Saturday Crossword — February 24, 1990

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy Nancy Joline2/24/1990

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Decrees (5 letters)
6 Across
"Hans Brinker" author (5 letters)
11 Across
Daffodil's kin (7 letters)
13 Across
Memorial Stadium regular (6 letters)
15 Across
Magnify (7 letters)
16 Across
Substance used in chemical analysis (7 letters)
18 Across
Attempts (5 letters)
19 Across
Rakes (9 letters)
21 Across
Large hall (4 letters)
22 Across
Exposed (5 letters)
23 Across
Housewife, in Jerez (3 letters)
24 Across
Butyl follower (3 letters)
25 Across
Borgnine's Oscar-winning role (5 letters)
26 Across
Word before alligator (5 letters)
28 Across
Austerlitz's adopted name (7 letters)
30 Across
Edible mushrooms (6 letters)
31 Across
Off the cuff (9 letters)
33 Across
Famed Cremona violins (6 letters)
36 Across
"Rhinoceros" playwright (7 letters)
39 Across
Units of force (5 letters)
40 Across
Nile dam (5 letters)
41 Across
Medieval Czech martyr (3 letters)
43 Across
Holliday of westerns (3 letters)
44 Across
Like some flower arrangements (5 letters)
45 Across
Actor Dillon (4 letters)
46 Across
Evanescent (9 letters)
49 Across
Sojourn (5 letters)
50 Across
Museum scenic display (7 letters)
51 Across
Luang Prabang native (7 letters)
53 Across
Catherine of ___ (6 letters)
54 Across
Irrigation device (7 letters)
55 Across
Restrain (5 letters)
56 Across
"Playboy of the Western World" playwright (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Roma's ___ di Trevi (7 letters)
2 Down
Takes a puff (7 letters)
3 Down
Red Sea gulf (5 letters)
4 Down
Wine casks (4 letters)
5 Down
"___ 'em!" (3 letters)
6 Down
Big-band era name (6 letters)
7 Down
Mountain nymph (5 letters)
8 Down
Naturalist Fossey (4 letters)
9 Down
Galore, with "à" (4 letters)
10 Down
Hoist (7 letters)
11 Down
Father of David (5 letters)
12 Down
Smiley's creator (7 letters)
14 Down
Cloisonné, e.g. (6 letters)
17 Down
Autocrats (5 letters)
20 Down
Plant with aromatic foliage (9 letters)
22 Down
Entices (5 letters)
25 Down
Certain skirts (5 letters)
26 Down
Signora Ponti (5 letters)
27 Down
God imprisoned by the Aloadae (4 letters)
29 Down
Henri's head (4 letters)
30 Down
Single-celled organism (5 letters)
32 Down
Dick, Eleanor, Jane and William of films (7 letters)
33 Down
Supplementary (5 letters)
34 Down
Mr. Magoo's problem (6 letters)
35 Down
Newscast honchos (7 letters)
37 Down
"84 ___ Cross Road," 1987 film (7 letters)
38 Down
Indignity (7 letters)
40 Down
Utter (6 letters)
42 Down
"Gypsy" composer (5 letters)
44 Down
Incubus (5 letters)
45 Down
Morning, in Marseille (5 letters)
47 Down
It was, to Cato (4 letters)
48 Down
O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___" (4 letters)
49 Down
Disraeli, for one (4 letters)
52 Down
British Parliament sounds (3 letters)

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