Wednesday Crossword — December 25, 1985

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Joy L. Wouk12/25/1985

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Emulates Joe Miller (5 letters)
6 Across
Musical based on an Eliot work (4 letters)
10 Across
Shoe part (4 letters)
14 Across
"Give ___ horse . . . " (5 letters)
15 Across
___ d'oeuvres (4 letters)
16 Across
Eastern V.I.P. (4 letters)
17 Across
Edible decorations (10 letters)
19 Across
"___ kleine Nachtmusik" (4 letters)
20 Across
Chess pc. (3 letters)
21 Across
Oregon's capital (5 letters)
22 Across
Yuletide cynosures (5 letters)
23 Across
Elizabeth Taylor's Mike (4 letters)
24 Across
Columbus inst. (3 letters)
26 Across
Actress Nazimova (4 letters)
29 Across
Gift and wreath decorations (10 letters)
35 Across
Sleigh pullers (8 letters)
37 Across
Baseball's Reese (6 letters)
38 Across
Henri's desire or hangnail (5 letters)
39 Across
Fri. follower (3 letters)
41 Across
Talked continuously (5 letters)
42 Across
"___ Fideles" (6 letters)
44 Across
Prepares to affix Christmas seals (8 letters)
46 Across
Yuletide hero (10 letters)
48 Across
Ancient tongue (4 letters)
49 Across
Runner Sebastian (3 letters)
50 Across
Hitchcock's "___ Window" (4 letters)
52 Across
Holly unit (5 letters)
56 Across
Item (5 letters)
58 Across
Edge (3 letters)
61 Across
Writer Sarah ___ Jewett (4 letters)
62 Across
Traditional main course (10 letters)
64 Across
___ Sanctorum (4 letters)
65 Across
Eject (4 letters)
66 Across
Angry (5 letters)
67 Across
A son of Odin (4 letters)
68 Across
Ordinal suffixes (4 letters)
69 Across
Heron's cousin (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
A Frost (4 letters)
2 Down
Muscat is its capital (4 letters)
3 Down
Philosopher Immanuel (4 letters)
4 Down
Finish (3 letters)
5 Down
Authority (5 letters)
6 Down
Babylonians' kin (8 letters)
7 Down
Top-notch (4 letters)
8 Down
Nervous thrill (6 letters)
9 Down
Draft agcy. (3 letters)
10 Down
Deviate (4 letters)
11 Down
Jeanne's friend (4 letters)
12 Down
"___ eyes have seen . . . " (4 letters)
13 Down
Chief exec. (4 letters)
18 Down
Nucleus (5 letters)
22 Down
Potatoes, e.g. (6 letters)
23 Down
Ancient Irish chief's heir (6 letters)
25 Down
Taste wassail (3 letters)
26 Down
Regions (5 letters)
27 Down
___ hand (help) (5 letters)
28 Down
Cheer (5 letters)
30 Down
"Toys in the Attic," e.g. (5 letters)
31 Down
Kitchen utensil (6 letters)
32 Down
A have (5 letters)
33 Down
Broadway lights (5 letters)
34 Down
This might be common (5 letters)
36 Down
Unfasten (6 letters)
40 Down
Trippers, in London (8 letters)
43 Down
He wrote "The Name of the Rose" (3 letters)
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"But she did scorn a present that ___ her": Shak. (5 letters)
47 Down
Release (6 letters)
51 Down
A marble (5 letters)
52 Down
Kind of hook or neck (4 letters)
53 Down
Mus. group (4 letters)
54 Down
Golden-rule word (4 letters)
55 Down
Apparel (4 letters)
57 Down
Post-Christmas dish (4 letters)
58 Down
White with age (4 letters)
59 Down
Ferrara name (4 letters)
60 Down
Encounter (4 letters)
62 Down
Caviar (3 letters)
63 Down
Part of O.A.S. (3 letters)

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