Friday Crossword — May 10, 1985

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy I. Judah Koolyk5/10/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Libra's symbol (6 letters)
7 Across
All-day rain (6 letters)
13 Across
Bach work (7 letters)
14 Across
Tunisian coin (7 letters)
15 Across
Purple (15 letters)
17 Across
Baseball pos. (3 letters)
18 Across
Fodders for livestock (7 letters)
19 Across
Genetic initials (3 letters)
20 Across
Wicker basket (4 letters)
22 Across
Remote broadcasts (5 letters)
23 Across
Item in a bar (4 letters)
24 Across
Piano part (5 letters)
26 Across
Pea or carrot, for short (3 letters)
27 Across
Winnows (5 letters)
28 Across
Mock (6 letters)
30 Across
Churchill's successor: 1945 (6 letters)
31 Across
Debussy contemporary (5 letters)
32 Across
Writer Loos (5 letters)
33 Across
Sluggish (6 letters)
35 Across
Gets an extension (6 letters)
37 Across
Become a member of (5 letters)
38 Across
Play by E. E. Cummings (3 letters)
40 Across
Kind of therapy (5 letters)
42 Across
Honors during a rubber (4 letters)
43 Across
___ whole hog (5 letters)
45 Across
Mlle.'s counterpart (4 letters)
46 Across
Blue Eagle inits. (3 letters)
47 Across
Wise counselors (7 letters)
49 Across
Football pos. (3 letters)
50 Across
Tan (15 letters)
53 Across
Type of diffusion (7 letters)
54 Across
Frosted cream puffs (7 letters)
55 Across
Thwart (6 letters)
56 Across
Saturates (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Flubbed a drive (7 letters)
2 Down
Gray (15 letters)
3 Down
Item in the holy of holies (3 letters)
4 Down
Vientiane is its capital (4 letters)
5 Down
Mischievous (5 letters)
6 Down
Standard for altitudes (8 letters)
7 Down
Dams' mates (5 letters)
8 Down
Ransom, the car maker (4 letters)
9 Down
Subject of a Sheed book (3 letters)
10 Down
Blue (15 letters)
11 Down
Spring forth (7 letters)
12 Down
Fall back (7 letters)
13 Down
Friable (5 letters)
14 Down
Second son of Japheth (5 letters)
16 Down
Confessed, with "clean" (4 letters)
21 Down
Mardi Gras events (7 letters)
23 Down
Brooding hens (7 letters)
25 Down
Reddish brown (5 letters)
27 Down
Attack, scorpion style (5 letters)
29 Down
Cub Scout unit (3 letters)
30 Down
Suffix for a paraffin (3 letters)
32 Down
Vest pair (8 letters)
33 Down
Sheds (7 letters)
34 Down
Cover with a hard coating (7 letters)
36 Down
___ Mill, near Sacramento (7 letters)
38 Down
Parasites' victims (5 letters)
39 Down
"Leave ___ Beaver" (4 letters)
41 Down
Young salmon (5 letters)
43 Down
Islamic spirit (5 letters)
44 Down
Construct (5 letters)
47 Down
Unless, in law (4 letters)
48 Down
Hawker's goal (4 letters)
51 Down
Henri or Jacques (3 letters)
52 Down
Inventor's initials (3 letters)

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