Wednesday Crossword — December 5, 1990

Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1578 clues~15-30 minBy Nancy Scandrett Ross12/5/1990

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Recedes (4 letters)
5 Across
Where Tabriz is (4 letters)
9 Across
Swell party (4 letters)
13 Across
Building-site sight (5 letters)
15 Across
Corrida animal (4 letters)
16 Across
Choir voice (4 letters)
17 Across
"Salome" king (5 letters)
18 Across
To-do (4 letters)
19 Across
Coin of 5 Across (4 letters)
20 Across
Renowned ex-quarterback (10 letters)
22 Across
___-nod (grow drowsy) (3 letters)
23 Across
Editor's notation (4 letters)
24 Across
Petitioners (6 letters)
27 Across
Summer time in Vt. (3 letters)
29 Across
Rapprochement of a sort (7 letters)
33 Across
Crux (4 letters)
35 Across
Chits (4 letters)
36 Across
Relish (5 letters)
40 Across
Ballerina Tallchief (5 letters)
42 Across
Electees (3 letters)
43 Across
Shoulders warmer (5 letters)
44 Across
Pertinent (5 letters)
45 Across
Appear (4 letters)
47 Across
Circus performer (4 letters)
48 Across
Gear position (7 letters)
50 Across
Org. for Jets and Giants (3 letters)
51 Across
French perfume center (6 letters)
54 Across
Astronauts' org. (4 letters)
57 Across
Play the stoolie (3 letters)
58 Across
Renowned ex-quarterback (10 letters)
64 Across
Tunes (4 letters)
66 Across
Chamber-music composition (4 letters)
67 Across
Discontinue (5 letters)
68 Across
Osiris's partner (4 letters)
69 Across
Corn holders (4 letters)
70 Across
Heads, to Arletty (5 letters)
71 Across
Race segments (4 letters)
72 Across
Frances and Ruby of films (4 letters)
73 Across
Not this (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Nymph who loved Narcissus (4 letters)
2 Down
Harte of letters (4 letters)
3 Down
Renowned ex-quarterback (9 letters)
4 Down
Act uppity toward (5 letters)
5 Down
"___ girl!" (4 letters)
6 Down
Hayward role (4 letters)
7 Down
Song for 8 Down (4 letters)
8 Down
Diva Jessye (6 letters)
9 Down
Grill's partner (3 letters)
10 Down
Style of dress (5 letters)
11 Down
Flight part (5 letters)
12 Down
Nelsons, e.g. (5 letters)
14 Down
Border (4 letters)
21 Down
Me.-to-Fla. hwy. (4 letters)
25 Down
Jeanne d'Arc et al.: Abbr. (4 letters)
26 Down
Rockwell and Allegra (5 letters)
27 Down
Madame Bovary (4 letters)
28 Down
James Joyce's "The ___" (4 letters)
30 Down
Clamor (5 letters)
31 Down
Key person (5 letters)
32 Down
Road curves (5 letters)
34 Down
Rows (5 letters)
37 Down
Renowned ex-quarterback (9 letters)
38 Down
Patron saint of Norway (4 letters)
39 Down
Cheer (4 letters)
41 Down
Home of Iowa's Cyclones (4 letters)
46 Down
Carte du jour (4 letters)
49 Down
Protected by law (6 letters)
51 Down
Knights' quest (5 letters)
52 Down
First Puccini Turandot: 1926 (5 letters)
53 Down
Hove clear, as an anchor (5 letters)
55 Down
Banking abbr. (4 letters)
56 Down
Form of trapshooting (5 letters)
59 Down
Dies ___ (4 letters)
60 Down
Desperate (4 letters)
61 Down
Result of a sack (4 letters)
62 Down
On the briny (4 letters)
63 Down
Snug spot (4 letters)
65 Down
Draft org. (3 letters)

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