Saturday Crossword — March 16, 1985

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1578 clues~30-60 minBy Jeanne Wilson3/16/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Fuss (4 letters)
5 Across
___ noire (4 letters)
9 Across
Unit of capacitance (5 letters)
14 Across
Mine entrance (4 letters)
15 Across
Den (4 letters)
16 Across
"The Boot" (5 letters)
17 Across
Make merry/mechanical part (9 letters)
19 Across
Church service (5 letters)
20 Across
Nutty candy (7 letters)
21 Across
Lacking vigor; weak (6 letters)
23 Across
Young fellow (3 letters)
24 Across
Beckett's "How ___" (4 letters)
25 Across
Fiery felony (5 letters)
28 Across
Breaks/bridges (9 letters)
33 Across
Cheer syllable (3 letters)
34 Across
Run ___ (go berserk) (4 letters)
36 Across
Charlie Brown, e.g. (6 letters)
37 Across
Overhead light bulb? (4 letters)
39 Across
"Tiny Alice" playwright (5 letters)
41 Across
Earring support (4 letters)
42 Across
Anagram for marine (6 letters)
44 Across
Livorno lucre (4 letters)
46 Across
Casino cube (3 letters)
47 Across
Roamer/Runyon (9 letters)
49 Across
Part of a stair (5 letters)
51 Across
Gershwin's "___ Rhythm" (4 letters)
52 Across
Actress Christensen (3 letters)
53 Across
Kind of bug (6 letters)
56 Across
"U.S.A." by Dos Passos is one (7 letters)
60 Across
He-man (5 letters)
61 Across
Plant/playwright (9 letters)
63 Across
" . . . ___ for verbal delicacies": Mencken (5 letters)
64 Across
Of an epoch (4 letters)
65 Across
Ye olde days (4 letters)
66 Across
Helen's abductor (5 letters)
67 Across
Meniscus, e.g. (4 letters)
68 Across
Tart (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Canvas cover, for short (4 letters)
2 Down
Baltic feeder (4 letters)
3 Down
Galli-Curci was one (4 letters)
4 Down
Rossini hero (6 letters)
5 Down
Mix (5 letters)
6 Down
Roof overhang (4 letters)
7 Down
Ascot (3 letters)
8 Down
Printers' boo-boos (6 letters)
9 Down
Strategy for Goren (7 letters)
10 Down
Iota (4 letters)
11 Down
Rajah's spouse (4 letters)
12 Down
Composer Wilder (4 letters)
13 Down
Abnormal: Prefix (3 letters)
18 Down
Climbing plant (5 letters)
22 Down
Jack Frost (6 letters)
24 Down
Rorschach item (7 letters)
25 Down
Suffix wtih Unit (5 letters)
26 Down
Milieu for Ma Perkins (5 letters)
27 Down
Actor Hemsley's nickname (5 letters)
28 Down
Energy source (3 letters)
29 Down
"Doc Savage" producer (3 letters)
30 Down
Battery terminal (5 letters)
31 Down
Nile valley region (5 letters)
32 Down
Grani or Sleipnir (5 letters)
35 Down
Direct (6 letters)
38 Down
Candlenut tree (3 letters)
40 Down
"___ Heldenleben," Strauss work (3 letters)
43 Down
Diaskeuasts (7 letters)
45 Down
Athenian (5 letters)
48 Down
Tidbit (6 letters)
50 Down
Shifts (6 letters)
52 Down
Russian range (5 letters)
53 Down
Superboy's girlfriend (4 letters)
54 Down
Bakery worker (4 letters)
55 Down
Siamese (4 letters)
56 Down
Govt. agent (4 letters)
57 Down
Melville book (4 letters)
58 Down
Hindu religious instructor (4 letters)
59 Down
Scene of battles: 1914–18 (4 letters)
60 Down
General's pinup (3 letters)
62 Down
Suffix for press (3 letters)

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