Saturday Crossword — August 2, 1980

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Kathryn Righter8/2/1980

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Ingredient in some dyes (4 letters)
5 Across
Geladas of Ethiopia (4 letters)
9 Across
Propitious (4 letters)
13 Across
Bullfrog genus (4 letters)
14 Across
Site of Jesus' first miracle (4 letters)
15 Across
Knot again (5 letters)
16 Across
One concern of a personnel chief (9 letters)
18 Across
Leaves out (5 letters)
19 Across
Lack of an alternative (13 letters)
21 Across
Basic verb in Versailles (4 letters)
22 Across
Makes picots (4 letters)
23 Across
Twists of paper for lighting candles (6 letters)
26 Across
Dweller alongside the Oder (8 letters)
30 Across
Twin crystal (5 letters)
31 Across
Ducking-stool victim (5 letters)
32 Across
Cruise port (3 letters)
33 Across
Noted N.F.L. linebacker (4 letters)
34 Across
Dilutes (5 letters)
35 Across
Numerical prefix (4 letters)
36 Across
Author Deighton (3 letters)
37 Across
Aegean gulf (5 letters)
38 Across
Cahn-Styne creations (5 letters)
39 Across
Rude dwelling (8 letters)
41 Across
Nostrum (6 letters)
42 Across
Sen. McGovern's birthplace in S.D. (4 letters)
43 Across
Lance once raised high by Carter (4 letters)
44 Across
In any way whatever (13 letters)
49 Across
Knack (5 letters)
50 Across
Counterfeit (9 letters)
52 Across
Sharp rise on Wall Street (5 letters)
53 Across
Double negative (4 letters)
54 Across
Friend in a fray (4 letters)
55 Across
Killer of Eric IV (4 letters)
56 Across
Kennedy figure (4 letters)
57 Across
Wildcat (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Altar on high (3 letters)
2 Down
Thin wood strip (4 letters)
3 Down
"I appeal ___ Caesar": Acts 25:11 (4 letters)
4 Down
Spanish resort on the Mediterranean (8 letters)
5 Down
Equity members (6 letters)
6 Down
"Common Sense" author (5 letters)
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Son of Seth (4 letters)
8 Down
Countenances (9 letters)
9 Down
Derelict (6 letters)
10 Down
Auricular (4 letters)
11 Down
Locale (4 letters)
12 Down
Start of a reply to Virginia (3 letters)
15 Down
Poked around, as in search (6 letters)
17 Down
Agave fiber (5 letters)
20 Down
Aulae and odea (5 letters)
23 Down
Subject of the science of osmics (5 letters)
24 Down
Old: Comb. form (5 letters)
25 Down
The cake may take this (5 letters)
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Descendant (5 letters)
27 Down
Goddess of peace (5 letters)
28 Down
Pointed toward (5 letters)
29 Down
Like a charivari (5 letters)
31 Down
___ violet (9 letters)
34 Down
Prohibition (5 letters)
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Gist (8 letters)
37 Down
Piquant (6 letters)
38 Down
___ alba (kaolin) (5 letters)
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Artificial fly (6 letters)
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Clergyman or schoolman (6 letters)
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Salt solution (5 letters)
44 Down
Reveal indiscreetly (4 letters)
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Where Albie Booth once starred (4 letters)
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Novel title meaning "a rover" (4 letters)
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Oleaginous (4 letters)
48 Down
German name for Cologne (4 letters)
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Monastic title (3 letters)
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Greek personification of night (3 letters)

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