Wednesday Crossword — October 4, 1989

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Joy L. Wouk10/4/1989

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Elec. unit (3 letters)
4 Across
Spines (5 letters)
9 Across
Insect phase (5 letters)
14 Across
Zodiacal sign (3 letters)
15 Across
Me. town (5 letters)
16 Across
U.S.-Can. defensive air command (5 letters)
17 Across
Periodical item (15 letters)
20 Across
Acronym for an aircraft (4 letters)
21 Across
Solid: Comb. form (6 letters)
22 Across
Men and boys (3 letters)
23 Across
Bakery employees (5 letters)
25 Across
U.S. econ. figure (3 letters)
27 Across
Viper (3 letters)
30 Across
Black cuckoo (3 letters)
31 Across
Visionary (7 letters)
35 Across
Part of L.C.D. (5 letters)
37 Across
"Of ___ I Sing" (4 letters)
39 Across
Split (4 letters)
40 Across
Newspaper bigwig (15 letters)
43 Across
Clair or Descartes (4 letters)
44 Across
Innkeeper (4 letters)
45 Across
"Ad ___ per aspera" (Kan. motto) (5 letters)
46 Across
"Don't ___ me" (1775 U.S. flag statement) (7 letters)
48 Across
Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying" (3 letters)
50 Across
With: Prefix (3 letters)
51 Across
Slander (3 letters)
52 Across
Drink greedily (5 letters)
54 Across
Nabokov heroine (3 letters)
57 Across
"___ peace" (6 letters)
59 Across
Muscat is its capital (4 letters)
63 Across
Book source (15 letters)
66 Across
Conceal, as goods, in law (5 letters)
67 Across
Author Horatio (5 letters)
68 Across
Letter after pi (3 letters)
69 Across
Hurled (5 letters)
70 Across
Frankfurt's state (5 letters)
71 Across
Understanding (3 letters)

Down

1 Down
Donation to the poor (4 letters)
2 Down
Gist (4 letters)
3 Down
Kelly's possum (4 letters)
4 Down
Dickens's pen name (3 letters)
5 Down
Originated (6 letters)
6 Down
Remorse (10 letters)
7 Down
Joints injured by Namath (5 letters)
8 Down
Emulate a hawk (4 letters)
9 Down
Chant (6 letters)
10 Down
"L'état c'est ___" (3 letters)
11 Down
Remarque's "___ of Triumph" (4 letters)
12 Down
Strong wind (4 letters)
13 Down
Shelley products (4 letters)
18 Down
Ring name (3 letters)
19 Down
Sprouted again (6 letters)
24 Down
Inspector Clouseau's servant (4 letters)
26 Down
Kidnapper of Helen (5 letters)
27 Down
Warn (5 letters)
28 Down
Passover feast (5 letters)
29 Down
"Common Sense" author (5 letters)
31 Down
Certain jet structures (10 letters)
32 Down
Catchers' needs (5 letters)
33 Down
Companion of each (5 letters)
34 Down
Showed a program again (5 letters)
36 Down
What inspired Watt (5 letters)
38 Down
Possesses (3 letters)
41 Down
Scholarship given to Sen. Bradley (6 letters)
42 Down
Mud hen, e.g. (4 letters)
47 Down
In the course of (6 letters)
49 Down
Burns slightly (6 letters)
52 Down
Rural fence (5 letters)
53 Down
Old card game (3 letters)
54 Down
Gibbons (4 letters)
55 Down
Sluggish (4 letters)
56 Down
___ Ben Adhem (4 letters)
58 Down
Former ruler of Iran (4 letters)
60 Down
Gloom (4 letters)
61 Down
Arthur of the courts (4 letters)
62 Down
Kind of light (4 letters)
64 Down
Author Yutang (3 letters)
65 Down
Charlemagne's dom. (3 letters)

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