Saturday Crossword — February 16, 1985

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy William Lutwiniak2/16/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Cole Porter's first successful musical (5 letters)
6 Across
Count of music (5 letters)
11 Across
In addition (6 letters)
12 Across
Role in "The Glass Menagerie" (6 letters)
14 Across
"Positively!" (15 letters)
17 Across
"___ of robins . . . " (5 letters)
18 Across
Formicary denizens (4 letters)
19 Across
Stand out (4 letters)
20 Across
C.E.O.'s (4 letters)
21 Across
Plants (5 letters)
22 Across
Lake Balkhash feeder (3 letters)
23 Across
Adherent: Suffix (3 letters)
24 Across
Bristles (5 letters)
25 Across
Dandy or fop (5 letters)
27 Across
" . . . my strength, and my ___" (8 letters)
29 Across
Bar concoctions (6 letters)
30 Across
Stretches out (9 letters)
32 Across
Some nuts (6 letters)
35 Across
Specious reasoners (8 letters)
39 Across
Entertainer Adams et al. (5 letters)
40 Across
Bright (5 letters)
41 Across
Tenn. player (3 letters)
42 Across
Fleur-de-___ (3 letters)
43 Across
Vexed states (5 letters)
44 Across
Popular pop (4 letters)
45 Across
Dep. (4 letters)
47 Across
Mrs. Chaplin (4 letters)
48 Across
Tamora's paramour (5 letters)
49 Across
"Positively!" (15 letters)
52 Across
Of the nervous system (6 letters)
53 Across
Really goes for (6 letters)
54 Across
Starts the steak (5 letters)
55 Across
___ out (wins narrowly) (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Electrified (7 letters)
2 Down
Vast deep (5 letters)
3 Down
Cheer on (4 letters)
4 Down
Marker (3 letters)
5 Down
Confine (8 letters)
6 Down
Fight (6 letters)
7 Down
Heap up (5 letters)
8 Down
Frivolous girl of song (3 letters)
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Endorses (4 letters)
10 Down
Printing (7 letters)
11 Down
Blasting explosive (6 letters)
13 Down
Kind of computer (6 letters)
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The bottom (5 letters)
15 Down
Dilation (11 letters)
16 Down
Gratings (5 letters)
21 Down
Office mail (5 letters)
24 Down
Convinces (5 letters)
25 Down
Consecrated (5 letters)
26 Down
Register (4 letters)
28 Down
Shoe width (4 letters)
29 Down
Rustles (5 letters)
31 Down
South American Indian (8 letters)
32 Down
Hold fast, a-sea (5 letters)
33 Down
Contemporary of Tesla (6 letters)
34 Down
Nose-wipers (7 letters)
36 Down
Piano keys (7 letters)
37 Down
Kin of commas (6 letters)
38 Down
Jive, e.g. (5 letters)
40 Down
Bar seating (6 letters)
43 Down
Sub's "ears" (5 letters)
44 Down
Basic personnel (5 letters)
46 Down
Verifiable (4 letters)
48 Down
Ruckuses (4 letters)
50 Down
Monroe's ___ of Good Feeling (3 letters)
51 Down
Witness's sentence (3 letters)

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