Friday Crossword — August 22, 1980
Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy C. J. Angio8/22/1980
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Item thrown into a ring (5 letters)
- 6 Across
- Actor Morris (4 letters)
- 10 Across
- Big moment for young Helen O'Connell (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- She composed "Wyoming Suite for Piano": 1946 (5 letters)
- 15 Across
- Spot for slots and poker pots (4 letters)
- 16 Across
- Seed for a lyric (4 letters)
- 17 Across
- Money in Ankara (5 letters)
- 18 Across
- A bit of Tara (4 letters)
- 19 Across
- Porter's "Let's ___": 1928 (4 letters)
- 20 Across
- Two memorable maestros (14 letters)
- 23 Across
- " . . . ___ I saw Elba" (3 letters)
- 24 Across
- His forte is to escort (5 letters)
- 25 Across
- They tear a passion to tatters (4 letters)
- 28 Across
- Hero 2,327 times on B'way (4 letters)
- 30 Across
- Loam ranging from clay to sand (5 letters)
- 34 Across
- "Son ___ Preacher Man," 1968 song (3 letters)
- 35 Across
- Demo follower (4 letters)
- 36 Across
- Locale for musicals (6 letters)
- 37 Across
- ___ Era (7 letters)
- 39 Across
- "King of Swing" (7 letters)
- 40 Across
- "Gunsmoke" actor (6 letters)
- 41 Across
- Simba's feet (4 letters)
- 42 Across
- Begum's spouse (3 letters)
- 43 Across
- Approaches (5 letters)
- 44 Across
- What 37 Across was in the 30's (4 letters)
- 45 Across
- Lulu (4 letters)
- 46 Across
- Kitchen gadget (5 letters)
- 48 Across
- V.P. under G.R.F. (3 letters)
- 50 Across
- Guy Lombardo's group (14 letters)
- 56 Across
- Origin (4 letters)
- 57 Across
- Washington, to Braddock (4 letters)
- 58 Across
- Berlin hit, often sung in chorus (5 letters)
- 59 Across
- Peru was his milieu (4 letters)
- 60 Across
- Swelter or dither (4 letters)
- 61 Across
- Like a dunderhead (5 letters)
- 62 Across
- Composer ___ Carlo Menotti (4 letters)
- 63 Across
- Name of a dame of fame (4 letters)
- 64 Across
- Small drum (5 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- "I've ___ Ev'ry Little Star," 1932 song (4 letters)
- 2 Down
- Subject of a 1922 song (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- Baron De La ___: 1577–1618 (4 letters)
- 4 Down
- Obliterates (6 letters)
- 5 Down
- Device using light rays (5 letters)
- 6 Down
- Snatch (4 letters)
- 7 Down
- Navy boot (7 letters)
- 8 Down
- "La Vie ___," 1946 song (6 letters)
- 9 Down
- "Where no wood is, there the fire ___ out": Proverbs 26:20 (5 letters)
- 10 Down
- Artery feeder (8 letters)
- 11 Down
- Fragrance (4 letters)
- 12 Down
- Oahu welcome symbols (4 letters)
- 13 Down
- Morsel for Genuine Risk (3 letters)
- 21 Down
- Has a craving (6 letters)
- 22 Down
- Colossus of Rhodes (6 letters)
- 25 Down
- White House designer (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- Like Chicago: Oct. 8–10, 1871 (5 letters)
- 27 Down
- ___ cum laude (5 letters)
- 29 Down
- Like Leroy Brown (3 letters)
- 31 Down
- Noted violinist (5 letters)
- 32 Down
- Paramount ___, rostrum for young Sinatra (5 letters)
- 33 Down
- Destroyer equipment (5 letters)
- 35 Down
- A source of cinnamon (6 letters)
- 36 Down
- Ivanhoe's bride (6 letters)
- 38 Down
- Famed U.S. poet: 1914–72 (8 letters)
- 39 Down
- Wisecrack (3 letters)
- 41 Down
- Where to see and hear tubas (7 letters)
- 44 Down
- Perform in class (6 letters)
- 45 Down
- Epithet for Elizabeth I (6 letters)
- 47 Down
- What cymbals do (5 letters)
- 49 Down
- Word on a ticket (5 letters)
- 50 Down
- Bolognese painter: 1575–1642 (4 letters)
- 51 Down
- Killer whale (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- Cronkite's specialty (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Caftan wearer (4 letters)
- 54 Down
- ___ Martini, former singer (4 letters)
- 55 Down
- Dixon, but not Mason (4 letters)
- 56 Down
- Jam session (3 letters)
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