Friday Crossword — September 25, 1981

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1574 clues~30-60 minBy Jeanette K. Brill9/25/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Border on (4 letters)
5 Across
Port city of Iraq (5 letters)
10 Across
Accepted standards (4 letters)
14 Across
Stalagmite milieu (4 letters)
15 Across
Modern Greek name for Greece (5 letters)
16 Across
Trans-___, U.S.S.R. range (4 letters)
17 Across
Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" (15 letters)
20 Across
Word in a film ad (8 letters)
21 Across
Kind of kitchen (5 letters)
22 Across
Stassen, to Eisenhower in 1953 (4 letters)
23 Across
Large crucifix (4 letters)
25 Across
Pass (6 letters)
28 Across
Moderated (8 letters)
32 Across
Ear: Comb. form (4 letters)
33 Across
Item for John Sloan (5 letters)
34 Across
Deity who became Tahiti's national god (3 letters)
35 Across
Behave in a formal manner (15 letters)
39 Across
Chariot chaser (3 letters)
40 Across
Gossip (5 letters)
41 Across
Date for Duclos (4 letters)
42 Across
Too long, as a speech (8 letters)
44 Across
Danish chess master (6 letters)
46 Across
Regarding (4 letters)
47 Across
Insincere statements (4 letters)
48 Across
Plant fiber (5 letters)
51 Across
"And the ___ stars set their watch": T. Campbell (8 letters)
55 Across
S. Y. Agnon novel (15 letters)
58 Across
In ___ (in position) (4 letters)
59 Across
Singer Haggard (5 letters)
60 Across
Churchill's foreign minister (4 letters)
61 Across
Declare positively (4 letters)
62 Across
Abbot's subordinate (5 letters)
63 Across
Lillums Lovewell's beau (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
New Testament book (4 letters)
2 Down
Thai money (4 letters)
3 Down
Eye part (4 letters)
4 Down
Diamondback inhabiting a salt marsh (8 letters)
5 Down
Happen (to) (6 letters)
6 Down
Coeur d'___, Idaho (5 letters)
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Plod in paludous places (4 letters)
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Brit. air arm (3 letters)
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" . . . egregiously an ___": Iago (3 letters)
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Ostentation (6 letters)
11 Down
Came down to terra firma (4 letters)
12 Down
Romany wife (4 letters)
13 Down
Index (4 letters)
18 Down
Georgia O'Keeffe's "Black ___" (4 letters)
19 Down
Streisand hit song (6 letters)
23 Down
Adjust an alarm clock (5 letters)
24 Down
Henri Philippe Benoni ___ Joseph Pétain (4 letters)
25 Down
Let up (5 letters)
26 Down
Minstrel (5 letters)
27 Down
Palm cockatoo of Australia (5 letters)
28 Down
Unexpressed but implied (5 letters)
29 Down
Studies (5 letters)
30 Down
The Cubs banked on him for years (5 letters)
31 Down
Ranking member of a group (5 letters)
33 Down
Provide, as with talents (5 letters)
36 Down
California mountain pass (6 letters)
37 Down
___ about (approximately) (4 letters)
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Strict French general: 17th century (8 letters)
43 Down
He straightened up and flew right (6 letters)
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Fierce piercer on a steed (6 letters)
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B'way org. (4 letters)
47 Down
Instrument for Yo-Yo Ma (5 letters)
48 Down
Words before boy or girl (4 letters)
49 Down
Weapon for Mack the Knife (4 letters)
50 Down
Place for a chapeau (4 letters)
51 Down
Kálmán operetta (4 letters)
52 Down
Knot (4 letters)
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Fleuret's kin (4 letters)
54 Down
Redgrave or Fontanne (4 letters)
56 Down
Deviling (3 letters)
57 Down
Lehár's "___ Rastelbinder" (3 letters)

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