Thursday Crossword — September 24, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy William Lutwiniak9/24/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
N'Djamena is its capital (4 letters)
5 Across
___ with (experienced) (5 letters)
10 Across
Hopped a plane (4 letters)
14 Across
___ Rud, river on Afghanistan's boundary (4 letters)
15 Across
Man of Masqat (5 letters)
16 Across
"Damn Yankees" gal (4 letters)
17 Across
Don Juan's mother (4 letters)
18 Across
Uris novel (5 letters)
19 Across
Gooey or gluey (4 letters)
20 Across
Newspaper (7 letters)
22 Across
Clowns (6 letters)
24 Across
Not busy (4 letters)
25 Across
"Wozzeck" composer (4 letters)
26 Across
Alter (6 letters)
29 Across
Effluvium (4 letters)
30 Across
Like Mary Quant's style (3 letters)
33 Across
"Roots" author (5 letters)
34 Across
Coal source (9 letters)
36 Across
Spring bloomer (4 letters)
37 Across
Luigi's mail (5 letters)
38 Across
Of a period (4 letters)
39 Across
Exigencies (9 letters)
41 Across
Actor-musician Nelson (5 letters)
42 Across
Def., maybe (3 letters)
43 Across
Pound (4 letters)
44 Across
Oz V.I.P. (6 letters)
45 Across
Unclear (4 letters)
46 Across
Actress Louise (4 letters)
47 Across
Raucous cry (6 letters)
50 Across
Coiffure tuft (7 letters)
53 Across
Influence (4 letters)
54 Across
"The Man ___," 1924 song (5 letters)
56 Across
Romantic interlude (4 letters)
58 Across
Article for Hans (4 letters)
59 Across
Arch-consumerist (5 letters)
60 Across
Slangy turndown (4 letters)
61 Across
Dictator (4 letters)
62 Across
Coarse (5 letters)
63 Across
An Olympian (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Greek letter (3 letters)
2 Down
Put up drapes (4 letters)
3 Down
Environs (4 letters)
4 Down
Vertigo (9 letters)
5 Down
Blotch (6 letters)
6 Down
Ham it up (5 letters)
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Finish line (4 letters)
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"___ voce poco far," Rossini aria (3 letters)
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Fast-food place (8 letters)
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Cast (5 letters)
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Places (4 letters)
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Actress Sommer (4 letters)
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Methods (4 letters)
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Nervous (4 letters)
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Not care ___ (4 letters)
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Lancaster et al. (5 letters)
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TV cop show (5 letters)
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Bandleader James (5 letters)
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Sci-fi heavy (5 letters)
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Confused (5 letters)
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Persian prince's title (5 letters)
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Walking ___ (elated) (5 letters)
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X-ed (5 letters)
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Rueful (5 letters)
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Theater area (9 letters)
37 Down
Enigmatic (8 letters)
40 Down
Close tightly (4 letters)
41 Down
Piggery sound (4 letters)
44 Down
Car attachments (6 letters)
45 Down
Czech coin (5 letters)
46 Down
Jabberwocky word (5 letters)
47 Down
Blueprint datum, for short (4 letters)
48 Down
Cross-examine (4 letters)
49 Down
Bone attached to a ginglymus (4 letters)
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Rowdydow (4 letters)
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What anosmic people do not sense (4 letters)
52 Down
Erratum (4 letters)
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Gibbon (3 letters)
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Author Whitten (3 letters)

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