Wednesday Crossword — January 2, 1980

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Mary Virginia Orna1/2/1980

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Substance for etching (4 letters)
5 Across
Make thread (4 letters)
9 Across
N'Djamena is its capital (4 letters)
13 Across
___ avis (4 letters)
14 Across
A swell in Swansea (4 letters)
15 Across
Gladiator's milieu (5 letters)
16 Across
Faneuil Hall (15 letters)
19 Across
In a levelheaded way (8 letters)
20 Across
Loops formed by slipknots (6 letters)
21 Across
Fiver (3 letters)
22 Across
Amaze (4 letters)
23 Across
Composer Samuel (6 letters)
27 Across
Word canceling a deletion (4 letters)
28 Across
Maglie or Mineo (3 letters)
31 Across
Oxford college (5 letters)
32 Across
Afrikaner (4 letters)
33 Across
Verne's captain (4 letters)
34 Across
"Annie Hall" (15 letters)
37 Across
Italian noble house (4 letters)
38 Across
Fat and lye product (4 letters)
39 Across
Waugh et al. (5 letters)
40 Across
___ gestae (3 letters)
41 Across
Agitate (4 letters)
42 Across
Saws wood with closed eyes (6 letters)
43 Across
Mandrills, e.g. (4 letters)
44 Across
Word with hole or luck (3 letters)
45 Across
Charm (6 letters)
48 Across
Follow a car closely (8 letters)
53 Across
Gus Hall (15 letters)
55 Across
Dweller in Dalmatia (5 letters)
56 Across
Appraise (4 letters)
57 Across
Word with ground or absolute (4 letters)
58 Across
Merit (4 letters)
59 Across
Jejune (4 letters)
60 Across
Landers and Sheridan (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Circle parts (4 letters)
2 Down
Concern (4 letters)
3 Down
Country on the Gulf of Oman (4 letters)
4 Down
Pops (4 letters)
5 Down
Eleanor, the soprano (6 letters)
6 Down
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1918 (5 letters)
7 Down
Uncertain (4 letters)
8 Down
Eagles' org. (3 letters)
9 Down
Legendary Greek king (5 letters)
10 Down
Word on a bath towel (4 letters)
11 Down
Poker stake (4 letters)
12 Down
"Long ___ Journey Into Night" (4 letters)
15 Down
"___ face!" (5 letters)
17 Down
Frisky (6 letters)
18 Down
Apprentice of a sort (6 letters)
22 Down
Brew (5 letters)
23 Down
Leafy shelter (5 letters)
24 Down
Came into being (5 letters)
25 Down
Melees' kin (5 letters)
26 Down
Hetty Sorrel's lover (4 letters)
27 Down
Kind of energy (5 letters)
28 Down
Cut off (5 letters)
29 Down
Garb worn with alb and chasuble (5 letters)
30 Down
Loam deposit (5 letters)
32 Down
City on the Loire (5 letters)
33 Down
___ contendere (4 letters)
35 Down
Aft (6 letters)
36 Down
Cape or Mickey (6 letters)
41 Down
Teapot feature (5 letters)
42 Down
In need of 38 Across (6 letters)
43 Down
Capital of Jordan (5 letters)
44 Down
Page from Oklahoma (5 letters)
45 Down
"___ homo!" (4 letters)
46 Down
Torvald Helmer's wife (4 letters)
47 Down
Cupid, in art (4 letters)
48 Down
Aleksei Mikhailovich, e.g. (4 letters)
49 Down
Where Samson died (4 letters)
50 Down
Gulf or port (4 letters)
51 Down
Relative of a jaeger (4 letters)
52 Down
Topic in a Platonic symposium (4 letters)
54 Down
Levin or Wolfert (3 letters)

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