Thursday Crossword — May 7, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Kathryn Righter5/7/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Line of cliffs (5 letters)
6 Across
Greek letter (3 letters)
9 Across
Nitwits (4 letters)
13 Across
Goof (5 letters)
14 Across
Terrible czar (4 letters)
15 Across
Late queen of Jordan (4 letters)
16 Across
Division of a poem (5 letters)
17 Across
Heaviest U.S. President (4 letters)
18 Across
Depend (4 letters)
19 Across
Opulence (6 letters)
21 Across
Haberdasher's display (7 letters)
23 Across
Angry (5 letters)
25 Across
Pop song lead-in (5 letters)
26 Across
Heady (12 letters)
31 Across
What to show an unwanted visitor (4 letters)
32 Across
Hat made from jipijapa leaves (6 letters)
33 Across
Id's cousin (3 letters)
36 Across
Songlike (6 letters)
38 Across
Elementary textbook (6 letters)
40 Across
Pharmacist's word for salt (3 letters)
41 Across
Delight (6 letters)
45 Across
Actress Lollobrigida (4 letters)
46 Across
Headwaiter (12 letters)
48 Across
John Jacob ___ (5 letters)
51 Across
Letters in Einstein's famous formula (5 letters)
52 Across
Butcherbirds (7 letters)
54 Across
Abhorrent (6 letters)
58 Across
Duo (4 letters)
59 Across
National emblem of Great Britain (4 letters)
61 Across
Termagant; virago (5 letters)
63 Across
Fencing item (4 letters)
64 Across
Praise (4 letters)
65 Across
Jeweled headdress (5 letters)
66 Across
Headland (4 letters)
67 Across
Termite (3 letters)
68 Across
Destroyer installation (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Dry, as wine (3 letters)
2 Down
Bird's crop (4 letters)
3 Down
"Abel" composer (4 letters)
4 Down
Roster (4 letters)
5 Down
Verbose (6 letters)
6 Down
Stowe heroine (3 letters)
7 Down
Fine, rather stiff fabric (7 letters)
8 Down
Pay up (4 letters)
9 Down
Malay garment (6 letters)
10 Down
On the qui vive (5 letters)
11 Down
Hairy (5 letters)
12 Down
Dictum (5 letters)
14 Down
Home of Odysseus (6 letters)
20 Down
City in Libya or Lebanon (7 letters)
22 Down
Middle Eastern monetary unit (5 letters)
24 Down
Shoe color (3 letters)
26 Down
A Cantor and an Eisenhower (4 letters)
27 Down
Ibsen heroine (4 letters)
28 Down
Serf's lot (4 letters)
29 Down
Gold, in Genova (3 letters)
30 Down
Hindered (7 letters)
33 Down
Give off (4 letters)
34 Down
Hereditary factor (4 letters)
35 Down
Nuncupative (4 letters)
37 Down
Kind of plug (5 letters)
39 Down
"But ___ on forever": Tennyson (3 letters)
42 Down
Recurring annually (7 letters)
43 Down
Firth (3 letters)
44 Down
Aide for Holmes (6 letters)
46 Down
Watered-silk fabrics (6 letters)
47 Down
Stickups (6 letters)
48 Down
Colorado resort (5 letters)
49 Down
Form (5 letters)
50 Down
Attempts (5 letters)
53 Down
Singer Fitzgerald (4 letters)
55 Down
One of Cairo's rivers (4 letters)
56 Down
Monitor lizard (4 letters)
57 Down
Antibodies (4 letters)
60 Down
Umpire's call (3 letters)
62 Down
Whitman's "The Real ___" (3 letters)

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