Wednesday Crossword — May 20, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Marie West5/20/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Collars (4 letters)
5 Across
Rizzuto of diamond fame (4 letters)
9 Across
Embarkation port in 1492 (5 letters)
14 Across
Pres. or V.P. (4 letters)
15 Across
Descartes (4 letters)
16 Across
___ acids (5 letters)
17 Across
Conductor's cry (9 letters)
19 Across
Where a dude becomes an equestrian (5 letters)
20 Across
"___ the Marines!" (8 letters)
21 Across
What Olympic bobsleds do (6 letters)
22 Across
World Series star: 1969 (4 letters)
23 Across
"Volsunga" or "Forsyte" (4 letters)
24 Across
Latin I verb (3 letters)
27 Across
"The ___ News Bears" (3 letters)
28 Across
Boot a ground ball (3 letters)
29 Across
"___ Misérables" (3 letters)
32 Across
Plaid (6 letters)
34 Across
Eric Heiden, for one (8 letters)
36 Across
Prepare for a bout (5 letters)
37 Across
Protection for Jim Plunkett (3 letters)
38 Across
Piebald or skewbald (5 letters)
39 Across
Whole numbers (8 letters)
41 Across
Babylonian coin (6 letters)
42 Across
Bee follower (3 letters)
43 Across
Power agcy. (3 letters)
44 Across
Bando of baseball (3 letters)
45 Across
Vane reading (3 letters)
46 Across
Masonry wedge (4 letters)
47 Across
Celebes ox (4 letters)
49 Across
Proust (6 letters)
52 Across
Cafeterias' kin (8 letters)
56 Across
Febrero's predecessor (5 letters)
57 Across
Yosemite peak (world's largest monolith) (9 letters)
58 Across
Companionway (5 letters)
59 Across
Hebrew letter (4 letters)
60 Across
Marsh bird (4 letters)
61 Across
Nickname for a Chandler of baseball fame (5 letters)
62 Across
Nineveh's partner (4 letters)
63 Across
Smoke-fog combo (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Uncluttered (4 letters)
2 Down
Wheel spindle (4 letters)
3 Down
Its sound ends a round (4 letters)
4 Down
La ___, opera house (5 letters)
5 Down
Extremely variable (7 letters)
6 Down
Angry (6 letters)
7 Down
Obi accessory (4 letters)
8 Down
Came in first (3 letters)
9 Down
Figure-skating maneuver (13 letters)
10 Down
Soprano Lucine (5 letters)
11 Down
"Hold that ___!" (4 letters)
12 Down
Nostalgic adverb (4 letters)
13 Down
Vater's boy (4 letters)
18 Down
Cosmologist's or heavy puncher's conjecture? (13 letters)
21 Down
Boxing program (4 letters)
23 Down
Rate, as players at Wimbledon (4 letters)
24 Down
Classical (5 letters)
25 Down
Seine tributary (5 letters)
26 Down
Wax eloquent (5 letters)
29 Down
Johnny Miller's milieu (5 letters)
30 Down
Kefauver (5 letters)
31 Down
Beat the catcher's throw (5 letters)
33 Down
Reason for extra innings (3 letters)
34 Down
Grad. degrees (3 letters)
35 Down
Golfer's concern (3 letters)
37 Down
Hyde Park vehicle (4 letters)
40 Down
Malefic (4 letters)
41 Down
Pioneers' trail (7 letters)
44 Down
U.F.O. (6 letters)
46 Down
Redeemable certificate (5 letters)
48 Down
Not quite right (5 letters)
49 Down
Network or knitwork (4 letters)
50 Down
Theater org. (4 letters)
51 Down
Garner (4 letters)
52 Down
Associate (4 letters)
53 Down
Fissionable unit (4 letters)
54 Down
South Seas staple (4 letters)
55 Down
Catch quickly, as a ball (4 letters)
57 Down
End a crash diet (3 letters)

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