Friday Crossword — December 7, 1979

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Jordan S. Lasher12/7/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Musical Lerner (4 letters)
5 Across
Nibble (4 letters)
9 Across
Alternative in a Poe tale (3 letters)
12 Across
Site for an earbob (4 letters)
13 Across
"Le Penseur" sculptor (5 letters)
15 Across
Phnom ___, Cambodia (4 letters)
16 Across
They will be themselves, proverbially (4 letters)
17 Across
Town in a Hersey tale (5 letters)
18 Across
___ en point (heraldic term) (4 letters)
19 Across
Clear up a clog (6 letters)
21 Across
Pygmalion's beloved (7 letters)
23 Across
Old TV series featuring the voice of Ann Sothern (14 letters)
26 Across
Lorelei's haunts (5 letters)
27 Across
Cheap cigar (6 letters)
29 Across
Part of the N.F.L. (3 letters)
32 Across
Santa's reindeer, e.g. (5 letters)
34 Across
Mystic's card (5 letters)
35 Across
Brooklyn Dodger pitcher (4 letters)
37 Across
Meal of matzoh, bitter herbs, etc. (5 letters)
39 Across
"G.W.T.W." locale (4 letters)
40 Across
Billing period (5 letters)
42 Across
Ascended (5 letters)
44 Across
Readings for eds. (3 letters)
45 Across
Asian language group (6 letters)
47 Across
Works on the docks (5 letters)
49 Across
Smollett's workhouse lad (14 letters)
54 Across
Venture verbally (7 letters)
55 Across
Panay seaport (6 letters)
56 Across
Emerald Isle (4 letters)
57 Across
Greek music hall (5 letters)
60 Across
___-podrida (4 letters)
61 Across
Sweet drinks (4 letters)
62 Across
Author of "A Lonely Rage" (5 letters)
63 Across
Besought (4 letters)
64 Across
One of Ghent's rivers (3 letters)
65 Across
Was sorry (4 letters)
66 Across
Without (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Scrapbook, e.g. (5 letters)
2 Down
Bonkers (5 letters)
3 Down
Bottomless pit (5 letters)
4 Down
Wise old Greek (6 letters)
5 Down
Draftsman's skill (8 letters)
6 Down
Affirmative gesture (3 letters)
7 Down
Political org. (3 letters)
8 Down
Football formation (5 letters)
9 Down
Magician's star (9 letters)
10 Down
Woody Allen film (9 letters)
11 Down
"Take ___ Train," jazz favorite (4 letters)
14 Down
___ ark (5 letters)
15 Down
Seaman's outerwear (7 letters)
20 Down
Holy Roman emperor (4 letters)
22 Down
Lithuanian's relative (4 letters)
24 Down
Put into the diary (5 letters)
25 Down
On a moment's notice (7 letters)
28 Down
Greek vowels (4 letters)
29 Down
Girl in a 1910 song (4 letters)
30 Down
Brash and rash (9 letters)
31 Down
Tenths of millenniums (9 letters)
33 Down
Cul-___ (5 letters)
36 Down
Pollen bearers (7 letters)
38 Down
Grounded, as a jet (8 letters)
41 Down
Haunches (4 letters)
43 Down
Simon or Diamond (4 letters)
46 Down
Vast disarray (5 letters)
48 Down
Emulates Paul Pry (6 letters)
50 Down
Golfing cup (5 letters)
51 Down
"To ___ Mockingbird" (5 letters)
52 Down
Burstyn (5 letters)
53 Down
Map lines (5 letters)
54 Down
Fair or square follower (4 letters)
58 Down
___ de vie (3 letters)
59 Down
Grand ___ Opry (3 letters)

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