Wednesday Crossword — October 28, 1981

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Robert Katz10/28/1981

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Haggard work (3 letters)
4 Across
Pennines, e.g. (4 letters)
8 Across
___ Alto, Calif. (4 letters)
12 Across
Knicks or Nets (4 letters)
14 Across
Artificial jewelry (5 letters)
16 Across
In the thick of (4 letters)
17 Across
"The ___ 'e knows . . . ": Kipling (4 letters)
18 Across
Staggering (5 letters)
19 Across
Actor's quest (4 letters)
20 Across
Like Lovelace's lines (6 letters)
22 Across
Parvenus (8 letters)
24 Across
Draw ___ on (aim) (5 letters)
26 Across
A founder of Dadaism (3 letters)
27 Across
Toadfish (4 letters)
29 Across
Oct., Nov., etc. (3 letters)
31 Across
Key or cay (5 letters)
35 Across
Racing sailboat (4 letters)
36 Across
Part of the fleet (10 letters)
38 Across
Tar's word (4 letters)
39 Across
Silver coin of Malta (5 letters)
40 Across
Farmer's concern (4 letters)
41 Across
Keeping company (10 letters)
43 Across
"Bonanza" good guy (4 letters)
44 Across
She wrote "Tender Buttons": 1914 (5 letters)
45 Across
Division; part: Abbr. (3 letters)
46 Across
Privilege in a democracy (4 letters)
47 Across
El ___, Spanish hero (3 letters)
49 Across
Thackeray product (5 letters)
51 Across
Hebrew scholar (8 letters)
55 Across
Alien (6 letters)
59 Across
Zone (4 letters)
60 Across
Gather, as a seamstress (5 letters)
62 Across
Actor Wilder (4 letters)
63 Across
Shensi capital (4 letters)
64 Across
Does a garden chore (5 letters)
65 Across
Himalayan track maker (4 letters)
66 Across
Cluckers and scratchers (4 letters)
67 Across
Kitchen follower (4 letters)
68 Across
Sunny side of a bullfight arena (3 letters)

Down

1 Down
Halt (4 letters)
2 Down
Protagonist (4 letters)
3 Down
Facility (4 letters)
4 Down
Swiftly (5 letters)
5 Down
Gibbon (3 letters)
6 Down
Quack of a sort (15 letters)
7 Down
Short distance (4 letters)
8 Down
Medium for a medium (14 letters)
9 Down
Cupid (4 letters)
10 Down
Swingy rhythm (4 letters)
11 Down
Lyrical literature (4 letters)
13 Down
Speculative philosophers (14 letters)
15 Down
Wagner heroine (4 letters)
21 Down
Nigerian native (3 letters)
23 Down
Threesome (4 letters)
25 Down
Idiots or catkins (6 letters)
27 Down
Not ___ (mediocre) (5 letters)
28 Down
Do penance (5 letters)
30 Down
Strong drink in a pub (6 letters)
32 Down
Dormouse (5 letters)
33 Down
Worn away (5 letters)
34 Down
Recipe abbr. (4 letters)
35 Down
London raincoats, for short (4 letters)
36 Down
June bug (3 letters)
37 Down
Scott Joplin's creation (3 letters)
42 Down
"With a blue ribbon ___" (4 letters)
46 Down
Annoy (3 letters)
48 Down
Cookbook entry (4 letters)
50 Down
This might be light (5 letters)
51 Down
Obi (4 letters)
52 Down
City in Pa. (4 letters)
53 Down
Intend (4 letters)
54 Down
Hoof wear (4 letters)
56 Down
North Sea feeder (4 letters)
57 Down
Division word (4 letters)
58 Down
Line a roof (4 letters)
61 Down
Soak flax (3 letters)

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