Friday Crossword — July 25, 1980

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Jones7/25/1980

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Showy outburst (5 letters)
6 Across
Pencils that have seen better days (5 letters)
11 Across
Like lights in a blackout (6 letters)
12 Across
Principles (6 letters)
14 Across
Like a lemon (7 letters)
15 Across
Bulldog, for one (7 letters)
17 Across
Make modifications (5 letters)
18 Across
Shelter, food, etc. (5 letters)
20 Across
Rope strand (3 letters)
21 Across
Chums (4 letters)
22 Across
Work by O'Hara or O. Henry (5 letters)
23 Across
Actor John from Joplin (4 letters)
24 Across
Hot time in Le Havre (3 letters)
25 Across
Franks' accompaniment (5 letters)
26 Across
Baccarat player's plunge (5 letters)
27 Across
What polite people pay (8 letters)
29 Across
Enrage (6 letters)
30 Across
Relative degree (4 letters)
31 Across
Outdistance (4 letters)
32 Across
Kin of the rhinoceros (6 letters)
35 Across
"Sunrise ___," Glenn Miller hit (8 letters)
39 Across
Northern constellation (5 letters)
40 Across
High-spirited horse (5 letters)
41 Across
Solidify (3 letters)
42 Across
Foldable beds (4 letters)
43 Across
___-loo, children's game (5 letters)
44 Across
Leslie Caron role: 1953 (4 letters)
45 Across
"___ rambling wreck . . . " (3 letters)
46 Across
Allegro or andante (5 letters)
47 Across
Plate for John Paul II (5 letters)
48 Across
Bar (7 letters)
50 Across
Make Mickey move (7 letters)
52 Across
River or lake in Tex. and La. (6 letters)
53 Across
Interact realistically (6 letters)
54 Across
Construction worker (5 letters)
55 Across
Blacksmith-inventor: 1804–86 (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Lineup in a liquor store (7 letters)
2 Down
Comes on like Circe (5 letters)
3 Down
Part of Saudi Arabia (4 letters)
4 Down
Introspective group (3 letters)
5 Down
Armadillo or anteater (8 letters)
6 Down
Does some conning (6 letters)
7 Down
Tot's glassy-eyed bedmate (5 letters)
8 Down
Etats follower (4 letters)
9 Down
Parlay, e.g. (3 letters)
10 Down
Pension, e.g. (7 letters)
11 Down
Expand (6 letters)
13 Down
Comfort (6 letters)
14 Down
Sauce flavoring (5 letters)
16 Down
Synthetic fiber (5 letters)
19 Down
Extremely long time (4 letters)
22 Down
Dissenting bodies (5 letters)
23 Down
Lord ___-Powell (5 letters)
25 Down
Pessimists on Wall Street (5 letters)
26 Down
Founded (5 letters)
28 Down
Snoops (5 letters)
29 Down
Comedian Amsterdam (5 letters)
31 Down
Navigational aid on a sailboat (8 letters)
32 Down
Unspoken (5 letters)
33 Down
Rose-garden emanations (6 letters)
34 Down
How the bride's heart beats (7 letters)
35 Down
Word with back or short (4 letters)
36 Down
Shake up (7 letters)
37 Down
Erase (6 letters)
38 Down
Couperus's "___ Vere": 1889 (5 letters)
40 Down
Actress Elke (6 letters)
43 Down
Sierra ___ (5 letters)
44 Down
President of Texas: 1838–41 (5 letters)
46 Down
Labor (4 letters)
47 Down
Battery (4 letters)
49 Down
Sports page abbr. (3 letters)
51 Down
Rosalynn Carter, ___ Smith (3 letters)

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