Wednesday Crossword — July 29, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Jeanette K. Brill7/29/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Adjective for a famous wedding: July 29, 1981 (5 letters)
6 Across
Goose ___ (zeros) (4 letters)
10 Across
Rhyme scheme (4 letters)
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"Louise," for one (5 letters)
15 Across
Con ___ (with spirit) (4 letters)
16 Across
Otherwise (4 letters)
17 Across
Bishop's headdress (5 letters)
18 Across
Warlike (9 letters)
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Receptacles of sorts (5 letters)
22 Across
Tennis term (4 letters)
23 Across
Old English rune, replaced by w (3 letters)
24 Across
Opposite of zeniths (6 letters)
26 Across
Reduce in rank (6 letters)
28 Across
Pindar work (3 letters)
30 Across
S-shaped molding (4 letters)
31 Across
Actor-director Howard (3 letters)
32 Across
Exploit (4 letters)
34 Across
First name in espionage (4 letters)
36 Across
Pick up the tab (5 letters)
39 Across
One of the Goldbergs (4 letters)
40 Across
Feels pity for (5 letters)
42 Across
Site of 1952 Winter Olympics (4 letters)
43 Across
Put forth muscle power (5 letters)
45 Across
Kin of a grinder or submarine (4 letters)
46 Across
Town near Naples (4 letters)
47 Across
___ rule (3 letters)
48 Across
Cable (4 letters)
50 Across
Attic ___ (3 letters)
51 Across
Least furnished (6 letters)
54 Across
"Or what's a ___ for?": Browning (6 letters)
56 Across
Black bird (3 letters)
57 Across
Peau de ___, rich silk cloth (4 letters)
59 Across
French dramatist Guitry (5 letters)
61 Across
Pugilist seeking a title (9 letters)
64 Across
"Lorna ___" (5 letters)
66 Across
Former queen of Greece (4 letters)
67 Across
Logan or Fitzgerald (4 letters)
68 Across
Wisconsin city (5 letters)
69 Across
Home of a creeper (4 letters)
70 Across
Rhythmic silence, in music (4 letters)
71 Across
River in Belgium (5 letters)

Down

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Gypsy man (3 letters)
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Heroic (4 letters)
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Become oriented (15 letters)
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Montreal Forum, e.g. (5 letters)
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"The Streets of ___" (6 letters)
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Recede (3 letters)
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Facilitate progress (15 letters)
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Coat with a gold color (4 letters)
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Word with South or citizen (5 letters)
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Agcy. superseded by the N.R.C. (3 letters)
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Brag (15 letters)
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Money in the bank (5 letters)
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American couturier (5 letters)
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Adjective for argon (5 letters)
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Greek letter (5 letters)
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Arrive at (5 letters)
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Stupid one (5 letters)
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Anagram for gore (4 letters)
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Pas de ___, ballet figure (4 letters)
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Opposite of prolix (5 letters)
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Cliff dwelling (5 letters)
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"You're ___ Need" (4 letters)
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Precisely (4 letters)
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Rails (5 letters)
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Armor or French cup (5 letters)
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Circumvents (6 letters)
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Noted contemporary of Shakespeare (5 letters)
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American chameleon (5 letters)
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Employee in a paint company (5 letters)
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Pierre's school (5 letters)
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Vain (4 letters)
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Soon (4 letters)
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Use a shuttle (3 letters)
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Hair appurtenance (3 letters)
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Cat's-___ (gem or marble) (3 letters)

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