Thursday Crossword — May 12, 1983

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Bert Rosenfield5/12/1983

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
___ del Sol (5 letters)
6 Across
Lunar rover's unit (3 letters)
9 Across
Philippine Moslem (4 letters)
13 Across
Played the Old Vic (5 letters)
14 Across
Site of Ohio Northern U. (3 letters)
15 Across
Fertilizer (5 letters)
17 Across
G.I.'s newspaper (15 letters)
20 Across
Fictive trader (4 letters)
21 Across
Vaquero's necessity (5 letters)
22 Across
Partner of polish (4 letters)
23 Across
Beseech (6 letters)
25 Across
Command to Rover (3 letters)
26 Across
Bulldog (3 letters)
27 Across
Relative of Saul (3 letters)
28 Across
___ tracks (scrawls) (3 letters)
30 Across
It's 45 light-years away (7 letters)
33 Across
It's 84 light-years away (7 letters)
36 Across
West Coast footballer (3 letters)
37 Across
Blackout, e.g. (4 letters)
38 Across
Pollinizer (3 letters)
40 Across
Galileo's home town (4 letters)
43 Across
This was cut in the 40's (3 letters)
45 Across
It's 520 light-years away (7 letters)
47 Across
It's 98 light-years away (7 letters)
51 Across
North African V.I.P. of yore (3 letters)
52 Across
Biblical ending for speak (3 letters)
54 Across
Preacher of Flatbush (3 letters)
55 Across
Showy flower, for short (3 letters)
57 Across
Resort in the Bahamas (6 letters)
59 Across
Planetarium objects (4 letters)
61 Across
Spoiled tots (5 letters)
63 Across
Revolutionary pamphleteer (4 letters)
64 Across
Astronomy (15 letters)
67 Across
Kind of bar (5 letters)
68 Across
Compass pt. (3 letters)
69 Across
Up ___ (trapped) (5 letters)
70 Across
"Mame" director: 1974 (4 letters)
71 Across
___ the day (regret) (3 letters)
72 Across
Bryophyte-covered (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
___ the barrelhead (6 letters)
2 Down
Tailgate-picnic months (8 letters)
3 Down
Voyage for Kirk and Spock (8 letters)
4 Down
Coated steel (5 letters)
5 Down
Mag's moneymakers (3 letters)
6 Down
Surface for Dick Weber (4 letters)
7 Down
Old Icelandic poems (5 letters)
8 Down
Varnish component (6 letters)
9 Down
Houk or LaSorda: Abbr. (3 letters)
10 Down
Avignon assents (4 letters)
11 Down
Maneuver for Hillary (6 letters)
12 Down
"Ile" playwright (6 letters)
16 Down
Ancient Rome's port (5 letters)
18 Down
Russian labor group (5 letters)
19 Down
Turkic language (5 letters)
24 Down
Imprisoned (6 letters)
29 Down
Gist (3 letters)
31 Down
Melonlike fruit (6 letters)
32 Down
Moslem boss (4 letters)
34 Down
Whirlybird (4 letters)
35 Down
Coral, e.g. (3 letters)
39 Down
Split or tight one (3 letters)
41 Down
React after getting conked (8 letters)
42 Down
Famed dancing duo (8 letters)
44 Down
New Orleans treat (5 letters)
46 Down
Up-tight (5 letters)
47 Down
Kind of punch (5 letters)
48 Down
Blood lines of sorts (6 letters)
49 Down
Cloudlike patch in the night sky (6 letters)
50 Down
Comber jockey (6 letters)
53 Down
Actress Ruth (6 letters)
56 Down
Quemoy's partner (5 letters)
58 Down
___ voce (5 letters)
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Neighbor of Minn. (4 letters)
62 Down
"Of ___ I Sing" (4 letters)
65 Down
Gridiron divs. (3 letters)
66 Down
TV newsman Donaldson (3 letters)

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