Friday Crossword — May 24, 1985

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy Jesse Roarke5/24/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Sail support (4 letters)
5 Across
Strait near Java (5 letters)
10 Across
Shadowbox (4 letters)
14 Across
Big Egyptian bird (4 letters)
15 Across
Neighbor of Taurus (5 letters)
16 Across
English river (4 letters)
17 Across
Stones from the sky (10 letters)
19 Across
Bright star in Lyra (4 letters)
20 Across
Click beetle (6 letters)
21 Across
Ford of "Can You Top This?" (7 letters)
23 Across
Commemorative slab (5 letters)
26 Across
"Oysters ___ season" (3 letters)
27 Across
Tattletale (8 letters)
30 Across
All there (6 letters)
34 Across
Date for Domitian (4 letters)
35 Across
A ship remembered (5 letters)
37 Across
Waikiki wreath (3 letters)
38 Across
Firearm (3 letters)
39 Across
Sugar, bread, etc. (7 letters)
41 Across
Silence (3 letters)
42 Across
Old French coin (3 letters)
43 Across
Alaskan peninsula (5 letters)
44 Across
Measured quantity (4 letters)
45 Across
Renter (6 letters)
47 Across
Innkeeper of old (8 letters)
50 Across
___ and outs (3 letters)
51 Across
Plant of the lily family (5 letters)
52 Across
Compensation (7 letters)
56 Across
"Let ___ do it" (6 letters)
60 Across
Jai ___ (4 letters)
61 Across
Variable, as a nova (10 letters)
64 Across
Neighbor of Ecuador (4 letters)
65 Across
Extinguish (5 letters)
66 Across
Famed Alaskan (4 letters)
67 Across
Whops (4 letters)
68 Across
Green newt (5 letters)
69 Across
Bristlelike organ (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Mute actor (4 letters)
2 Down
A labor leader (4 letters)
3 Down
Wife of Ramachandra (4 letters)
4 Down
Disease-carrying flies (7 letters)
5 Down
Bay (6 letters)
6 Down
Swiss canton (3 letters)
7 Down
Basketball tourn. (3 letters)
8 Down
Bucks' mates (4 letters)
9 Down
Stupid (8 letters)
10 Down
Wise man (6 letters)
11 Down
Painter Mondrian (4 letters)
12 Down
Former constellation (4 letters)
13 Down
Rise high (4 letters)
18 Down
Greek mountain chain (4 letters)
22 Down
Mets, Padres et al. (5 letters)
24 Down
Geneva's lake (5 letters)
25 Down
Plains Indian (7 letters)
27 Down
Star in 15 Across (5 letters)
28 Down
Bring out (5 letters)
29 Down
Morning star (5 letters)
31 Down
Star in Perseus (5 letters)
32 Down
Desist (5 letters)
33 Down
Striped animal (5 letters)
36 Down
Troy, to Achilles (5 letters)
39 Down
Part of a Greek theater (5 letters)
40 Down
Place on a Yorkshire river (8 letters)
44 Down
Signifies (7 letters)
46 Down
Dog Star (6 letters)
48 Down
Seal (6 letters)
49 Down
Pedal appendages (4 letters)
52 Down
Spellbound (4 letters)
53 Down
Ancient town in Lucania, Italy (4 letters)
54 Down
Mend socks (4 letters)
55 Down
Supercilious one (4 letters)
57 Down
Furor (4 letters)
58 Down
Small biting fly (4 letters)
59 Down
Sicilian volcano (4 letters)
62 Down
Ernie Banks was one (3 letters)
63 Down
Chemical suffix (3 letters)

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