Thursday Crossword — December 27, 1979

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1572 clues~15-30 minBy Hallie & Gerald Parsons12/27/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Vivacious or audacious (4 letters)
5 Across
Technique practiced by trouters (4 letters)
9 Across
Lucian's forte (6 letters)
11 Across
Uses a blender (6 letters)
13 Across
Stop sign (7 letters)
14 Across
Cuban province (7 letters)
16 Across
Average (3 letters)
17 Across
Changed (7 letters)
19 Across
"___ when!" (3 letters)
20 Across
Goddess of discord (4 letters)
22 Across
People who sound inviting (5 letters)
23 Across
Locus (4 letters)
24 Across
Parts of violins (5 letters)
26 Across
Tourist's concern: Abbr. (3 letters)
27 Across
Whimpered (5 letters)
28 Across
Proficiency (5 letters)
30 Across
Wrathful (7 letters)
32 Across
John Ciardi is one (4 letters)
34 Across
Letter opener (4 letters)
35 Across
Harmony (7 letters)
38 Across
Lock (5 letters)
41 Across
Embankment (5 letters)
42 Across
Type of jet engine (3 letters)
44 Across
Gate part (5 letters)
46 Across
Declare (4 letters)
47 Across
Small shoot (5 letters)
49 Across
Trouter's artificial fly (4 letters)
50 Across
Member of Cong. (3 letters)
51 Across
"The ___," by Sholem Asch (7 letters)
53 Across
Word with pot or party (3 letters)
54 Across
Bickered (7 letters)
56 Across
Did pirouettes (7 letters)
58 Across
Fall fallers (6 letters)
59 Across
Merited (6 letters)
60 Across
Surveyor's nail (4 letters)
61 Across
Kind of drop or gas (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Saint whose original name was Sucat (7 letters)
2 Down
Between zeta and theta (3 letters)
3 Down
Russian-dominated gulf (4 letters)
4 Down
One way to fish (5 letters)
5 Down
Tans, in a way (5 letters)
6 Down
Nonproductive (4 letters)
7 Down
Call, in poker (3 letters)
8 Down
Stretchable (7 letters)
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Causes jitters (6 letters)
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Enlist (5 letters)
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Bode (7 letters)
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Said (6 letters)
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Kind of door or house (4 letters)
15 Down
Gave the once-over (4 letters)
18 Down
Singer James (4 letters)
21 Down
Ship's master (7 letters)
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Bizarre, as a work of art (7 letters)
25 Down
Incline (5 letters)
27 Down
Bailey or White (5 letters)
29 Down
Zodiac sign (3 letters)
31 Down
Obtain (3 letters)
33 Down
Three-legged supports (7 letters)
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Bare (6 letters)
36 Down
Evens the score (7 letters)
37 Down
Rocky pinnacles (4 letters)
39 Down
Speech impediment (7 letters)
40 Down
Diatribe (6 letters)
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Back or whip follower (4 letters)
43 Down
British import (5 letters)
45 Down
Where your occiput is (4 letters)
47 Down
Jehu's delight (5 letters)
48 Down
Survey with self-satisfaction (5 letters)
51 Down
Edison's middle name (4 letters)
52 Down
Parisian's basic verb (4 letters)
55 Down
Hiatus (3 letters)
57 Down
Anthology (3 letters)

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