Saturday Crossword — September 17, 1988

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1578 clues~30-60 minBy Ernst Theimer9/17/1988

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Entreats (4 letters)
5 Across
Librarian's stamp (5 letters)
10 Across
Diurnal periods (4 letters)
14 Across
Land measure (4 letters)
15 Across
Elève's milieu (5 letters)
16 Across
Celebes ox (4 letters)
17 Across
Start of a humorous conundrum (15 letters)
20 Across
Tennis stroke (3 letters)
21 Across
Desertlike (4 letters)
22 Across
Choir members (5 letters)
23 Across
Skipper's order (4 letters)
24 Across
Fish or pear (4 letters)
26 Across
Middle of the conundrum (15 letters)
33 Across
Retract (5 letters)
34 Across
City on the Oka (4 letters)
35 Across
Something to cast (3 letters)
36 Across
River islands (4 letters)
37 Across
Trims (5 letters)
39 Across
Actress Turner (4 letters)
40 Across
H.S.T.'s predecessor (3 letters)
41 Across
Charged particles (4 letters)
42 Across
Nickel-copper alloy (5 letters)
43 Across
End of the conundrum (15 letters)
47 Across
Court great (4 letters)
48 Across
Danish island (4 letters)
49 Across
French doughboy (5 letters)
52 Across
Play parts (4 letters)
53 Across
Tatter (3 letters)
56 Across
Answer to the conundrum (15 letters)
60 Across
Horse color (4 letters)
61 Across
Made of a grain (5 letters)
62 Across
Land mass (4 letters)
63 Across
Hardy heroine (4 letters)
64 Across
Tiffs (5 letters)
65 Across
Gist (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Cry (4 letters)
2 Down
Reverberate (4 letters)
3 Down
Snatch (4 letters)
4 Down
Gel (3 letters)
5 Down
Edict (6 letters)
6 Down
More painful (6 letters)
7 Down
Angled a nail (4 letters)
8 Down
High note (3 letters)
9 Down
Corded fabric (3 letters)
10 Down
Home of the Cowboys (6 letters)
11 Down
Premed course (4 letters)
12 Down
Top on a string (4 letters)
13 Down
Lip (4 letters)
18 Down
Piquant (5 letters)
19 Down
Discussion group (5 letters)
23 Down
Macaws (4 letters)
24 Down
Sped (4 letters)
25 Down
All-purpose vehicles, for short (4 letters)
26 Down
Drink (5 letters)
27 Down
United, in Toledo (5 letters)
28 Down
Nolan Ryan is one (5 letters)
29 Down
Scandinavian (5 letters)
30 Down
Bell town of fiction (5 letters)
31 Down
___'clock (two bells) (5 letters)
32 Down
Passed out cards (5 letters)
37 Down
Cry of disdain (4 letters)
38 Down
Item for a pot (4 letters)
39 Down
Timber wolf (4 letters)
41 Down
Mutinous: Abbr. (5 letters)
42 Down
Kind of code (5 letters)
44 Down
Hawks' weapons (6 letters)
45 Down
Perfumed bag (6 letters)
46 Down
Western range (6 letters)
49 Down
Role (4 letters)
50 Down
Siouan Indian (4 letters)
51 Down
"When ___ a lad . . . " (4 letters)
52 Down
Charleses' dog (4 letters)
53 Down
American Beauty (4 letters)
54 Down
Pons vehicle (4 letters)
55 Down
Pesky insect (4 letters)
57 Down
Hawaiian hawks (3 letters)
58 Down
Knock gently (3 letters)
59 Down
Bad actor (3 letters)

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