Friday Crossword — August 14, 1981
Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy Eli Wesoff8/14/1981
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Gather (4 letters)
- 5 Across
- Humble (5 letters)
- 10 Across
- Boxer's quick, straight punch (3 letters)
- 13 Across
- "Comus" composer (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- Joshua or Ella (5 letters)
- 15 Across
- Hurricane's little cousin (4 letters)
- 16 Across
- Omen (4 letters)
- 17 Across
- A style of wrestling (10 letters)
- 19 Across
- Trifled or quibbled (8 letters)
- 21 Across
- Stirred up (6 letters)
- 22 Across
- Propelled a wherry (5 letters)
- 23 Across
- Self-righteous (4 letters)
- 24 Across
- Toy weapon (6 letters)
- 26 Across
- One definitely not on the run (8 letters)
- 30 Across
- ___ committee (5 letters)
- 31 Across
- Tritons (5 letters)
- 32 Across
- Treat badly (3 letters)
- 33 Across
- Check (4 letters)
- 34 Across
- Flock of partridges (5 letters)
- 35 Across
- N.A.A.C.P., e.g. (4 letters)
- 36 Across
- Tennis term for "tied" (3 letters)
- 37 Across
- Small candle (5 letters)
- 38 Across
- ___ du Louvre (5 letters)
- 39 Across
- Be on the wagon (8 letters)
- 41 Across
- Elaborate hoaxes (6 letters)
- 42 Across
- Upon which legions marched (4 letters)
- 43 Across
- Richard ___, one of the Hartford wits (5 letters)
- 44 Across
- Pollen producer (6 letters)
- 47 Across
- Took, as would a crook (8 letters)
- 50 Across
- Group encouraging free trade (10 letters)
- 52 Across
- Part (4 letters)
- 53 Across
- Kind of sapphire (4 letters)
- 54 Across
- Mock (5 letters)
- 55 Across
- French ecclesiastic (4 letters)
- 56 Across
- Prefix with let or lease (3 letters)
- 57 Across
- Related on the mother's side (5 letters)
- 58 Across
- Rend (4 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Harsh sound (4 letters)
- 2 Down
- Term for a worm (4 letters)
- 3 Down
- He's all for Great Britain (10 letters)
- 4 Down
- Brass base (8 letters)
- 5 Down
- Author of "The Man with the Golden Arm" (6 letters)
- 6 Down
- Drilled (5 letters)
- 7 Down
- Adjective for Enos (4 letters)
- 8 Down
- N.A. Indian (3 letters)
- 9 Down
- Outrageous act (8 letters)
- 10 Down
- Spreads for breads (4 letters)
- 11 Down
- Amor's adjuncts (4 letters)
- 12 Down
- Give in; yield (4 letters)
- 15 Down
- Chisel for cutting grooves in wood (5 letters)
- 18 Down
- Disorderly retreats (5 letters)
- 20 Down
- Cordage fiber (4 letters)
- 23 Down
- Plantation employee (5 letters)
- 24 Down
- Gem weight (5 letters)
- 25 Down
- Fred Astaire's sister (5 letters)
- 26 Down
- On the ___ (honest) (5 letters)
- 27 Down
- He's afraid of the big, bad Bear (10 letters)
- 28 Down
- Where Krupp put up his works (5 letters)
- 29 Down
- Coty and Clair (5 letters)
- 31 Down
- Without face value, as stocks (5 letters)
- 34 Down
- Form into a chain (8 letters)
- 35 Down
- "The ___ of the Breakfast Table": O. W. Holmes (8 letters)
- 37 Down
- Type of pole (5 letters)
- 38 Down
- Compulsion (4 letters)
- 40 Down
- ___ Sea, arm of the Indian Ocean (5 letters)
- 41 Down
- River flowing to the Missouri (6 letters)
- 43 Down
- Concerning (5 letters)
- 44 Down
- Meeting: Abbr. (4 letters)
- 45 Down
- Ballet skirt (4 letters)
- 46 Down
- Waif (4 letters)
- 47 Down
- Predatory sea gull (4 letters)
- 48 Down
- Island in a palindrome (4 letters)
- 49 Down
- Kind of crossing (4 letters)
- 51 Down
- Sought office (3 letters)
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