Thursday Crossword — September 10, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1572 clues~15-30 minBy Herb L. Risteen9/10/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
These make flights (6 letters)
7 Across
Cheekiness (5 letters)
12 Across
Goes rapidly (7 letters)
14 Across
Flayed (7 letters)
16 Across
Nero's first wife (7 letters)
17 Across
Name on a silver dollar (7 letters)
18 Across
Ebro, for one (3 letters)
19 Across
Joins (7 letters)
21 Across
Spread (3 letters)
22 Across
Raison d'___ (4 letters)
24 Across
Water bird (5 letters)
25 Across
Info (4 letters)
26 Across
"Plaza ___," Simon play (5 letters)
28 Across
"___ M," Christie novel (3 letters)
29 Across
Zoo equipment (5 letters)
30 Across
Symbol of aridity (6 letters)
32 Across
"Least said, ___ mended" (7 letters)
34 Across
Prefix with bar or bath (3 letters)
35 Across
Grimalkin (3 letters)
36 Across
Fanciful notion (7 letters)
40 Across
Mussulman (6 letters)
43 Across
Flawless (5 letters)
44 Across
"Te ___," Ovidian valentine (3 letters)
46 Across
Of tissue (5 letters)
48 Across
What brevity is to wit (4 letters)
49 Across
Frugal (5 letters)
51 Across
This comes before tat (4 letters)
52 Across
Sleeper, e.g. (3 letters)
53 Across
Canton residents (7 letters)
55 Across
Year in Leif Ericson's era (3 letters)
56 Across
He wrote "The Last Hurrah" (7 letters)
58 Across
Item served with soup (7 letters)
60 Across
Five Nations group (7 letters)
61 Across
Moppet's vehicle (7 letters)
62 Across
Be displeasing to (5 letters)
63 Across
Arikara abodes (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Props (6 letters)
2 Down
Roman historian (7 letters)
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W. Irving work (7 letters)
4 Down
Give ___ try (3 letters)
5 Down
Intensifies, with "up" (4 letters)
6 Down
Bog bird (5 letters)
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Goof (5 letters)
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Pshaw! (4 letters)
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Hardwood (3 letters)
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Cold ___ (7 letters)
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Roman councils (7 letters)
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City in central Kansas (6 letters)
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Foyt, Unser et al. (6 letters)
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Hereditary ruler (6 letters)
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Pledge to the preacher (3 letters)
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Morally right (7 letters)
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Misused participle (7 letters)
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Canvas support (5 letters)
29 Down
Take it easy (5 letters)
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Louis Philippe, for one (3 letters)
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Exclamation (3 letters)
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Lake herrings (6 letters)
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Roman Empire conqueror (7 letters)
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Nerve cell (7 letters)
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Tropical American animals (6 letters)
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Fen (6 letters)
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Babylonian's neighbor (7 letters)
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Broadway event (7 letters)
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His wife was in the Gang of Four (3 letters)
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Their words are absurd (6 letters)
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Mass of bass (5 letters)
50 Down
What legislatures do (5 letters)
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Formerly (4 letters)
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Plumlike fruit (4 letters)
57 Down
Little knot (3 letters)
59 Down
Plaything (3 letters)

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