Saturday Crossword — October 27, 1979

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy Dorothea E. Shipp10/27/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
With ___ breath (5 letters)
6 Across
Mother of Chastity (4 letters)
10 Across
Peak (4 letters)
14 Across
Playwright's ploy (5 letters)
15 Across
Pelt (4 letters)
16 Across
Way of going (4 letters)
17 Across
Wallflower (15 letters)
20 Across
Golfers' needs (4 letters)
21 Across
Truly! (6 letters)
22 Across
Single (3 letters)
23 Across
Donates, à la Carnegie (6 letters)
25 Across
Type of admiral or guard (4 letters)
27 Across
Poet Ogden (4 letters)
29 Across
More down-at-heel (7 letters)
32 Across
Power unit, for short (3 letters)
35 Across
Saw parts (5 letters)
37 Across
Hairdo (4 letters)
38 Across
Rustics ripe for ruses (15 letters)
42 Across
German article (4 letters)
43 Across
Helots' medieval kin (5 letters)
44 Across
Grade below bee minus (3 letters)
45 Across
Less zaftig (7 letters)
48 Across
Gulp of gin (4 letters)
50 Across
Anon (4 letters)
51 Across
Role Flagstad often had (6 letters)
55 Across
Caesar's "ego," to a Berliner (3 letters)
57 Across
Attaches (6 letters)
61 Across
Geese, in Grenoble (4 letters)
62 Across
Silly person (15 letters)
65 Across
Result of a speeding ticket (4 letters)
66 Across
About 2,000 feet of film (4 letters)
67 Across
Cape ___ Islands (5 letters)
68 Across
Form of mental discipline (4 letters)
69 Across
Confessor's earful (4 letters)
70 Across
Remove (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Sew loosely (5 letters)
2 Down
Pale (5 letters)
3 Down
"Beat" (5 letters)
4 Down
Con follower (6 letters)
5 Down
Phrontistery (3 letters)
6 Down
Chew the rag (4 letters)
7 Down
Drake's Golden ___ (4 letters)
8 Down
Advantage (4 letters)
9 Down
Idolize (6 letters)
10 Down
Past (3 letters)
11 Down
Relating to heat (9 letters)
12 Down
Carriage (4 letters)
13 Down
Suffix with Jean or Nan (4 letters)
18 Down
Mug (6 letters)
19 Down
___ fixe (4 letters)
24 Down
A teakettle inspired him (4 letters)
26 Down
Island of the Andreanof group (4 letters)
28 Down
Novelist Georgette (5 letters)
29 Down
Gives a wide berth to (5 letters)
30 Down
Lightweight champ before Joe Gans (4 letters)
31 Down
Multiflora, e.g. (4 letters)
32 Down
"Easy ___," old radio favorite (4 letters)
33 Down
Drudgery (4 letters)
34 Down
Like tough jobs (9 letters)
36 Down
Cookbook abbr. (3 letters)
39 Down
Nautilus name (4 letters)
40 Down
Sound on L.I. Sound (6 letters)
41 Down
Greek letters (4 letters)
46 Down
Lot's son (4 letters)
47 Down
Nobelist in Medicine: 1954 (6 letters)
49 Down
Peanut (6 letters)
52 Down
Scales in the sky (5 letters)
53 Down
These outdo words (5 letters)
54 Down
A Lauder (5 letters)
55 Down
Doubtful (4 letters)
56 Down
Sister of Euterpe (4 letters)
58 Down
Teutonic trio (4 letters)
59 Down
British carbine (4 letters)
60 Down
Some landscapes (4 letters)
63 Down
Lillie or Arthur (3 letters)
64 Down
"___ Got a Secret" (3 letters)

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