Wednesday Crossword — September 17, 1986

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Robert Katz9/17/1986

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Diplomat's forte (4 letters)
5 Across
Cordage fiber (5 letters)
10 Across
Equipment (4 letters)
14 Across
Khayyám (4 letters)
15 Across
Me. town (5 letters)
16 Across
Like a fabled duckling (4 letters)
17 Across
Indian princess (4 letters)
18 Across
Put on cargo (5 letters)
19 Across
A gait (4 letters)
20 Across
U.S. film debut of 39 Across (12 letters)
23 Across
Break bread (3 letters)
24 Across
___ advocate (6 letters)
27 Across
Fleur-de-___ (3 letters)
30 Across
Chanteuse Edith (4 letters)
33 Across
A "Stagecoach" star: 1939 (6 letters)
35 Across
Before, to Byron (3 letters)
36 Across
Straw in the wind (4 letters)
38 Across
Pay up (5 letters)
39 Across
Star of 20 Across (15 letters)
43 Across
"It's ___!" (5 letters)
44 Across
Invalid (4 letters)
45 Across
Ring initials (3 letters)
46 Across
Busybodies (6 letters)
48 Across
Undress (4 letters)
50 Across
Draft agcy. (3 letters)
51 Across
Stew (6 letters)
53 Across
Limo occupant (3 letters)
55 Across
Role for 39 Across (12 letters)
61 Across
This may come to shove (4 letters)
64 Across
Attack (5 letters)
65 Across
Mars, to 54 Down (4 letters)
66 Across
Exchange rate (4 letters)
67 Across
Poetry Muse (5 letters)
68 Across
Bag opener (4 letters)
69 Across
Hot-day word (4 letters)
70 Across
Hinder (5 letters)
71 Across
___ about (approximately) (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Legal wrong (4 letters)
2 Down
Oriental nurse (4 letters)
3 Down
Walking aid (4 letters)
4 Down
Levites, e.g. (5 letters)
5 Down
Holmes's aim (8 letters)
6 Down
Dies ___ (4 letters)
7 Down
Kind of jerk or pop (4 letters)
8 Down
Put ___ to (finish off) (5 letters)
9 Down
Stayed at an inn (6 letters)
10 Down
Traveler to Lilliput (8 letters)
11 Down
Type of trip (3 letters)
12 Down
Swiss peak (3 letters)
13 Down
Manhattan part (3 letters)
21 Down
Track distance (3 letters)
22 Down
Turn inside out (5 letters)
25 Down
Restrains (6 letters)
26 Down
Shaving mishaps (6 letters)
27 Down
Air Force general Curtis (5 letters)
28 Down
Sultans' decrees (6 letters)
29 Down
Placid (6 letters)
31 Down
Sanction (4 letters)
32 Down
Surfeited (5 letters)
34 Down
Group character (5 letters)
37 Down
What the Aswan dams (4 letters)
40 Down
Wee-hour movie (8 letters)
41 Down
Gulf of Aqaba port (5 letters)
42 Down
Londoner's lift (8 letters)
47 Down
Split the take (6 letters)
49 Down
Number of cards in Caesar's deck? (3 letters)
52 Down
Harden (5 letters)
54 Down
"The Republic" author (5 letters)
56 Down
Flying pest (4 letters)
57 Down
Love's antithesis (4 letters)
58 Down
Item to pump (4 letters)
59 Down
Apollo's mother (4 letters)
60 Down
North Sea feeder (4 letters)
61 Down
Clumsy hand (3 letters)
62 Down
Expression of disgust (3 letters)
63 Down
"Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" (3 letters)

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