Friday Crossword — October 31, 1986

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy Joy L. Wouk10/31/1986

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Checkers move (4 letters)
5 Across
Greek race tracks (6 letters)
11 Across
Bender (3 letters)
14 Across
Reputation (4 letters)
15 Across
Determining weight deductions (6 letters)
16 Across
City off. (3 letters)
17 Across
Pro ___ publico (4 letters)
18 Across
___ only (6 letters)
19 Across
Ewe sound (3 letters)
20 Across
Halloween window feature (12 letters)
23 Across
Astringent or dye (7 letters)
26 Across
Column-shaft swelling (7 letters)
27 Across
Period (5 letters)
28 Across
Mil. rank (3 letters)
30 Across
Word with 52 Across (5 letters)
31 Across
Bill (6 letters)
33 Across
Finance abbr. (3 letters)
35 Across
Asner and Begley (3 letters)
36 Across
Settle (7 letters)
39 Across
Former Mideast gp. (3 letters)
42 Across
Moisture (3 letters)
43 Across
Nonsense! (6 letters)
45 Across
Color of 63 Down (5 letters)
50 Across
Explosive (3 letters)
52 Across
Witch's mount, with 30 Across (5 letters)
53 Across
Result (7 letters)
55 Across
Howe and Lieberman (7 letters)
57 Across
Halloween alternatives (12 letters)
59 Across
Brazilian coffee (3 letters)
60 Across
Resist (6 letters)
61 Across
___ homo (4 letters)
65 Across
Suffix with nectar (3 letters)
66 Across
More ill-tempered (6 letters)
67 Across
"Abbey ___," Beatles album (4 letters)
68 Across
Kind of curve (3 letters)
69 Across
Like obstinate critters (6 letters)
70 Across
Patriot Warner (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Duty (3 letters)
2 Down
Widmark's first film role (3 letters)
3 Down
A Burmese (3 letters)
4 Down
Scheme (7 letters)
5 Down
Verse (5 letters)
6 Down
Drink to excess (6 letters)
7 Down
Pisa's river (4 letters)
8 Down
Forms of speech (8 letters)
9 Down
He painted Hawthorne's portrait (5 letters)
10 Down
Means (6 letters)
11 Down
Successor of Elizabeth I (6 letters)
12 Down
Visigoth king (6 letters)
13 Down
Walesa's city (6 letters)
21 Down
Yearned (5 letters)
22 Down
Make lace (3 letters)
23 Down
Edible mushroom (4 letters)
24 Down
Snake, e.g. (4 letters)
25 Down
Buffet (4 letters)
29 Down
Expression of displeasure (5 letters)
32 Down
Carmine (3 letters)
34 Down
Tiny taste of soup (3 letters)
37 Down
Barrie work (8 letters)
38 Down
Leg bone (5 letters)
39 Down
Sky sights (4 letters)
40 Down
Medicinal plant (4 letters)
41 Down
Sleep periods (4 letters)
44 Down
Monastery refectories (7 letters)
45 Down
Gautama was inspired under it (6 letters)
46 Down
Family of cabalist Isaac ben Solomon (6 letters)
47 Down
Suffixes with alter and color (6 letters)
48 Down
F.D.R. youth agcy. (3 letters)
49 Down
Ind. city (6 letters)
51 Down
More succinct (6 letters)
54 Down
Gloomy one (5 letters)
56 Down
Suspicious (5 letters)
58 Down
Franchot of films (4 letters)
62 Down
Runner Sebastian (3 letters)
63 Down
Witch's pet (3 letters)
64 Down
Old English letter (3 letters)

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