Friday Crossword — October 18, 1985

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy Louis Sabin10/18/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Hemispherically roofed (5 letters)
6 Across
Actress Fawcett (6 letters)
12 Across
Ridicule (6 letters)
13 Across
Crane of fiction (7 letters)
15 Across
Bridge partner, at times (6 letters)
16 Across
What the sky is (8 letters)
18 Across
Globes (4 letters)
19 Across
Venue (4 letters)
20 Across
Poet Merriam (3 letters)
21 Across
Half of CVI (4 letters)
22 Across
___-garde (5 letters)
24 Across
Mud puddle (4 letters)
25 Across
Cutting down on (9 letters)
27 Across
Not ___ in the world (5 letters)
28 Across
Up to here (5 letters)
29 Across
The Fifth Republic since 1958 (6 letters)
30 Across
Kind of edition (7 letters)
33 Across
Monroe and Fairchild (7 letters)
34 Across
Skipped town (6 letters)
35 Across
Extensive (5 letters)
36 Across
Chips in (5 letters)
37 Across
U.S.-Mexican boundary (9 letters)
41 Across
"Hamlet" opener (4 letters)
42 Across
Wimps (5 letters)
43 Across
"Happy Birthday" playwright (4 letters)
44 Across
As written, in music (3 letters)
45 Across
Ouse feeder (4 letters)
46 Across
Phony: Abbr. (4 letters)
47 Across
Prized family possession (8 letters)
49 Across
Alter, as a district (6 letters)
51 Across
Court action (7 letters)
52 Across
Pop out (6 letters)
53 Across
Motorized flops (6 letters)
54 Across
Blends (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Hilliard-Mann song: 1950 (6 letters)
2 Down
African antelopes (6 letters)
3 Down
Father of Waters (11 letters)
4 Down
British painter of birds (3 letters)
5 Down
"___ Rosenkavalier" (3 letters)
6 Down
By ___ starts (7 letters)
7 Down
Like millions of backs (6 letters)
8 Down
Role for Clark (5 letters)
9 Down
French Jesuit missionary-lexicographer (4 letters)
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King Hezekiah's mother (3 letters)
11 Down
Roots (8 letters)
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Wryly amusing (5 letters)
14 Down
Kind of mill (7 letters)
17 Down
Hogans' relatives (6 letters)
22 Down
Paid to play with pasteboards (5 letters)
23 Down
Competed (4 letters)
24 Down
Shocks (11 letters)
26 Down
Comforts (5 letters)
27 Down
Like a football crowd (5 letters)
29 Down
Criticizes harshly (5 letters)
30 Down
Same story in new form (6 letters)
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In (7 letters)
32 Down
"Innkeeper of Europe" (8 letters)
33 Down
Actor Crawford, to pals (4 letters)
35 Down
Double-banked galleys (7 letters)
37 Down
Flatten dough again (6 letters)
38 Down
Ruark's "Poor ___" (6 letters)
39 Down
Activities (6 letters)
40 Down
Cosmetician Lauder (5 letters)
42 Down
Tearful one (5 letters)
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Linen robes (4 letters)
48 Down
Free (of) (3 letters)
49 Down
N.B.A. whistler (3 letters)
50 Down
Feathered six-footer (3 letters)

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