Saturday Crossword — August 1, 1981

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy A. J. Santora8/1/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Airport arr. estimates (4 letters)
5 Across
Asiatic palm (4 letters)
9 Across
Not straight (5 letters)
14 Across
Seduce (4 letters)
15 Across
Singer Ed (4 letters)
16 Across
Pat or Debbie (5 letters)
17 Across
Melville title (4 letters)
18 Across
Urban aeries (10 letters)
20 Across
Meter unit (12 letters)
22 Across
Mezzo-soprano Obraztsova (5 letters)
23 Across
Air: Comb. form (3 letters)
24 Across
Author Tarbell (3 letters)
27 Across
Urged (on) (5 letters)
30 Across
It's common or proper (4 letters)
32 Across
Gibson girl's shape (15 letters)
38 Across
One of the Siamese twins (3 letters)
39 Across
Old World cont. (3 letters)
40 Across
Goal (3 letters)
41 Across
Get benched (3 letters)
42 Across
Tropes (15 letters)
46 Across
Drudge (4 letters)
47 Across
Composed type (5 letters)
48 Across
Dissenting voice (3 letters)
49 Across
Perez stat. (3 letters)
51 Across
Double this for a perfume-yielding tree (5 letters)
55 Across
William Safire, once (12 letters)
59 Across
Resin source (10 letters)
62 Across
Bone: Comb. form (4 letters)
63 Across
Zodiacal sign (5 letters)
64 Across
"Mean ___," 1929 song (4 letters)
65 Across
Henri's head (4 letters)
66 Across
Plaster used as a surface (5 letters)
67 Across
Oklahoma city (4 letters)
68 Across
Kind of master (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Summon (5 letters)
2 Down
Dravidian tongue (5 letters)
3 Down
Soap plant (5 letters)
4 Down
Inadvertent creator of phrases like "well-boiled icicle" (7 letters)
5 Down
Valley of the grapes (4 letters)
6 Down
"___ a man with . . . " (4 letters)
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Five-year periods (7 letters)
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"Just ___ twig is bent . . . ": Pope (5 letters)
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"___ Ben Adhem" (4 letters)
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Turning to vinegar (7 letters)
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Hagler stats. (3 letters)
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Wind dir. (3 letters)
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Singer Montgomery (3 letters)
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Mount where Aaron died (3 letters)
21 Down
Word with tail or tongue (6 letters)
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Drench (5 letters)
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Of gold (5 letters)
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Stick on (4 letters)
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What "the walls have" (4 letters)
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One of the Low Countries: Abbr. (4 letters)
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Clout (4 letters)
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Kind of soup (5 letters)
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Boredom, to Sophia (5 letters)
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Unthreatened (4 letters)
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Printing sign (4 letters)
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Damage (6 letters)
43 Down
Joyce book (7 letters)
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Fraternity letter (7 letters)
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Gould or Nugent (7 letters)
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Ad ___ (pertinent) (3 letters)
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Midler (5 letters)
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Confused (5 letters)
53 Down
Hideaways (5 letters)
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Irene Papas, e.g. (5 letters)
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Mexican's "Give way!" (4 letters)
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Half: Prefix (4 letters)
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Tobacco, informally (4 letters)
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Valise (3 letters)
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Land measure (3 letters)
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Fleur-de-___ (3 letters)

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