Saturday Crossword — February 21, 1981

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Vaughn Keith2/21/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Proceeds (3 letters)
4 Across
Author of "The Immigrants" (4 letters)
8 Across
Start of a nursery rhyme (6 letters)
14 Across
Fighting temper (3 letters)
15 Across
Construction item (4 letters)
16 Across
Fictional sleuth ___ Lupin (6 letters)
17 Across
River in China (3 letters)
18 Across
Irresolute (11 letters)
20 Across
Put out (6 letters)
22 Across
Hindu ascetic (5 letters)
23 Across
Difficult age (5 letters)
24 Across
Capone, Jolson et al. (3 letters)
25 Across
Italian wine (5 letters)
29 Across
Antiknocks, e.g. (9 letters)
31 Across
Map addendum (5 letters)
32 Across
Flower receptacles (5 letters)
33 Across
Consecrate (6 letters)
34 Across
Current measures (7 letters)
37 Across
Miami's hiemal boast (7 letters)
38 Across
Babe Ruth's first name (6 letters)
39 Across
Native of Shiraz (5 letters)
40 Across
Ingredient of ouzo (5 letters)
41 Across
Containers for colorful mixtures (9 letters)
45 Across
Varnish ingredient (5 letters)
46 Across
Police-call letters (3 letters)
47 Across
Author Alex (5 letters)
48 Across
___ Haute (5 letters)
50 Across
Fruity desserts, for short (6 letters)
51 Across
Islands north of New Guinea (11 letters)
55 Across
Op or Pop (3 letters)
56 Across
"___ emptor" (6 letters)
57 Across
Hindustani (4 letters)
58 Across
Compass dir. (3 letters)
59 Across
Isolate (6 letters)
60 Across
Flay (4 letters)
61 Across
Prefix with pathetic (3 letters)

Down

1 Down
Khrushchev (6 letters)
2 Down
Expunged (6 letters)
3 Down
Tightened (6 letters)
4 Down
Pentagon V.I.P. (15 letters)
5 Down
Aldrich's "Story of ___ Boy" (4 letters)
6 Down
Algonquian (3 letters)
7 Down
Toys (7 letters)
8 Down
Pitching error (4 letters)
9 Down
Lorraine Hansberry hit: 1959 (15 letters)
10 Down
High, as inflationary prices (12 letters)
11 Down
"___ Mir Bist . . . " (3 letters)
12 Down
___ Arbor (3 letters)
13 Down
Arm of the Medit. (3 letters)
19 Down
Young maiden (4 letters)
21 Down
Meccas for scholars (12 letters)
24 Down
Rosary beads (4 letters)
26 Down
Europe's neighbor (4 letters)
27 Down
Release, as anger (4 letters)
28 Down
Suffix with major or cigar (4 letters)
30 Down
Phrase of understanding (4 letters)
33 Down
Bates or Arkin (4 letters)
34 Down
Laboratory medium (4 letters)
35 Down
Part of the writing on the wall (4 letters)
36 Down
Petits ___ (4 letters)
37 Down
Bassinet (4 letters)
39 Down
Satellite of Saturn (7 letters)
41 Down
Eng. legislative assembly (4 letters)
42 Down
St. ___, city NNW of London (6 letters)
43 Down
At hand (6 letters)
44 Down
Solar follower (6 letters)
49 Down
Estimate (4 letters)
50 Down
Middle: Prefix (4 letters)
51 Down
King's superior (3 letters)
52 Down
Cupid (3 letters)
53 Down
DIII doubled (3 letters)
54 Down
Annoy (3 letters)

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