Thursday Crossword — August 25, 1983

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1574 clues~15-30 minBy Eli Wesoff8/25/1983

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Phonograph record (4 letters)
5 Across
Fencing weapon (4 letters)
9 Across
Buddy (4 letters)
13 Across
Prefix with aircraft (4 letters)
14 Across
Far-reaching (4 letters)
15 Across
Has an aversion to (5 letters)
17 Across
Desert (15 letters)
20 Across
Velvet ending (3 letters)
21 Across
Feed the kitty (4 letters)
22 Across
Assuage (6 letters)
23 Across
"The Nazarene" author (4 letters)
24 Across
Tool used in mining (6 letters)
25 Across
Tip that was no pip (8 letters)
29 Across
" . . . murder cannot be ___ long": Shak. (3 letters)
30 Across
Makes ___ day (elates) (4 letters)
31 Across
Propelled a trireme (5 letters)
33 Across
Capital ending (3 letters)
36 Across
Follow Emily Post strictly (15 letters)
40 Across
Like a fence's ice (3 letters)
41 Across
The only horse that beat Man o' War (5 letters)
42 Across
___ impasse (4 letters)
43 Across
Sellout sign (3 letters)
44 Across
Possible land problem (8 letters)
47 Across
Improve (6 letters)
50 Across
Lateran area (4 letters)
51 Across
"Express" destination, once (6 letters)
52 Across
"God's Little ___" (4 letters)
53 Across
Holliday, e.g. (3 letters)
56 Across
Return to reality (15 letters)
59 Across
Writer Rogers St. Johns (5 letters)
60 Across
Part of Henry VI's legacy (4 letters)
61 Across
Et al. anagram (4 letters)
62 Across
Jackass, in Düsseldorf (4 letters)
63 Across
Certain counters (4 letters)
64 Across
Pack away (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Evans or Robertson (4 letters)
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Relative of curare (4 letters)
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Jazz maestro Kenton (4 letters)
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Year in St. Evaristus's papacy (3 letters)
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Manifest (6 letters)
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Temples dedicated to all the gods (9 letters)
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Punta del ___ (4 letters)
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Ordinal suffix (3 letters)
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Sodium ___ (8 letters)
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Did a teamster's job (6 letters)
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Letter-shaped snare (5 letters)
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A goal of pilgrims (5 letters)
16 Down
God, to a Chinese Protestant (4 letters)
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Word after Middle or Far (4 letters)
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Williams or Rolle (6 letters)
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Org. (4 letters)
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Nonsense (4 letters)
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"Do ___ others . . . " (4 letters)
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Mutton, e.g. (4 letters)
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Hastened (5 letters)
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Muscle that draws back an organ (9 letters)
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Tittle (4 letters)
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Hosiery mishap (4 letters)
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___ Daly of TV's "Cagney and Lacey" (4 letters)
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Roland's sword (8 letters)
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City famous for a sweet wine (6 letters)
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Lion's pride (4 letters)
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Addison contemporary (6 letters)
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Pinafores (6 letters)
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"___ Your Face Before Me," 1937 song (4 letters)
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Juan's mouth (4 letters)
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Undermine (5 letters)
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Multiplied by (5 letters)
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Stage acronym (4 letters)
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Mild curse (4 letters)
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Bismarck or Kruger (4 letters)
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Quid (4 letters)
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Spider's bailiwick (3 letters)
58 Down
Capp and Ritz (3 letters)

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