Saturday Crossword — April 9, 1988

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy Eileen Lexau4/9/1988

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Lighthouse (6 letters)
7 Across
Sandbank (5 letters)
12 Across
Obliteration (6 letters)
13 Across
Old chap (6 letters)
15 Across
She wrote "Angel of Light" (15 letters)
18 Across
"___ a penny . . . " (5 letters)
19 Across
Planter (5 letters)
20 Across
Do a buck-and-wing (3 letters)
21 Across
Booty (4 letters)
22 Across
Early railroad tycoon (5 letters)
23 Across
Trick (4 letters)
24 Across
Düsseldorf door (3 letters)
25 Across
Chair parts (5 letters)
26 Across
Writer Francis or Roger (5 letters)
27 Across
First prime minister of Ghana (7 letters)
29 Across
Happening (5 letters)
30 Across
Involve unfavorably (9 letters)
33 Across
Part of a door frame (5 letters)
36 Across
Aircraft-engine enclosure (7 letters)
39 Across
Color modifier (5 letters)
40 Across
Eyes amorously (5 letters)
41 Across
Likely (3 letters)
43 Across
Fish often seen in pools (4 letters)
44 Across
School dances (5 letters)
45 Across
Eastern bigwig (4 letters)
46 Across
Suffix with provident (3 letters)
47 Across
Wernher von ___, rocket engineer (5 letters)
48 Across
Originate (5 letters)
49 Across
She wrote "Villette": 1853 (15 letters)
52 Across
Stow in a ship's hold (6 letters)
53 Across
Huarache (6 letters)
54 Across
___ Park, Colo. (5 letters)
55 Across
He wrote "The Crisis": 1714 (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Him or her (7 letters)
2 Down
Farm tool (7 letters)
3 Down
Race place (5 letters)
4 Down
Remorseful one (4 letters)
5 Down
Killer whale (3 letters)
6 Down
A part-time employee (8 letters)
7 Down
Frowns (6 letters)
8 Down
___ out (sank a putt) (5 letters)
9 Down
Yerby's "An ___ of Sanctity" (4 letters)
10 Down
Begum's spouse (3 letters)
11 Down
Cos, e.g. (7 letters)
14 Down
Sanity (6 letters)
15 Down
Leave at the church (4 letters)
16 Down
Shaping in a preliminary way (11 letters)
17 Down
Tired (5 letters)
22 Down
An Andy of the comics (4 letters)
23 Down
"Myrrha" composer (5 letters)
25 Down
Author Godden (5 letters)
26 Down
French brutes (5 letters)
28 Down
Irritates (5 letters)
31 Down
Serenity (8 letters)
32 Down
"Bullets" in poker (4 letters)
33 Down
Impassive (5 letters)
34 Down
Hebrew scrolls (6 letters)
35 Down
Expand, in a way (7 letters)
37 Down
Of layers (7 letters)
38 Down
Didactic letter (7 letters)
40 Down
Emulates Pericles (6 letters)
42 Down
Sapota or senecio (4 letters)
44 Down
Demonstrate as true (5 letters)
45 Down
Trade center in India (5 letters)
47 Down
Fruit decay (4 letters)
48 Down
Book by Bjornson (4 letters)
50 Down
Legal thing (3 letters)
51 Down
Vespertilio (3 letters)

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