Thursday Crossword — August 20, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Whelan8/20/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Iridescent gem (4 letters)
5 Across
Frat-party garments (5 letters)
10 Across
Orlando rarity (4 letters)
14 Across
Local food store, for short (4 letters)
15 Across
Old-womanish (5 letters)
16 Across
Fundy phenomenon (4 letters)
17 Across
Flap, as a sail (4 letters)
18 Across
Bogged down (5 letters)
19 Across
Mucho (4 letters)
20 Across
Terpsichorean twosome (13 letters)
23 Across
Irks (5 letters)
24 Across
Jerry Pate's turf piercer (3 letters)
25 Across
Getaway (6 letters)
28 Across
Noxious vapors (7 letters)
32 Across
Pillage (4 letters)
33 Across
O'Neill's "___ for the Misbegotten" (5 letters)
35 Across
Carney or Buchwald (3 letters)
36 Across
Hit film of 1933 (15 letters)
40 Across
"There! ___ Said It Again": Mann-Evans song (3 letters)
41 Across
He spoke for Standish (5 letters)
42 Across
Two-toed sloth (4 letters)
43 Across
Chilean poet's family (7 letters)
45 Across
Abominate (6 letters)
47 Across
Nest (3 letters)
48 Across
Centers (5 letters)
50 Across
Sometime co-star with 20 Across (13 letters)
55 Across
Becloud (4 letters)
56 Across
___-visual equipment (5 letters)
57 Across
Fracas (4 letters)
59 Across
On the Caspian (4 letters)
60 Across
Tree lump (5 letters)
61 Across
Caribbean sight (4 letters)
62 Across
Servants (4 letters)
63 Across
Teasdale and a Roosevelt (5 letters)
64 Across
Lowly laborer (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
"___ bodkins!" (3 letters)
2 Down
Riches (4 letters)
3 Down
Winglike (4 letters)
4 Down
Educated class (8 letters)
5 Down
Mexican dish (6 letters)
6 Down
Cat-___-tails (5 letters)
7 Down
Strengthens (5 letters)
8 Down
Give ___ up (assist) (4 letters)
9 Down
Political agitation (8 letters)
10 Down
Western vehicles (6 letters)
11 Down
Egyptian delta (4 letters)
12 Down
Aroma (4 letters)
13 Down
Moist (3 letters)
21 Down
Brief swim (3 letters)
22 Down
Sartre's "Nothingness" (5 letters)
25 Down
Puckish (5 letters)
26 Down
Find the answers (5 letters)
27 Down
More bashful (5 letters)
28 Down
Cut, as a lawn (4 letters)
29 Down
W.W. I battle site (5 letters)
30 Down
Diva's numbers (5 letters)
31 Down
Chubby (5 letters)
33 Down
Appends (4 letters)
34 Down
One of the Three Stooges (3 letters)
37 Down
Comaneci or Boulanger (5 letters)
38 Down
Sunday best (8 letters)
39 Down
Surpass (8 letters)
44 Down
Disclose (6 letters)
45 Down
Prattles foolishly (6 letters)
46 Down
Poetic contraction (3 letters)
48 Down
Fragrant wood (5 letters)
49 Down
Prime Minister before Suzuki (5 letters)
50 Down
Otherwise (4 letters)
51 Down
One-on-one encounter (4 letters)
52 Down
The Danube, in Hungary (4 letters)
53 Down
Seine tributary (4 letters)
54 Down
___ contendere (4 letters)
55 Down
Scrooge's expression (3 letters)
58 Down
Decimal base (3 letters)

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