Saturday Crossword — February 15, 1986

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1578 clues~30-60 minBy Charlotte Shore2/15/1986

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Three scruples (4 letters)
5 Across
First Hebrew letter (4 letters)
9 Across
Agitated, country style (5 letters)
14 Across
Facility (4 letters)
15 Across
Robin Cook novel (4 letters)
16 Across
Site for Androcles (5 letters)
17 Across
Ron's least-liked dish? (15 letters)
20 Across
Farm team (4 letters)
21 Across
___ old cat (3 letters)
22 Across
Scale notes (3 letters)
23 Across
Shropshire (5 letters)
26 Across
Blunted weapon (4 letters)
28 Across
Less, in music (4 letters)
29 Across
Suffix with expert (3 letters)
30 Across
Stock (5 letters)
32 Across
Funny fellows (5 letters)
33 Across
Dunked item (6 letters)
35 Across
Corrupt (5 letters)
37 Across
Quid pro quo, D.C. style? (13 letters)
41 Across
Murrow's "___ Now" (5 letters)
42 Across
St. ___, Switzerland (6 letters)
44 Across
Possessive adjective (5 letters)
47 Across
Like many donkeys (5 letters)
49 Across
"Ulalume" poet (3 letters)
50 Across
Barney of ring fame (4 letters)
51 Across
Magazine for Parisiennes (4 letters)
52 Across
Actress Papas (5 letters)
54 Across
Alternatives (3 letters)
55 Across
Fi preceder (3 letters)
56 Across
Be languorous (4 letters)
58 Across
Journalistic highlights? (15 letters)
64 Across
Ancient Asia Minor region (5 letters)
65 Across
Miguel's cat (4 letters)
66 Across
Prickly pear (4 letters)
67 Across
Went furtively (5 letters)
68 Across
Olla contents (4 letters)
69 Across
Trader's abbr. (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Kind of line (3 letters)
2 Down
Expression of support (3 letters)
3 Down
Thus, in Taxco (3 letters)
4 Down
Copycat words (5 letters)
5 Down
Pine (4 letters)
6 Down
"___ Tunes," movie cartoon series (6 letters)
7 Down
Crossword avian (3 letters)
8 Down
Staple, e.g. (8 letters)
9 Down
Gloria (4 letters)
10 Down
Poetic preposition (3 letters)
11 Down
Rock on one's heels (6 letters)
12 Down
Harsh (6 letters)
13 Down
Author Dos ___ (6 letters)
18 Down
Former jock (8 letters)
19 Down
Woolly one (3 letters)
23 Down
Use a tuffet (3 letters)
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Yachting, perhaps (4 letters)
25 Down
Svelte (4 letters)
27 Down
Key (7 letters)
28 Down
Of the cheek (5 letters)
31 Down
Cockeyed, in Cornwall (4 letters)
32 Down
Make sacrosanct (8 letters)
34 Down
Underlying premise (5 letters)
36 Down
Receptionist's request (4 letters)
38 Down
Dental jobs (8 letters)
39 Down
Canine protest (4 letters)
40 Down
English school (4 letters)
43 Down
The mark of Zorro (3 letters)
44 Down
Turning: Comb. form (6 letters)
45 Down
Stephen King's forte (6 letters)
46 Down
Second-century ascetic (6 letters)
48 Down
Take out (6 letters)
51 Down
"The Name of the Rose" author (3 letters)
53 Down
Designer de la ___ (5 letters)
55 Down
"Shoo, kitty!" (4 letters)
57 Down
In a queue (4 letters)
59 Down
Make haste (3 letters)
60 Down
Lipide (3 letters)
61 Down
___ laude (3 letters)
62 Down
Compass dir. (3 letters)
63 Down
Cannonball Adderley's instrument (3 letters)

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