Thursday Crossword — August 2, 1979
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Johnson8/2/1979
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Falls back, as a tide (4 letters)
- 5 Across
- A deck has four (4 letters)
- 9 Across
- Elbe tributary (4 letters)
- 13 Across
- Solo plus one (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- Bikini, e.g. (5 letters)
- 15 Across
- Off schedule (4 letters)
- 16 Across
- Tragic event in 1666 (15 letters)
- 19 Across
- Gets aboard (8 letters)
- 20 Across
- Stood in line (6 letters)
- 21 Across
- Ship's course (3 letters)
- 22 Across
- Whirl (4 letters)
- 23 Across
- Movie-making chore (6 letters)
- 27 Across
- Car ___ (4 letters)
- 28 Across
- "The greatest" (3 letters)
- 31 Across
- Enraged (5 letters)
- 32 Across
- Diving bird (3 letters)
- 33 Across
- "One small step for ___" (4 letters)
- 34 Across
- Important event in 1775 (15 letters)
- 38 Across
- Anglo-Saxon menial (4 letters)
- 39 Across
- Señorita's relative (3 letters)
- 40 Across
- Machine attendant (5 letters)
- 41 Across
- Fisherman's need (3 letters)
- 42 Across
- Aga ___, Moslem leader (4 letters)
- 43 Across
- Fiery (6 letters)
- 44 Across
- Rod's partner (4 letters)
- 45 Across
- Timetable abbr. (3 letters)
- 46 Across
- More sprightly (6 letters)
- 49 Across
- Estrange (8 letters)
- 54 Across
- Sanguinary event in 1861 or 1862 (15 letters)
- 56 Across
- Former Met (4 letters)
- 57 Across
- "___ moi le déluge" (5 letters)
- 58 Across
- Torn; broken (4 letters)
- 59 Across
- Office V.I.P. (4 letters)
- 60 Across
- Ponce de ___ (4 letters)
- 61 Across
- Moderate (4 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Slight advantage (4 letters)
- 2 Down
- Word with sun or wind (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- Vegetable (4 letters)
- 4 Down
- Morning or evening sight (4 letters)
- 5 Down
- Expiate (5 letters)
- 6 Down
- Tricks (4 letters)
- 7 Down
- Old times (3 letters)
- 8 Down
- Tortoise, e.g. (8 letters)
- 9 Down
- Like a pixie (5 letters)
- 10 Down
- Trot or canter (4 letters)
- 11 Down
- French infinitive (4 letters)
- 12 Down
- Bamboolike grass (4 letters)
- 14 Down
- Bring into close cooperation (5 letters)
- 17 Down
- Suez Canal ship (6 letters)
- 18 Down
- Finger or finishing follower (4 letters)
- 22 Down
- Tart (4 letters)
- 23 Down
- Mature (5 letters)
- 24 Down
- Eliminate (5 letters)
- 25 Down
- Ridicule (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- Salt tree (4 letters)
- 27 Down
- Song of joy (5 letters)
- 28 Down
- "I'd walk ___ . . . " (5 letters)
- 29 Down
- Low in the water (5 letters)
- 30 Down
- Powerless (5 letters)
- 33 Down
- Not irrigated (4 letters)
- 35 Down
- Immaterial (8 letters)
- 36 Down
- Small vessel (4 letters)
- 37 Down
- Horse, plant or color (6 letters)
- 42 Down
- ___ over (capsize) (4 letters)
- 43 Down
- Theologian of Constantine's day (5 letters)
- 44 Down
- Confirmation, etc. (5 letters)
- 45 Down
- Harry's "Veep" (5 letters)
- 46 Down
- Rhyme scheme (4 letters)
- 47 Down
- Role in an 1887 opera (4 letters)
- 48 Down
- St., Ave., etc. (4 letters)
- 49 Down
- Hairdo (4 letters)
- 50 Down
- U.S. regulatory org. since 1935 (4 letters)
- 51 Down
- Vicinity (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- Cluster, as of grass (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Duck, in Düsseldorf (4 letters)
- 55 Down
- Unclose, to Shakespeare (3 letters)
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