Thursday Crossword — December 24, 1981
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy William E. Heinemann12/24/1981
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Bit of holly (5 letters)
- 6 Across
- Some are holy (4 letters)
- 10 Across
- Leave the sack (4 letters)
- 14 Across
- Like a thrice-told tale (5 letters)
- 15 Across
- "They ___ serve . . . ": Milton (4 letters)
- 16 Across
- Cartoonist Peter (4 letters)
- 17 Across
- Western action (5 letters)
- 18 Across
- "Joyeux ___!" (4 letters)
- 19 Across
- Riviera city (4 letters)
- 20 Across
- Anagram for "Try Ma's charm, sire!" (15 letters)
- 23 Across
- Postscripts: Abbr. (3 letters)
- 24 Across
- Titans' mother (4 letters)
- 25 Across
- Baby sitter for a nene (3 letters)
- 26 Across
- Whirring sound (4 letters)
- 27 Across
- Squire whose last name means "paunch" (6 letters)
- 30 Across
- Confused (5 letters)
- 33 Across
- "Deck the halls . . . " group (8 letters)
- 35 Across
- Kind of store for a man in a red suit: Abbr. (4 letters)
- 36 Across
- Word with "ho!" (5 letters)
- 38 Across
- Three-digit code (4 letters)
- 39 Across
- "In a ___ open sleigh" (8 letters)
- 41 Across
- Like beer (5 letters)
- 42 Across
- Goddess associated with Ceres (6 letters)
- 43 Across
- Hosiery shades (4 letters)
- 45 Across
- Shade tree (3 letters)
- 46 Across
- Where a famous Greek statue was found (4 letters)
- 47 Across
- One of Mickey's exes (3 letters)
- 50 Across
- Anagram for "End near? Why pay, Pa?" (15 letters)
- 55 Across
- In addition (4 letters)
- 56 Across
- Miscues (4 letters)
- 57 Across
- Sorcerer (5 letters)
- 58 Across
- Where Susa was (4 letters)
- 59 Across
- Attacked, with "into" (4 letters)
- 60 Across
- Type of dress (5 letters)
- 61 Across
- Holiday drinks (4 letters)
- 62 Across
- Comedian Mort (4 letters)
- 63 Across
- Retreats (5 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Watchband (5 letters)
- 2 Down
- Graduation events (5 letters)
- 3 Down
- Teases (5 letters)
- 4 Down
- Roman road (4 letters)
- 5 Down
- "Empire State of the South" (7 letters)
- 6 Down
- One of C. Moore's flying quadrupeds (6 letters)
- 7 Down
- Lanai greeting (5 letters)
- 8 Down
- Belgian river (4 letters)
- 9 Down
- Single (8 letters)
- 10 Down
- P.O. address in Indiana (10 letters)
- 11 Down
- Decorate a tree (4 letters)
- 12 Down
- Andean Indian (4 letters)
- 13 Down
- Kin of Does (4 letters)
- 21 Down
- Easily handled, as a ship (3 letters)
- 22 Down
- Chinese: Comb. form (4 letters)
- 26 Down
- Town in N.H. and city in Pa. (10 letters)
- 27 Down
- Bando of baseball (3 letters)
- 28 Down
- Reindeer group (4 letters)
- 29 Down
- Galena and bauxite (4 letters)
- 30 Down
- Pother (3 letters)
- 31 Down
- Gift for an outdoorsy person (4 letters)
- 32 Down
- Count von ___ (4 letters)
- 33 Down
- Diminutive suffix (3 letters)
- 34 Down
- Utter (3 letters)
- 36 Down
- Heralds (8 letters)
- 37 Down
- Crèche beast (3 letters)
- 40 Down
- Earthen pot (4 letters)
- 41 Down
- Frosty, for one (7 letters)
- 43 Down
- Pre-Yule purchase (6 letters)
- 44 Down
- Wassail quaff (3 letters)
- 46 Down
- A gift at a stable (5 letters)
- 47 Down
- Zeus's shield (5 letters)
- 48 Down
- Brag (5 letters)
- 49 Down
- Upbeats, in music (5 letters)
- 50 Down
- Doxology ending (4 letters)
- 51 Down
- Court plea, for short (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- Type of race (4 letters)
- 53 Down
- Malayan canoe (4 letters)
- 54 Down
- Shade of blue (4 letters)
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