Wednesday Crossword — January 30, 1985

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Christy Ridley1/30/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Down Under birds (4 letters)
5 Across
Jai-alai basket (5 letters)
10 Across
Down Under product (4 letters)
14 Across
A Carnegie (4 letters)
15 Across
"Wait ___ Dark" (5 letters)
16 Across
Pelvic bones (4 letters)
17 Across
"The ___" (subject of this puzzle) (15 letters)
20 Across
Even if, for short (3 letters)
21 Across
Modify to suit (5 letters)
22 Across
Requires (5 letters)
23 Across
Preminger product (4 letters)
24 Across
High ___ kite (3 letters)
25 Across
Koala's "kitchen" (15 letters)
33 Across
Indigo dyes (5 letters)
34 Across
Consumer (4 letters)
35 Across
Numbat's morsel (3 letters)
36 Across
Brief autobiography (4 letters)
37 Across
Drafty places (5 letters)
39 Across
"Money ___ object" (4 letters)
40 Across
When Paris sizzles (3 letters)
41 Across
Stopper (4 letters)
42 Across
Ancient Greek theater (5 letters)
43 Across
1988 bicentennial city (15 letters)
47 Across
Unmatched (3 letters)
48 Across
Amateur radio operators (4 letters)
49 Across
Diving apparatus (5 letters)
52 Across
"And the rockets' red ___ . . . " (5 letters)
54 Across
Half a dance (3 letters)
57 Across
Southern lights (15 letters)
60 Across
Alum (4 letters)
61 Across
Prospect (5 letters)
62 Across
Suva is its capital (4 letters)
63 Across
Supporter (4 letters)
64 Across
Allen or Frome (5 letters)
65 Across
Down Under marsupials (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Prepare for publication (4 letters)
2 Down
Long-run TV show (4 letters)
3 Down
Indians' shell money (4 letters)
4 Down
Tasman or Timor (3 letters)
5 Down
Lovable (6 letters)
6 Down
Bivouac (6 letters)
7 Down
Traffic sign (4 letters)
8 Down
Hue (4 letters)
9 Down
Hgt. (3 letters)
10 Down
One-dimensional (6 letters)
11 Down
To the sheltered side (4 letters)
12 Down
Obey (4 letters)
13 Down
Cricket equipment (4 letters)
18 Down
Fastens (5 letters)
19 Down
Tchr. (5 letters)
23 Down
F.D.R. dog (4 letters)
24 Down
"___ Death": Grieg (4 letters)
25 Down
Lower borders of roofs (5 letters)
26 Down
Oneness (5 letters)
27 Down
Quoted (5 letters)
28 Down
Finnish port (5 letters)
29 Down
Seagoing org. (3 letters)
30 Down
Supporting frame (5 letters)
31 Down
Boredom (5 letters)
32 Down
Mouthlike opening (5 letters)
37 Down
He played Hopalong (4 letters)
38 Down
Brazilian macaw (3 letters)
39 Down
One of the Argonauts (4 letters)
41 Down
Fragrant wood (5 letters)
42 Down
Abalone (5 letters)
44 Down
Not a soul (6 letters)
45 Down
Kind of daisy (6 letters)
46 Down
Scottish garment (6 letters)
49 Down
Tale of derring-do (4 letters)
50 Down
Ringlet (4 letters)
51 Down
Russian river (4 letters)
52 Down
Rate; speed (4 letters)
53 Down
Luxuriant (4 letters)
54 Down
Muse of history (4 letters)
55 Down
Son, in Buenos Aires (4 letters)
56 Down
Sale sign (4 letters)
58 Down
St. (3 letters)
59 Down
Neighbor of Eur. (3 letters)

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