Friday Crossword — November 23, 1979

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy A. J. Santora11/23/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Pierce (4 letters)
5 Across
Little lie (3 letters)
8 Across
Thin layer (3 letters)
11 Across
Jacket named for a statesman (5 letters)
12 Across
Loser to Dwight (5 letters)
14 Across
Pathet ___ (3 letters)
15 Across
Author Wilson (5 letters)
16 Across
___ Railroad, of rock fame (9 letters)
18 Across
Leaves school unhappily (9 letters)
20 Across
Formerly (4 letters)
21 Across
"The Flying ___" (Paavo Nurmi) (4 letters)
22 Across
Tended the boilers (6 letters)
24 Across
Brewer who founded a college (6 letters)
28 Across
Knots in wood (6 letters)
30 Across
Put the blame on (6 letters)
31 Across
Japanese aborigine (4 letters)
32 Across
Monk's title (3 letters)
35 Across
Met name (5 letters)
36 Across
Cleopatra's live needle (3 letters)
37 Across
Zambian city (5 letters)
39 Across
Fish delicacy (3 letters)
40 Across
Actress Rowlands (4 letters)
42 Across
Roasting spit (6 letters)
43 Across
About-faces on the roads (6 letters)
45 Across
As dumb ___ (6 letters)
46 Across
Hindu queens (6 letters)
48 Across
Vote down a bill (4 letters)
50 Across
Flatboats (4 letters)
51 Across
Some Congressmen (9 letters)
56 Across
Sanforized (9 letters)
59 Across
Bobble (5 letters)
60 Across
Ending for spunk or chunk (3 letters)
61 Across
Popfinger's rig (5 letters)
62 Across
"It's done!" in Paris (5 letters)
63 Across
Alcohol poisoning, for short (3 letters)
64 Across
Endeavor (3 letters)
65 Across
Fleuret's relative (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Vend (4 letters)
2 Down
Commandment word (4 letters)
3 Down
Galway island group (4 letters)
4 Down
Slugabed's ailment (11 letters)
5 Down
Stale (4 letters)
6 Down
Rhodesia's Smith (3 letters)
7 Down
Invitation (3 letters)
8 Down
Puts up money, in a way (10 letters)
9 Down
Incise (5 letters)
10 Down
Closely united (5 letters)
11 Down
Bank abbr. meaning "overdrawn" (3 letters)
12 Down
Athenian competition (4 letters)
13 Down
Soused (13 letters)
17 Down
Deceive (4 letters)
19 Down
Father (4 letters)
22 Down
Phoenix player (3 letters)
23 Down
Blouse feature (11 letters)
24 Down
Tool with two jaws (4 letters)
25 Down
French girlfriend (4 letters)
26 Down
Cave men, of sorts (10 letters)
27 Down
Have a repast (3 letters)
29 Down
Pinch (3 letters)
33 Down
Cooking ingredient (4 letters)
34 Down
Groucho or Karl (4 letters)
36 Down
Landers or Harding (3 letters)
38 Down
Juno, to Juvenal (3 letters)
41 Down
Forage plant (3 letters)
42 Down
Vaccine discoverer (4 letters)
44 Down
Tracy's true love (4 letters)
46 Down
Speedy (5 letters)
47 Down
In Montreal, "STOP!" (5 letters)
49 Down
Pitch black (4 letters)
51 Down
Vacation month (4 letters)
52 Down
De ___ (too much) (4 letters)
53 Down
View from Cleveland (4 letters)
54 Down
Function (4 letters)
55 Down
Mrs., in Tijuana (3 letters)
57 Down
D.D.E. predecessor (3 letters)
58 Down
Capek's robot play (3 letters)

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