4 letters)
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Queeg's ship (5 letters)
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Memphis idol (5 letters)
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Bias (5 letters)
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Like a certain cereal (5 letters)
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James Dean image (5 letters)
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Key (5 letters)
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Emulates Pandora (5 letters)
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Bristles (5 letters)
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Sharecropper, e.g. (6 letters)
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Kind of net or shirt (4 letters)
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Repeats (8 letters)
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Ruth, in 1914 (6 letters)
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Made piquant (6 letters)
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Beside the ___ (irrelevant) (4 letters)
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English china (5 letters)
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Sino-Russian river (4 letters)
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Late Italian statesman (4 letters)
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"___, Time stays, we go": Dobson (4 letters)
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Highlander (4 letters)
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Concern (4 letters)
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Prevaricator (4 letters)
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Other (4 letters)
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Strange (3 letters)
57 Down
Roman road (3 letters)

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