Saturday Crossword — December 16, 1983

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Brett A. Blaylock12/17/1983

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Bent or shaped metal (6 letters)
7 Across
Old-man ___, Mexican plant (6 letters)
13 Across
Man of La Mancha (7 letters)
14 Across
Laymen in monasteries (7 letters)
16 Across
Usurps (7 letters)
17 Across
One-time epoch of the Tertiary (7 letters)
18 Across
Land measure (3 letters)
19 Across
Its child is "full of grace" (7 letters)
21 Across
Fishwife's cousin (3 letters)
22 Across
Winter coat (4 letters)
24 Across
Atrium, e.g. (4 letters)
25 Across
This, to Torcuato (4 letters)
26 Across
Glinka's "A Life for the ___" (4 letters)
27 Across
Petrify (4 letters)
28 Across
More guileful (5 letters)
29 Across
Babbitt's home town (6 letters)
31 Across
Chaste women (7 letters)
33 Across
Mixes (9 letters)
35 Across
Ring bearers of a sort (7 letters)
37 Across
Sound (6 letters)
41 Across
The common people (5 letters)
42 Across
Competes (4 letters)
44 Across
Dictator's phrase (4 letters)
45 Across
Spirit (4 letters)
46 Across
Actor Bruce (4 letters)
47 Across
Offshoot (4 letters)
48 Across
Interdict (3 letters)
49 Across
Count Leo (7 letters)
52 Across
Country singer Bandy (3 letters)
53 Across
Source of mother-of-pearl (7 letters)
55 Across
Recherché (7 letters)
57 Across
Top, e.g. (7 letters)
58 Across
Associates (7 letters)
59 Across
Plants anew (6 letters)
60 Across
Fuse (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Cockcrow (7 letters)
2 Down
Magus (7 letters)
3 Down
Feller's tool (3 letters)
4 Down
Lecherous old man (4 letters)
5 Down
And you: Lat. (4 letters)
6 Down
Apostatize (6 letters)
7 Down
Overlooks an offense (8 letters)
8 Down
Nautical direction (5 letters)
9 Down
Surfeit (4 letters)
10 Down
Part of U.S.A.F. (3 letters)
11 Down
Spoon, e.g. (7 letters)
12 Down
Thesmothetes' milieus (7 letters)
13 Down
Sand's main ingredient (6 letters)
15 Down
Popeye's creator (5 letters)
20 Down
Mementos (9 letters)
23 Down
Vinland discoverer (7 letters)
25 Down
Band often employed in offices (7 letters)
27 Down
Imposture (4 letters)
28 Down
Sheppard and Turpin's gun (4 letters)
30 Down
Small fry (4 letters)
32 Down
Biol., etc. (4 letters)
34 Down
Suffragettes, e.g. (8 letters)
35 Down
Scold (7 letters)
36 Down
Issue (7 letters)
38 Down
Vigorous (7 letters)
39 Down
Columbo was one (7 letters)
40 Down
Dogmas (6 letters)
41 Down
Proscribe (5 letters)
43 Down
Inscribes (6 letters)
46 Down
"Eat to live, but ___ live to eat" (5 letters)
49 Down
A load or haul (4 letters)
50 Down
Londoner's marge (4 letters)
51 Down
Bellow (4 letters)
54 Down
___ Palmas (3 letters)
56 Down
Seventh son of Jacob (3 letters)

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