Wednesday Crossword — August 26, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Christy Ridley8/26/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Knack (4 letters)
5 Across
"___ Maisie Knew," James novel (4 letters)
9 Across
Kind of note (4 letters)
13 Across
Theater award (4 letters)
14 Across
Hollandaise, e.g. (5 letters)
15 Across
High: Comb. form (4 letters)
16 Across
Route for Dorothy (15 letters)
19 Across
Cutting tool (3 letters)
20 Across
Leas (5 letters)
21 Across
___ Dame University (5 letters)
22 Across
Tastes the tea (4 letters)
23 Across
Also (3 letters)
24 Across
Carouse (15 letters)
32 Across
Bergman role in "Casablanca" (4 letters)
33 Across
Chessman (4 letters)
34 Across
He wrote "The College Widow" (3 letters)
35 Across
Speech defect (4 letters)
36 Across
One of the Allens (5 letters)
38 Across
"___ star to steer her by": Masefield (4 letters)
39 Across
The Buckeyes' initials (3 letters)
40 Across
A pirate or a choreographer (4 letters)
41 Across
Memorable Israeli leader (4 letters)
42 Across
Argonauts' prize (15 letters)
47 Across
Mimic (3 letters)
48 Across
Holly (4 letters)
49 Across
Bizarre (5 letters)
52 Across
Ghanaian export (5 letters)
54 Across
Chat (3 letters)
57 Across
Kubrick film, with "A" (15 letters)
60 Across
Edible tuber (4 letters)
61 Across
Velocity (5 letters)
62 Across
Sandburg or Van Doren (4 letters)
63 Across
Soon (4 letters)
64 Across
Thoroughly (4 letters)
65 Across
Etc.'s relative (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Court painter to Charles III (4 letters)
2 Down
Old World mountain goat (4 letters)
3 Down
"The round ___" (wastepaper basket) (4 letters)
4 Down
___ Aviv (3 letters)
5 Down
Indiana–Illinois boundary river (6 letters)
6 Down
New Mexico artist Peter (4 letters)
7 Down
"___ and Galatea," Handel opus (4 letters)
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Shamus (3 letters)
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Strand (6 letters)
10 Down
"Little Things Mean ___," 1954 song (4 letters)
11 Down
What the man of La Mancha followed (4 letters)
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Pelt (4 letters)
14 Down
Used a besom (5 letters)
17 Down
Neglect (4 letters)
18 Down
Understood (5 letters)
22 Down
Cinch (4 letters)
23 Down
Resembling a certain fiber (4 letters)
24 Down
Guide (5 letters)
25 Down
Like stout (5 letters)
26 Down
Offspring (5 letters)
27 Down
Final stanza of a Pindaric poem (5 letters)
28 Down
Boy (3 letters)
29 Down
Indian princess (5 letters)
30 Down
Relating to early literature of Iceland (5 letters)
31 Down
"The Wreck of the Mary ___," Innes novel (5 letters)
36 Down
Sly trick (4 letters)
37 Down
Singular (3 letters)
38 Down
Stock-exchange heading (4 letters)
40 Down
Part of a ruble (5 letters)
43 Down
Waiter or servant (6 letters)
44 Down
This bears an image of Monticello (6 letters)
45 Down
Inundate (5 letters)
46 Down
Cordelia's father (4 letters)
49 Down
Eight: Comb. form (4 letters)
50 Down
___ Bator, Mongolia (4 letters)
51 Down
Bullring cry, sometimes (4 letters)
52 Down
Deal with successfully (4 letters)
53 Down
Russian city (4 letters)
54 Down
Small two-winged insect (4 letters)
55 Down
Taj Mahal city (4 letters)
56 Down
Dingaling thing (4 letters)
58 Down
Compass pt. (3 letters)
59 Down
Person who excels (3 letters)

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