Saturday Crossword — September 22, 1979

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy William Lutwiniak9/22/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Twitches (4 letters)
5 Across
___ myrtle (flowering shrub) (5 letters)
10 Across
Replicas, for short (4 letters)
14 Across
Melville novel (4 letters)
15 Across
Son or brother of Osiris (5 letters)
16 Across
Yearn (4 letters)
17 Across
Legislative body (10 letters)
19 Across
Catface (4 letters)
20 Across
Part of V.I.P. (9 letters)
21 Across
Pungent (5 letters)
22 Across
Tuscan commune (5 letters)
23 Across
River of Albania (4 letters)
24 Across
The Queen's pilots (3 letters)
27 Across
Thus, in Dundee (3 letters)
28 Across
Amounts; portions (6 letters)
30 Across
Saucers, maybe (4 letters)
32 Across
Strong, spicy Irish cordial (10 letters)
35 Across
Alphabetizes, e.g. (5 letters)
37 Across
On the ___ vive (3 letters)
38 Across
Oft heard (5 letters)
39 Across
Nicknames (10 letters)
42 Across
Vous ___ (4 letters)
43 Across
Informal alliance (6 letters)
44 Across
Meth. or Pres. (3 letters)
46 Across
Schedule abbr. (3 letters)
47 Across
Karenina (4 letters)
48 Across
Wedge-shaped piece (5 letters)
50 Across
Counterfeit (5 letters)
52 Across
Gave ear to (9 letters)
56 Across
Leaf angle (4 letters)
57 Across
Willful (10 letters)
58 Across
Word on the wall (4 letters)
59 Across
Prepare a cannon for firing (5 letters)
60 Across
Ooze (4 letters)
61 Across
M.I.T. grads (4 letters)
62 Across
Prosit or skoal (5 letters)
63 Across
Luge, e.g. (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Pith helmet (4 letters)
2 Down
Moslem leader (4 letters)
3 Down
Business abbr. (4 letters)
4 Down
Strains for single singers (5 letters)
5 Down
Mansion (7 letters)
6 Down
Style of architecture (10 letters)
7 Down
Where the action is (5 letters)
8 Down
Fourth-down play (4 letters)
9 Down
Atlanta's time (3 letters)
10 Down
Allure (9 letters)
11 Down
Stress (10 letters)
12 Down
Carbonize (4 letters)
13 Down
Montenegrin (4 letters)
18 Down
Spring bloomer (4 letters)
21 Down
Qaddafi and Sadat (5 letters)
23 Down
Scheduled (3 letters)
24 Down
Singer Columbo (4 letters)
25 Down
"___ and his money . . . " (5 letters)
26 Down
Patient under provocation (10 letters)
28 Down
Relinquishment documents (10 letters)
29 Down
Lace end (5 letters)
31 Down
Garrotes (9 letters)
33 Down
Neighbor of Ont. (3 letters)
34 Down
"For ___ jolly good . . . " (4 letters)
36 Down
Hasso from Stockholm (5 letters)
40 Down
In the capacity of (3 letters)
41 Down
Dessert (7 letters)
45 Down
Libertine (4 letters)
48 Down
Virtuous wife in Jonson's "Volpone" (5 letters)
49 Down
Come to ___ (agree at last) (5 letters)
50 Down
Kudos (4 letters)
51 Down
Covered-wagon team (4 letters)
52 Down
Demigod (4 letters)
53 Down
Sparable, e.g. (4 letters)
54 Down
Peut-___ (Parisian's "perhaps") (4 letters)
55 Down
Accomplishment (4 letters)
57 Down
Cabinet section: Abbr. (3 letters)

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