Wednesday Crossword — June 20, 1979

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Meltzer6/20/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Follower of rip or whip (4 letters)
5 Across
Particle in a cyclotron: Abbr. (3 letters)
8 Across
Salesman to whom "attention must be paid" (5 letters)
13 Across
Once more (4 letters)
14 Across
Immensely desirous (4 letters)
16 Across
___ board (5 letters)
17 Across
Longest river in Africa (4 letters)
18 Across
Snow field (4 letters)
19 Across
Language that Latin replaced (5 letters)
20 Across
Drudge (4 letters)
21 Across
Con men (10 letters)
23 Across
Elated (11 letters)
25 Across
___-tse, founder of Taoism (3 letters)
26 Across
Faced with difficulties (6 letters)
31 Across
"Eureka!" to Descartes (5 letters)
35 Across
Doxy adherents (4 letters)
38 Across
A Jones who owns a locker (4 letters)
39 Across
Elated (15 letters)
42 Across
"Auld Lang ___" (4 letters)
43 Across
Pulitzer winner of 1958 (4 letters)
44 Across
Lucine of the Met (5 letters)
45 Across
Part of a cast of thousands (6 letters)
47 Across
B.&O. and PATH (3 letters)
49 Across
Elated (11 letters)
56 Across
Like Marat, Paine or Trotsky (10 letters)
60 Across
Song for 44 Across (4 letters)
61 Across
Writer Loos (5 letters)
62 Across
Caretaker, for short (4 letters)
63 Across
Hunger symptom (4 letters)
64 Across
"A shaggy ___ soft hide . . . ": Pope (5 letters)
65 Across
Having a share of (4 letters)
66 Across
Advantage (4 letters)
67 Across
Taxable item (5 letters)
68 Across
Explosive letters (3 letters)
69 Across
It's in a jamb (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Division of a long poem (5 letters)
2 Down
It makes friers into criers (5 letters)
3 Down
Memento (5 letters)
4 Down
Elaborate (on) (5 letters)
5 Down
Italian city or loose gown (6 letters)
6 Down
Acting supererogatorily (9 letters)
7 Down
" . . . an' the ___ is easy" (5 letters)
8 Down
Untie (6 letters)
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Evict (4 letters)
10 Down
Blind trio (4 letters)
11 Down
Discordant (4 letters)
12 Down
Code words for n's (4 letters)
15 Down
Tenth part: Comb. form (4 letters)
22 Down
Pushcart fare (5 letters)
24 Down
King of Norway (4 letters)
27 Down
First lady's man (4 letters)
28 Down
Mocha (4 letters)
29 Down
State peremptorily (4 letters)
30 Down
Not one of the major birds (4 letters)
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Two-jawed device (4 letters)
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Cameo stone (4 letters)
33 Down
"___ It Romantic?" (4 letters)
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Lustful look (4 letters)
36 Down
Sault ___ Marie (3 letters)
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At once (9 letters)
40 Down
Studio item (5 letters)
41 Down
One of Kipling's "twain" (4 letters)
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After much delay (6 letters)
48 Down
Hold a grudge (6 letters)
50 Down
Nil ___ bonum (4 letters)
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Source (5 letters)
52 Down
Opposite of live (5 letters)
53 Down
Texas farmer's acres (5 letters)
54 Down
Jazzman's jive, e.g. (5 letters)
55 Down
Rathskeller order (5 letters)
56 Down
Piece for a sitar player (4 letters)
57 Down
Son of Seth (4 letters)
58 Down
Prepossession (4 letters)
59 Down
Suffix with leather and major (4 letters)

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