Thursday Crossword — September 29, 1988

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy S. E. Wilkinson9/29/1988

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Defense method (4 letters)
5 Across
Cut capers (5 letters)
10 Across
Wharf (4 letters)
14 Across
"On the land ___ the sea" (4 letters)
15 Across
Play girl (5 letters)
16 Across
Biblical preposition (4 letters)
17 Across
JACK (10 letters)
19 Across
"An apple ___ . . . " (4 letters)
20 Across
Granada gold (3 letters)
21 Across
"Scarface" star (8 letters)
23 Across
Stop transmitting (7 letters)
27 Across
Flatboats (4 letters)
28 Across
"___ Apart," Frost poem (5 letters)
29 Across
Sternward (5 letters)
32 Across
Israeli Chief of Staff: 1974 (3 letters)
35 Across
Made a web (4 letters)
36 Across
Standoffish (6 letters)
37 Across
Nice one (3 letters)
38 Across
Hospital ship (4 letters)
39 Across
"___, thou art sick": Blake (5 letters)
40 Across
Jazz trumpeter Al (4 letters)
41 Across
Botanist Gray (3 letters)
42 Across
A metalworker (6 letters)
43 Across
On the Black (4 letters)
44 Across
Hankering (3 letters)
45 Across
Palette pigment (5 letters)
46 Across
Grating sound (5 letters)
47 Across
Drop off (4 letters)
49 Across
Silly talk (7 letters)
51 Across
Old mild oath (8 letters)
55 Across
Intoxicant in liq. (3 letters)
56 Across
Complete (4 letters)
57 Across
BILL (10 letters)
62 Across
Notation on a ticket (4 letters)
63 Across
Dodge (5 letters)
64 Across
Tick off (4 letters)
65 Across
Pelagic predator (4 letters)
66 Across
Theme of this puzzle (5 letters)
67 Across
Way out (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Shake up (3 letters)
2 Down
Purpose (3 letters)
3 Down
Bandleader Severinsen (3 letters)
4 Down
Basketball defense (8 letters)
5 Down
Live off the ___ the land (5 letters)
6 Down
Cell letters (3 letters)
7 Down
Quechua (4 letters)
8 Down
Threshold (4 letters)
9 Down
HARRY (9 letters)
10 Down
Mountebank (5 letters)
11 Down
FRANK (11 letters)
12 Down
___ impasse (4 letters)
13 Down
Cellist Ma (4 letters)
18 Down
Cow poke? (4 letters)
22 Down
Pseudoesthetic (4 letters)
23 Down
Glide (6 letters)
24 Down
Barge in (6 letters)
25 Down
BOB (11 letters)
26 Down
Actress Fawcett (6 letters)
30 Down
Hooch (5 letters)
31 Down
Maintain (6 letters)
33 Down
Delusory (6 letters)
34 Down
One more try on a set (6 letters)
36 Down
JIMMY (9 letters)
40 Down
Uncompromising (8 letters)
42 Down
Big, stupid guy (4 letters)
46 Down
Collected (4 letters)
48 Down
A memorable Nelson (5 letters)
50 Down
Merchandise (5 letters)
51 Down
___ du Nord, Parisian depot (4 letters)
52 Down
Suffix with liquid (4 letters)
53 Down
Pepper plant (4 letters)
54 Down
Canned meat (4 letters)
58 Down
Dutch commune (3 letters)
59 Down
Nope (3 letters)
60 Down
Wallach or Whitney (3 letters)
61 Down
Even though (3 letters)

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