Thursday Crossword — September 11, 1980

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy N. M. Meyer9/11/1980

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
German coal region (4 letters)
5 Across
Fordham's mascot (3 letters)
8 Across
Tempo (4 letters)
12 Across
Climax (4 letters)
13 Across
Hawkins or Thompson (5 letters)
15 Across
Redolence (4 letters)
16 Across
Creator of Ferdinand the Bull (4 letters)
17 Across
Nader's "Unsafe ___ Speed" (5 letters)
18 Across
Rain hard (4 letters)
19 Across
Drink for a youngster (13 letters)
22 Across
Actress Gwyn (4 letters)
23 Across
Tiller's tool (3 letters)
24 Across
Assent (6 letters)
27 Across
Evening event, usually (8 letters)
32 Across
Mild cigar (5 letters)
33 Across
Phil Donahue's wife (5 letters)
34 Across
"___ Sine Numine," Colo. motto (3 letters)
35 Across
Promising (4 letters)
36 Across
City near Leipzig (5 letters)
37 Across
"Valentines and Vitriol" author (4 letters)
38 Across
"___ Got a Secret" (3 letters)
39 Across
Salutation to Miss Parton? (5 letters)
40 Across
Roscoe Tanner's cannonball (5 letters)
41 Across
Charlotte russe and mousse (8 letters)
43 Across
Toulouse-Lautrec specialty (6 letters)
44 Across
Choler (3 letters)
45 Across
Chicken ___ (CBers' weigh station) (4 letters)
46 Across
Large dog (13 letters)
52 Across
Heathery tract (4 letters)
53 Across
Latin name for Troy (5 letters)
54 Across
Young rhinoceros (4 letters)
56 Across
Seaweed derivative (4 letters)
57 Across
Handles a problem (5 letters)
58 Across
Faithful (4 letters)
59 Across
Adriatic wind (4 letters)
60 Across
___ Aviv (3 letters)
61 Across
Lunge or pung (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Maglie or Mineo (3 letters)
2 Down
Experts in dogfights (4 letters)
3 Down
Oriental nursemaid (4 letters)
4 Down
Sight at Abadan (8 letters)
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Badgerlike animal (5 letters)
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"An apple ___ . . . " (4 letters)
7 Down
Postprandial tidbit (4 letters)
8 Down
Hopalong Cassidy's horse (6 letters)
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Baal (4 letters)
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Wry face (4 letters)
11 Down
Misjudge (3 letters)
13 Down
Room, in Reims (5 letters)
14 Down
Peeper's post (7 letters)
20 Down
Decorate again (4 letters)
21 Down
Howling monkey (4 letters)
24 Down
Sharp (5 letters)
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Small bulb (5 letters)
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Instances (5 letters)
27 Down
Shopping centers (5 letters)
28 Down
Base of a column (4 letters)
29 Down
Exanimate (5 letters)
30 Down
Seagoing craft of the Jumblies (5 letters)
31 Down
Cato the ___: 234–149 B.C. (5 letters)
33 Down
Snack-bar drink (4 letters)
36 Down
Relative of an apostate (7 letters)
37 Down
Expressions of deference (8 letters)
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Mother of Ares (4 letters)
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Before long (4 letters)
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___ Madre (6 letters)
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Millay products (5 letters)
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Merciless (5 letters)
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Waiter for Godot (4 letters)
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Bellow (4 letters)
48 Down
Hitchcock's "Family ___" (4 letters)
49 Down
Cry of dismay (4 letters)
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Monroe of court fame (4 letters)
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Twist (4 letters)
52 Down
Fairy queen (3 letters)
55 Down
Nourished (3 letters)

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