Saturday Crossword — May 31, 1980

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy William Lutwiniak5/31/1980

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
"A man's reach should exceed his ___": Browning (5 letters)
6 Across
Page in Verdi's "Un Ballo . . . " (5 letters)
11 Across
Pitcher Tom (6 letters)
12 Across
Dictates (6 letters)
14 Across
Gardeners (15 letters)
17 Across
Ready for battle (5 letters)
18 Across
Wheeled platform (5 letters)
19 Across
Soft touch (3 letters)
20 Across
Maridos' mates: Abbr. (4 letters)
21 Across
Splendid (5 letters)
22 Across
Unattended (4 letters)
23 Across
Sawbuck (3 letters)
24 Across
Jazz trumpeter Manone (5 letters)
25 Across
Shy (5 letters)
26 Across
Polish (8 letters)
28 Across
Alit (6 letters)
29 Across
Set about (9 letters)
31 Across
Delays purposely (6 letters)
34 Across
Big source of amazement (8 letters)
38 Across
Ilex (5 letters)
39 Across
Egret, e.g. (5 letters)
40 Across
Pussyfoot? (3 letters)
41 Across
Golf situation (4 letters)
42 Across
Estranges (5 letters)
43 Across
Type size (4 letters)
44 Across
Johnny ___ (3 letters)
45 Across
Food fish (5 letters)
46 Across
Angels' angel (5 letters)
47 Across
Bar offerings (15 letters)
50 Across
Traduces (6 letters)
51 Across
Verily (6 letters)
52 Across
Till now (5 letters)
53 Across
Make croutons (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Apropos (7 letters)
2 Down
Tariff specifics (5 letters)
3 Down
Athirst (4 letters)
4 Down
Jiffy (3 letters)
5 Down
Circumspection (8 letters)
6 Down
Expenditure (6 letters)
7 Down
Cranium (5 letters)
8 Down
Actor Grant (4 letters)
9 Down
"___ was saying . . . " (3 letters)
10 Down
Answer (7 letters)
11 Down
Certain horse (6 letters)
13 Down
Posture (6 letters)
14 Down
Dispatch (5 letters)
15 Down
Carnivorous turtles (11 letters)
16 Down
Lippizaner, e.g. (5 letters)
21 Down
Peelings (5 letters)
22 Down
White-sale feature (5 letters)
24 Down
In lifeless fashion (5 letters)
25 Down
" . . . ___ thou with me": Tennyson (5 letters)
27 Down
Arroyo (5 letters)
28 Down
Island off Nigeria (5 letters)
30 Down
Roasting jack (8 letters)
31 Down
Caustic (5 letters)
32 Down
White-sale items (6 letters)
33 Down
Where the Conecuh flows (7 letters)
35 Down
"America the Beautiful" is one (7 letters)
36 Down
Like Lhasa (6 letters)
37 Down
Does some disco dancing (5 letters)
39 Down
Host at San Simeon (6 letters)
42 Down
"___ the flyin'-fishes play": Kipling (5 letters)
43 Down
Dark red colors (5 letters)
45 Down
Jib guy (4 letters)
46 Down
Time ___ half (4 letters)
48 Down
Compass points (3 letters)
49 Down
Numero ___ (3 letters)

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