Friday Crossword — August 31, 1979

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy Judson G. Trent8/31/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
It's sometimes intercepted (4 letters)
5 Across
Point; apex (4 letters)
9 Across
Former U.N. head (5 letters)
14 Across
Choir voice (4 letters)
15 Across
Fairy-tale starter (4 letters)
16 Across
Book by D. S. Freeman (5 letters)
17 Across
Part of a vending machine (4 letters)
18 Across
Othello, for one (4 letters)
19 Across
Kind of renewal (5 letters)
20 Across
Commit youthful follies (15 letters)
23 Across
Winker (6 letters)
24 Across
Plod (4 letters)
25 Across
Place for dumbbells (3 letters)
27 Across
Eliminate (6 letters)
32 Across
Universal remedy propounded by Paracelsus (5 letters)
36 Across
"He's ___ Picker," 1914 Berlin song (4 letters)
39 Across
Final notice (4 letters)
40 Across
Start an austerity program (15 letters)
43 Across
Rounded moldings (4 letters)
44 Across
Express (4 letters)
45 Across
The Japanese call it Chosen (5 letters)
46 Across
"Intellectual arm" of a worldwide org. (6 letters)
48 Across
Prefix with center or dermis (3 letters)
50 Across
Slangy approval (4 letters)
53 Across
Author of "Comin' thro' the Rye": 1875 (6 letters)
58 Across
Look out for No. 1 (15 letters)
63 Across
Athlete under a dome (5 letters)
64 Across
Component (4 letters)
65 Across
Theater group letters (4 letters)
66 Across
Complete (5 letters)
67 Across
___ Neuf, across the Seine (4 letters)
68 Across
Oriental weight (4 letters)
69 Across
Quintet plus quartet (5 letters)
70 Across
Salver (4 letters)
71 Across
Besides (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Old hat (5 letters)
2 Down
Bronze, e.g. (5 letters)
3 Down
Vt. ski center (5 letters)
4 Down
Plant resembling the yucca (5 letters)
5 Down
Neil Simon's forte (6 letters)
6 Down
Some, in Seville (4 letters)
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Lighters' kin (5 letters)
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Pauline's predicament (5 letters)
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Long, tiring walk (6 letters)
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Protagonist, usually (4 letters)
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Spanish duke (4 letters)
12 Down
Spruce (4 letters)
13 Down
"Hamiltons" (4 letters)
21 Down
"It Happened One ___" (5 letters)
22 Down
Inn (5 letters)
26 Down
Leonine locks (4 letters)
28 Down
Timber wolf (4 letters)
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Great-grandson of Shem (4 letters)
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Ornamental ceramic (4 letters)
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Singer James from L.A. (4 letters)
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Island near Bering Sea (4 letters)
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National park in Utah (4 letters)
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Folklore fiend (4 letters)
35 Down
"Let ___ cup pass . . . ": Matt. (4 letters)
37 Down
Guidry or Santo (3 letters)
38 Down
Prefix with date or chamber (4 letters)
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Summon (5 letters)
42 Down
"Blue ___," 1927 hit song (5 letters)
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Sidekick (6 letters)
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Like a cover girl (6 letters)
51 Down
What active volcanoes do (5 letters)
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Item to count, in bridge (5 letters)
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Related on mother's side (5 letters)
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Like Judas (5 letters)
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Noted writer of children's books (5 letters)
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Flat (5 letters)
58 Down
Goatlike creature (4 letters)
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"___ Perpetua," Idaho motto (4 letters)
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Business letter abbr. (4 letters)
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Eucalyptus or gingko (4 letters)
62 Down
"Strange Interlude" heroine (4 letters)

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