Friday Crossword — August 15, 1980

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy Joy L. Wouk8/15/1980

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Thin sheet placed over stage lights (3 letters)
4 Across
Flying jib or spanker (4 letters)
8 Across
First words of "A Tale of Two Cities" (5 letters)
13 Across
Caesar's wife, e.g. (4 letters)
15 Across
Radius's neighbor (4 letters)
16 Across
Spell of duty (5 letters)
17 Across
Wash (4 letters)
18 Across
Belfry residents (4 letters)
19 Across
Game ragout (5 letters)
20 Across
"Mid ___ and palaces . . . ": Payne (9 letters)
22 Across
Done (5 letters)
23 Across
Tourist, at times (6 letters)
24 Across
Bagels, e.g. (5 letters)
26 Across
Old fiddle (5 letters)
28 Across
Furnish (6 letters)
32 Across
Opposite a ship's middle (5 letters)
35 Across
Its capital is N'Djamena (4 letters)
37 Across
Theater award (4 letters)
38 Across
Follower of high or base (4 letters)
39 Across
Haircut's companion (5 letters)
40 Across
It bestrides the Tevere (4 letters)
41 Across
Ship's jail (4 letters)
42 Across
Corn bread (4 letters)
43 Across
Daub (5 letters)
44 Across
Lamb, at Maxim's (6 letters)
46 Across
Garbo (5 letters)
48 Across
Subdivide minutely (5 letters)
50 Across
Behrman's "___ for Comedy" (6 letters)
54 Across
Site of the House of Seven Gables (5 letters)
57 Across
Narrow margins (9 letters)
59 Across
Families (5 letters)
60 Across
Spain's longest river (4 letters)
61 Across
Rows (4 letters)
62 Across
Trunk vessel (5 letters)
63 Across
Greek political org. (4 letters)
64 Across
Garibaldi's birthplace (4 letters)
65 Across
Beauty's companion (5 letters)
66 Across
Actor Holliday (4 letters)
67 Across
Tyrannosaurus ___ (3 letters)

Down

1 Down
Swigs (5 letters)
2 Down
Aggrandize (5 letters)
3 Down
"I ___ Parade," 1931 song (5 letters)
4 Down
Scarsdale or Shaker Heights (6 letters)
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Wing-shaped (4 letters)
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Like some machine parts (15 letters)
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Riata (5 letters)
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"For love is still most precious in ___": Shak. (6 letters)
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Potion's effect on Dr. Jekyll (14 letters)
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Like "the blue yonder" (4 letters)
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Peak (4 letters)
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Supporting plank (4 letters)
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New dispositions (14 letters)
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Look (4 letters)
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Burden (4 letters)
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High-low signal, in bridge (4 letters)
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Electronic navigation system (4 letters)
30 Down
"Green Mansions" girl (4 letters)
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Letter opener (4 letters)
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Popular Swedish quartet (4 letters)
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King of the courts (4 letters)
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"Come Back to ___" (4 letters)
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Affirm (4 letters)
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Kind of glass or sugar (4 letters)
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Aircraft acronym (4 letters)
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Draws a bead on (6 letters)
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"La Vie ___," 1946 song (6 letters)
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Nerve (5 letters)
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" . . . bombs bursting ___" (5 letters)
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Choreographer Cunningham (5 letters)
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Favorite of Elizabeth I (5 letters)
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Nonstriker (4 letters)
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Lily's relative (4 letters)
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Pasternak heroine (4 letters)
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Land bordering the Caspian (4 letters)

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