Friday Crossword — September 20, 1985

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Irene Smullyan9/20/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Laver rival, once (4 letters)
5 Across
Climax (3 letters)
8 Across
La Casa ___ (The White House) (6 letters)
14 Across
Legal claim (4 letters)
15 Across
Gallina's largess (3 letters)
16 Across
Compensation (6 letters)
17 Across
Pianist Templeton (4 letters)
18 Across
Gas-pressure gauge (10 letters)
20 Across
Emulates John R. Neill (11 letters)
22 Across
News serv. (3 letters)
23 Across
Emanation from stagnation (6 letters)
24 Across
Acad. title (4 letters)
25 Across
Ben Adhem's group (5 letters)
28 Across
Merit (4 letters)
30 Across
Wild speech (4 letters)
31 Across
Carpenter's companion (6 letters)
33 Across
Leaf appendage (6 letters)
35 Across
Ursa Minor cynosure (7 letters)
37 Across
Francis Marion's ploys (7 letters)
40 Across
Having a handle (6 letters)
42 Across
Tropical break (6 letters)
43 Across
Elec. term (4 letters)
45 Across
Belgian city (4 letters)
47 Across
Branch of zool. (5 letters)
48 Across
Kind of review (4 letters)
49 Across
Finally (6 letters)
51 Across
Hero of Uris's "Exodus" (3 letters)
52 Across
Calumnies (11 letters)
57 Across
Rambling (10 letters)
59 Across
Sub in a tub (4 letters)
60 Across
White poplars (6 letters)
61 Across
"___ let them clash!": Burns (3 letters)
62 Across
Well informed about (4 letters)
63 Across
Church seat (6 letters)
64 Across
TU-144, e.g. (3 letters)
65 Across
City on the Yonne (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Turkish regiment (4 letters)
2 Down
Threshold (4 letters)
3 Down
Bounder (4 letters)
4 Down
Burden (11 letters)
5 Down
Short surplice (5 letters)
6 Down
Disinclined (6 letters)
7 Down
Hats, trees or sheep (7 letters)
8 Down
Cheese-making French region (4 letters)
9 Down
Units on space vehicles (4 letters)
10 Down
Reverential feeling (3 letters)
11 Down
Student of flora and fauna (10 letters)
12 Down
Crinkled fabric (6 letters)
13 Down
Aimless (6 letters)
19 Down
Jumps a battery (6 letters)
21 Down
Sirs, to Louis XIV (6 letters)
24 Down
Affectedly grand (11 letters)
25 Down
County subdiv. (3 letters)
26 Down
Contemporary Indian novelist (3 letters)
27 Down
Unwise (10 letters)
29 Down
Homer's legendary burial place (4 letters)
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Rama's land (4 letters)
34 Down
Cobb's Judge ___ (6 letters)
36 Down
Ermines in summer (6 letters)
38 Down
W.W. II arena (3 letters)
39 Down
U.S. missile (3 letters)
41 Down
Log notations (7 letters)
43 Down
Cultivated areas in Tex. (6 letters)
44 Down
Vicious tropical fish (6 letters)
46 Down
Aïda and Spartacus, e.g. (6 letters)
50 Down
" . . . not ___ for tribute": Harper (5 letters)
52 Down
Affair of honor (4 letters)
53 Down
Gaelic (4 letters)
54 Down
Spoutless jug (4 letters)
55 Down
It glows for shows (4 letters)
56 Down
Pearl Buck book (4 letters)
58 Down
Year in the reign of Antoninus Pius (3 letters)

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