Thursday Crossword — December 18, 1980

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Bernice Gordon12/18/1980

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Recedes (4 letters)
5 Across
Type of moth (5 letters)
10 Across
Grand feat of Bobby Jones (4 letters)
14 Across
Opposite of aweather (4 letters)
15 Across
Black eye (5 letters)
16 Across
Home of the "Children of the Sun" (4 letters)
17 Across
Reporter Barrett (4 letters)
18 Across
Associates (10 letters)
20 Across
Softens the mood of (8 letters)
22 Across
Luft and Doone (6 letters)
23 Across
Hack's riders (5 letters)
24 Across
Marcel Marceau, e.g. (4 letters)
25 Across
Apothegms (6 letters)
27 Across
Large (8 letters)
31 Across
Projection at the foot of a wall (5 letters)
32 Across
Pallid (5 letters)
33 Across
Group comprising U.S., Mex., etc. (3 letters)
34 Across
Relative of a pigeonhole (4 letters)
35 Across
___ Palace in Venice (5 letters)
36 Across
Letters from Athens (4 letters)
37 Across
Touse or towse (3 letters)
38 Across
Faux pas (5 letters)
39 Across
Metrical unit in Sanskrit (5 letters)
40 Across
Heaps up (8 letters)
42 Across
Caricature (6 letters)
43 Across
Collection of quails (4 letters)
44 Across
Follower of a Greek theologian (5 letters)
45 Across
Convince (6 letters)
48 Across
Very wicked (8 letters)
51 Across
Thick as thieves (10 letters)
53 Across
"___ umble pie . . . ": Dickens (4 letters)
54 Across
___-dieu (kneeling bench) (4 letters)
55 Across
Lacking 18 Across (5 letters)
56 Across
Give the cold shoulder to (4 letters)
57 Across
Campers' curfew (4 letters)
58 Across
Swerved (5 letters)
59 Across
Anglo-Saxon laborer (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Crossettes (4 letters)
2 Down
Scram (4 letters)
3 Down
Eleemosynar, e.g. (10 letters)
4 Down
Piscivorous bird (8 letters)
5 Down
Bob Barker et al. (6 letters)
6 Down
Saps (5 letters)
7 Down
Sapodillas (4 letters)
8 Down
Cerastes (3 letters)
9 Down
Gains (8 letters)
10 Down
Bridal wreath, for one (6 letters)
11 Down
Spinks or Goossens (4 letters)
12 Down
Water buffalo (4 letters)
13 Down
Dishevel (4 letters)
19 Down
Any ancient Roman's second name (5 letters)
21 Down
Ocote or persea (4 letters)
24 Down
Kitchen aid (5 letters)
25 Down
Soc. of musicians (5 letters)
26 Down
TV woodenhead, Howdy ___ (5 letters)
27 Down
Starch-yielding palms (5 letters)
28 Down
Henry James novel, with "The" (10 letters)
29 Down
Sec. of Defense: 1969–72 (5 letters)
30 Down
Repplier product (5 letters)
32 Down
Verbose (5 letters)
35 Down
Kind of entry (8 letters)
36 Down
Celestial City (8 letters)
38 Down
___ board, on a manicurist's tray (5 letters)
39 Down
Might's partner (4 letters)
41 Down
Vilifies (6 letters)
42 Down
Made raids upon (6 letters)
44 Down
Tributary of the Oise (5 letters)
45 Down
Notation on a cal. (4 letters)
46 Down
Name meaning "princess" (4 letters)
47 Down
Knitting stitch (4 letters)
48 Down
Spring (4 letters)
49 Down
Shock (4 letters)
50 Down
Cupbearer to the gods (4 letters)
52 Down
Wing (3 letters)

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