Saturday Crossword — September 1, 1979
Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Mel Rosen9/1/1979
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Methodical studies (8 letters)
- 9 Across
- Photographer's gear (6 letters)
- 15 Across
- Aromatic plant (8 letters)
- 16 Across
- Undergo again (6 letters)
- 17 Across
- One of the Leagues (8 letters)
- 18 Across
- Paint (6 letters)
- 19 Across
- More urgent (5 letters)
- 20 Across
- Beaten by Fischer (5 letters)
- 22 Across
- George Gershwin's brother (3 letters)
- 23 Across
- Business abbrs. (4 letters)
- 24 Across
- Places (5 letters)
- 25 Across
- Position of control (4 letters)
- 26 Across
- Time period (3 letters)
- 27 Across
- Exert influence over (5 letters)
- 28 Across
- Chief city of Liguria (5 letters)
- 29 Across
- Word with church or play (4 letters)
- 30 Across
- Wine-cask deposit (6 letters)
- 31 Across
- Julius and others (7 letters)
- 35 Across
- Type of vacuum tube (7 letters)
- 36 Across
- Sharp (6 letters)
- 37 Across
- Alexander or John Paul II (4 letters)
- 38 Across
- Lingua franca (5 letters)
- 39 Across
- Deals with (5 letters)
- 40 Across
- Corporeal duct (3 letters)
- 43 Across
- Biblical patriarch (4 letters)
- 44 Across
- Explorer La ___ (5 letters)
- 45 Across
- Swiss capital (4 letters)
- 46 Across
- Choice: Abbr. (3 letters)
- 47 Across
- Gay ___ (5 letters)
- 48 Across
- Cádiz chicken (5 letters)
- 49 Across
- Explosive (6 letters)
- 51 Across
- Ploy (8 letters)
- 53 Across
- Potential (6 letters)
- 54 Across
- Synthetic-rubber ingredient (8 letters)
- 55 Across
- "___ is Eternal Delight": Blake (6 letters)
- 56 Across
- United firmly (8 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Nova Scotia, once (6 letters)
- 2 Down
- Decision for new parents (6 letters)
- 3 Down
- Fine arbitrarily (6 letters)
- 4 Down
- Folk histories (5 letters)
- 5 Down
- Mythical Norse giant (4 letters)
- 6 Down
- As in the original (3 letters)
- 7 Down
- Ancient neighbors of Babylonians (8 letters)
- 8 Down
- Javits, for one (7 letters)
- 9 Down
- Ashes (5 letters)
- 10 Down
- Split apart (4 letters)
- 11 Down
- Wharf-union initials (3 letters)
- 12 Down
- Olive stuffing (8 letters)
- 13 Down
- Too big a burden (8 letters)
- 14 Down
- English writer: 1873–1956 (8 letters)
- 21 Down
- Downing Street number (3 letters)
- 24 Down
- Twice 21 Down (5 letters)
- 25 Down
- Mister, in Munich (4 letters)
- 27 Down
- Type size (5 letters)
- 28 Down
- Winner at Saratoga: 1777 (5 letters)
- 30 Down
- Home of the brave (5 letters)
- 31 Down
- Fund-raising event by a P.T.A. (8 letters)
- 32 Down
- Unanimously (8 letters)
- 33 Down
- Bleach (8 letters)
- 34 Down
- "The ___ rim dips . . . ": Coleridge (4 letters)
- 35 Down
- "We aim ___" (8 letters)
- 37 Down
- Controversial discussion (7 letters)
- 39 Down
- Club or parlor follower (3 letters)
- 40 Down
- Relative of plush (6 letters)
- 41 Down
- Dahl or Francis (6 letters)
- 42 Down
- Nodded off noisily (6 letters)
- 44 Down
- Like a tar's speech (5 letters)
- 45 Down
- Brook or stream (5 letters)
- 47 Down
- "Turandot" character (4 letters)
- 48 Down
- Condiment in Calabria (4 letters)
- 50 Down
- Threefold: Comb. form (3 letters)
- 52 Down
- ___ de guerre (3 letters)
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