Thursday Crossword — July 5, 1979

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Joy L. Wouk7/5/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
"Ad ___ per aspera" (5 letters)
6 Across
Gaiter (4 letters)
10 Across
Pet source (4 letters)
14 Across
Hip, hip, hooray (5 letters)
15 Across
Tuscan river (4 letters)
16 Across
Decisive point (4 letters)
17 Across
Veterinarian's concern (5 letters)
18 Across
Alien dreader (9 letters)
20 Across
"Enigma Variations" composer (5 letters)
22 Across
January white ___ (4 letters)
23 Across
"___ Blas" (3 letters)
24 Across
Owing (6 letters)
26 Across
Restricts (6 letters)
28 Across
Have (3 letters)
30 Across
Needle case (4 letters)
31 Across
Tokyo, once (3 letters)
32 Across
Fells and removes trees (4 letters)
34 Across
Crimson and scarlet (4 letters)
36 Across
Dangerous (5 letters)
39 Across
Attic (4 letters)
40 Across
Spanish or Bermuda (5 letters)
42 Across
Elevator man (4 letters)
43 Across
Parisian's "Well then!" (5 letters)
45 Across
Hindu god of fire (4 letters)
46 Across
1,760 yards (4 letters)
47 Across
Molasses distillate (3 letters)
48 Across
Fleming and Smith (4 letters)
50 Across
Two N.T. books (3 letters)
51 Across
Muddled (6 letters)
54 Across
Shock (6 letters)
56 Across
Rhea's relative (3 letters)
57 Across
Actress Kirk (4 letters)
59 Across
Ai (5 letters)
61 Across
Contrite ones (9 letters)
64 Across
Attempt (5 letters)
66 Across
"Rock of ___" (4 letters)
67 Across
Wilde's "Ballad of Reading ___" (4 letters)
68 Across
Bouquet (5 letters)
69 Across
Bind (4 letters)
70 Across
Nashville's Grand Ole ___ (4 letters)
71 Across
March 6 in old Rome (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Gram. case (3 letters)
2 Down
Clog (4 letters)
3 Down
Gypsies' forte (15 letters)
4 Down
Royal sway (5 letters)
5 Down
Covered shopping area (6 letters)
6 Down
Begian musical-instrument maker: 1791–1865 (3 letters)
7 Down
Nimble-fingered one (15 letters)
8 Down
King of Siam's friend (4 letters)
9 Down
Cat's-paws (5 letters)
10 Down
Manhattan's P.S. 6 is one (3 letters)
11 Down
Seer's forte (15 letters)
12 Down
Ancient measure of length (5 letters)
13 Down
Figure skaters' spectacular spins (5 letters)
19 Down
Grimes or Pan (5 letters)
21 Down
Prefix with grade or cede (5 letters)
25 Down
___ Vista, Mex. (battle site in 1847) (5 letters)
27 Down
Dialect (5 letters)
28 Down
Southwestern stewpot (4 letters)
29 Down
Sheep's clothing (4 letters)
33 Down
Vain gait (5 letters)
35 Down
Cousteau apparatus (5 letters)
37 Down
Prefix meaning thousand (4 letters)
38 Down
French-Belgian river (4 letters)
41 Down
Actress Foch and Designer Ricci (5 letters)
44 Down
Silvery little fish (5 letters)
49 Down
Ruth, "___ of Swat" (6 letters)
51 Down
Calyx part (5 letters)
52 Down
End (5 letters)
53 Down
Artist Rivera (5 letters)
55 Down
Havana's ___ Castle (5 letters)
58 Down
Crack (4 letters)
60 Down
Harness part (4 letters)
62 Down
Suffix with fool and dolt (3 letters)
63 Down
___ as a fox (3 letters)
65 Down
___ Vegas (3 letters)

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