Thursday Crossword — October 27, 1983

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Bernice Gordon10/27/1983

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Afire (3 letters)
4 Across
Catch (3 letters)
7 Across
Fragrant compound (5 letters)
12 Across
Medial quantity (7 letters)
14 Across
Modified (7 letters)
16 Across
Keep watch on (7 letters)
17 Across
Day that Durocher married (7 letters)
18 Across
Soup (5 letters)
19 Across
Battleship destroyed in 1898 (5 letters)
21 Across
Like Marvell's mistress (3 letters)
22 Across
Since: Scot. (4 letters)
23 Across
City in Nigeria (6 letters)
25 Across
Catapult ammo (6 letters)
28 Across
Malone of the 76ers (5 letters)
32 Across
Cry of contempt (3 letters)
35 Across
Roberts (4 letters)
36 Across
Loni Anderson, e.g. (6 letters)
37 Across
Garb (7 letters)
39 Across
Minting of money (7 letters)
40 Across
They come in flights (6 letters)
41 Across
Admonish (4 letters)
42 Across
Workout loc. (3 letters)
43 Across
One-time Italian coins (5 letters)
44 Across
Have amnesia (6 letters)
46 Across
Name of eight post-Norman kings (6 letters)
48 Across
Rooms in a harem (4 letters)
52 Across
Get-up-and-go (3 letters)
55 Across
"The Prisoner of ___": Hope (5 letters)
56 Across
Live from day to day (5 letters)
57 Across
Fatty (7 letters)
59 Across
Act as an agent (7 letters)
61 Across
Caligula and Nero (7 letters)
62 Across
Circular Greek letter (7 letters)
63 Across
Easy gaits (5 letters)
64 Across
Wife of Amen-Ra (3 letters)
65 Across
Jan.–Dec. periods (3 letters)

Down

1 Down
Charles and Mary (5 letters)
2 Down
Africa's ___ Coast (5 letters)
3 Down
Projecting part, in carpentry (5 letters)
4 Down
English spa (4 letters)
5 Down
Past (3 letters)
6 Down
Embryonic (8 letters)
7 Down
Beast with twisted horns (5 letters)
8 Down
Make more efficient (10 letters)
9 Down
Congou, e.g. (3 letters)
10 Down
Actor Porter (4 letters)
11 Down
Site for certain bandits (4 letters)
13 Down
Bar mitzvahs, e.g. (5 letters)
14 Down
Type of writ (5 letters)
15 Down
Ottoman official of yore (3 letters)
20 Down
First shepherd (4 letters)
24 Down
Time of day (4 letters)
26 Down
Belt of the earth (10 letters)
27 Down
Mine finds (4 letters)
29 Down
Stump of a tooth (4 letters)
30 Down
Tense (4 letters)
31 Down
Appear (4 letters)
32 Down
Deep tone (4 letters)
33 Down
Vision: Comb. form (4 letters)
34 Down
Geyserite (4 letters)
36 Down
Court name (4 letters)
38 Down
___-mémoire (memorandum) (4 letters)
39 Down
Plant with spicy or medicinal seeds (8 letters)
41 Down
This was "in the beginning" (4 letters)
44 Down
Temples of yore (5 letters)
45 Down
Poisonous (5 letters)
47 Down
Rebecca and Benjamin (5 letters)
49 Down
Pepys work (5 letters)
50 Down
Former N.Y.C. hotel (5 letters)
51 Down
Some carbines (5 letters)
52 Down
Container for wine (3 letters)
53 Down
Romantic interlude (4 letters)
54 Down
Contemporary of Chagall (4 letters)
56 Down
Blue-pencil (4 letters)
58 Down
Soft food (3 letters)
60 Down
Rhea's cousin (3 letters)

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