Thursday Crossword — February 12, 1987

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Kenneth Witte2/12/1987

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Brewer's preparation (4 letters)
5 Across
Diving-bell inventor (4 letters)
9 Across
Padnag (5 letters)
14 Across
City N of the Skagerrak (4 letters)
15 Across
Source of some grease (4 letters)
16 Across
Sound (5 letters)
17 Across
Pecan pith (4 letters)
18 Across
Aspen, for one (4 letters)
19 Across
Notched, as a leaf (5 letters)
20 Across
The Great Emancipator (14 letters)
23 Across
"I Was the ___," Presley hit (3 letters)
24 Across
Baton Rouge inst. (3 letters)
25 Across
___ Prés, Flemish composer (3 letters)
26 Across
Where Booth struck: April 14, 1865 (12 letters)
32 Across
Ostrich's kin (3 letters)
33 Across
Long period (4 letters)
34 Across
Finnish bath (5 letters)
38 Across
Poet Edward Rowland ___ (4 letters)
40 Across
Passover feast (5 letters)
43 Across
Like a bug in a rug (4 letters)
44 Across
Pass imperceptibly (5 letters)
46 Across
What video means (4 letters)
48 Across
Mrs. Cantor (3 letters)
49 Across
Epithet for 20 Across (12 letters)
53 Across
Rowan (3 letters)
56 Across
Annoy (3 letters)
57 Across
Ripen (3 letters)
58 Across
The Little Giant (14 letters)
64 Across
Hawkins or Thompson (5 letters)
65 Across
Fine feathers (4 letters)
66 Across
___ dice (4 letters)
68 Across
Orchard pest (5 letters)
69 Across
Oil-producing org. (4 letters)
70 Across
White-tailed sea bird (4 letters)
71 Across
Wee (5 letters)
72 Across
Hudson contemporary (4 letters)
73 Across
Willis of N.B.A. fame (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Apple-pie maker (3 letters)
2 Down
Where Shaftoe is (4 letters)
3 Down
Gooden's plate (4 letters)
4 Down
Dragster (6 letters)
5 Down
Art lovers (8 letters)
6 Down
Emanation (4 letters)
7 Down
Form an opinion (4 letters)
8 Down
Kim Hunter role (6 letters)
9 Down
Approaches (7 letters)
10 Down
Painter Chagall (4 letters)
11 Down
Kind of bank or test (5 letters)
12 Down
Thread type (5 letters)
13 Down
British noble family (5 letters)
21 Down
Amphora adjunct (4 letters)
22 Down
Adherent (3 letters)
26 Down
Actor Parker (4 letters)
27 Down
Leave out (4 letters)
28 Down
Principle (4 letters)
29 Down
Gardener's need (3 letters)
30 Down
" . . . ___ not yet": Matt. 24:6 (5 letters)
31 Down
Ethiopian prince (3 letters)
35 Down
Single quantity (4 letters)
36 Down
Like Lady Godiva (4 letters)
37 Down
Culture medium (4 letters)
39 Down
Gibbon (3 letters)
41 Down
Mae West's "Life, Sex and ___" (3 letters)
42 Down
Send up another rocket (8 letters)
45 Down
Covered with foam (7 letters)
47 Down
Scottish island (4 letters)
50 Down
Where Dub. is (3 letters)
51 Down
Lady Bird's spouse (6 letters)
52 Down
A job O. Henry had (6 letters)
53 Down
Plus factor (5 letters)
54 Down
Booth's milieu (5 letters)
55 Down
Protect a bet (5 letters)
59 Down
Yaws (the disease) (4 letters)
60 Down
An amino acid (4 letters)
61 Down
Is in debt (4 letters)
62 Down
Yorkshire river (4 letters)
63 Down
Rational (4 letters)
67 Down
Carmine (3 letters)

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