Friday Crossword — August 10, 1990

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Michael A. Rampino8/10/1990

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Violins' precursors (6 letters)
7 Across
Escort (5 letters)
12 Across
Hodgepodge (7 letters)
13 Across
Crueler (6 letters)
15 Across
Lasting forever (7 letters)
16 Across
Promptly (7 letters)
18 Across
These marched against polio (5 letters)
19 Across
Scampered (4 letters)
21 Across
Kind of bank (4 letters)
22 Across
Mingo of TV's "Daniel Boone" (4 letters)
23 Across
___ of Rights (4 letters)
24 Across
Silence (3 letters)
25 Across
"___ Without Women": Hemingway (3 letters)
26 Across
Author of "Swann's Way" (6 letters)
28 Across
Nothing more than (4 letters)
29 Across
Gets on the Yankee Clipper (8 letters)
31 Across
Boxing-match units (6 letters)
33 Across
Spheres (4 letters)
34 Across
Vendetta (4 letters)
35 Across
Greet (6 letters)
38 Across
Bed-and-breakfast guests (8 letters)
42 Across
Cabal (4 letters)
43 Across
Initiates (6 letters)
45 Across
Convened (3 letters)
46 Across
Governor Hogg's daughter (3 letters)
47 Across
Teases (4 letters)
48 Across
Composer of "Symphonie espagnole" (4 letters)
49 Across
Healthy elasticity (4 letters)
51 Across
Horse-and-donkey hybrid (4 letters)
52 Across
Of the kidneys (5 letters)
53 Across
Minutemen and Redcoats, e.g. (7 letters)
55 Across
Do a job for Disney (7 letters)
57 Across
Thirstiest (6 letters)
58 Across
Disproves (7 letters)
59 Across
Digress (5 letters)
60 Across
Become irate (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Regulated diet (7 letters)
2 Down
Indium or osmium (7 letters)
3 Down
Large bundles (5 letters)
4 Down
Compass pts. (4 letters)
5 Down
Metric wt. units (3 letters)
6 Down
Roger ___, U.S. composer: 1896-1985 (8 letters)
7 Down
Inflorescence types (6 letters)
8 Down
Sow (4 letters)
9 Down
Shako or dicer (3 letters)
10 Down
Camelot lady (4 letters)
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Rhine bridge crossing: W.W. II (7 letters)
12 Down
Bovary or Butterfly (6 letters)
14 Down
Delay (6 letters)
17 Down
Wise men (5 letters)
20 Down
Also (4 letters)
23 Down
Suborns (6 letters)
26 Down
Separate (4 letters)
27 Down
Entertains (6 letters)
28 Down
Players' Tournament winner: 1989 (4 letters)
30 Down
Debacle (4 letters)
32 Down
Due to us (4 letters)
34 Down
Ancestors (8 letters)
35 Down
Ill will (5 letters)
36 Down
Marzipan nut (6 letters)
37 Down
Bankers, at times (7 letters)
38 Down
Kettle handle (4 letters)
39 Down
Come forth (7 letters)
40 Down
Consanguineous (7 letters)
41 Down
Boas (6 letters)
44 Down
Reliable (6 letters)
48 Down
Nocturnal mammal of Madagascar (5 letters)
50 Down
Send forth (4 letters)
51 Down
Louis L'Amour's "The Haunted ___" (4 letters)
52 Down
Prevalent (4 letters)
54 Down
Comparative suffix (3 letters)
56 Down
Rosalyn Carter, ___ Smith (3 letters)

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