Wednesday Crossword — August 29, 1979

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Frank Geary8/29/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Arabian port (4 letters)
5 Across
Joseph's many-colored garment (4 letters)
9 Across
Don José's feeling for Carmen (4 letters)
13 Across
Cut off (4 letters)
14 Across
Ending with wash or wear (4 letters)
15 Across
Pentateuch (5 letters)
17 Across
Lamb's pseudonym (4 letters)
18 Across
Bag of tricks (10 letters)
20 Across
What S O S signifies (8 letters)
22 Across
Employee (6 letters)
23 Across
Proboscis (4 letters)
24 Across
He had an Irish Rose (4 letters)
25 Across
Fragments (6 letters)
28 Across
Criterion (8 letters)
32 Across
Respite (5 letters)
33 Across
Realtors' wares (4 letters)
34 Across
"___ Tag," Barrie play (3 letters)
35 Across
Sea birds (4 letters)
36 Across
In solitude (5 letters)
38 Across
___ Scotia (4 letters)
39 Across
Silkworm (3 letters)
40 Across
Brain's offspring (4 letters)
41 Across
Antitoxin (5 letters)
42 Across
Vacuum tube (8 letters)
44 Across
Genetic offshoots (6 letters)
45 Across
Ouch's cause (4 letters)
46 Across
What claques do (4 letters)
47 Across
Dome (6 letters)
50 Across
Augment or intensify (8 letters)
54 Across
Within creative or fanciful limits (10 letters)
56 Across
Auld lang syne (4 letters)
57 Across
Cop ___: Slang (5 letters)
58 Across
Pluvious forecast (4 letters)
59 Across
Refrain syllables (4 letters)
60 Across
Witnessed (4 letters)
61 Across
Sigma Chi, for short (4 letters)
62 Across
Congers (4 letters)

Down

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Imitated (4 letters)
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Salvador from Spain (4 letters)
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Goddess of discord (4 letters)
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Sometimes this counts (8 letters)
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Fondle (6 letters)
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Portly (5 letters)
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Hannibal crossed them (4 letters)
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Curling mark (3 letters)
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Achieves (7 letters)
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Anchored (6 letters)
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O'Neill protagonist (4 letters)
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Infrequent (4 letters)
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"Leave ___ to Heaven": Ben Ames Williams (3 letters)
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Kickback (6 letters)
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Took a cab (4 letters)
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Like ___ of bricks (4 letters)
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This has its limits (5 letters)
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Franklin's follower (5 letters)
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Quarrel (5 letters)
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Former V.I.P. at G.M. (5 letters)
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Embellish (5 letters)
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Musical performance (5 letters)
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Small quantities (5 letters)
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Pope: 772–95 (6 letters)
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Spinks (4 letters)
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Novice (8 letters)
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Native of Leghorn (7 letters)
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Smelter's fused refuse (4 letters)
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Highest point (6 letters)
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Private eye's customer (6 letters)
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"As You Like It" girl (5 letters)
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Govt. agency (3 letters)
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Decision makers, for short (4 letters)
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Ashen (4 letters)
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Flanged piece of metal (4 letters)
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Went like 60 (4 letters)
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Of an epoch (4 letters)
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Watery home of a monster? (4 letters)
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Comment from Annie's canine (3 letters)

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