Friday Crossword — December 21, 1990

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1570 clues~30-60 minBy Eileen Lexau12/21/1990

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Cringe (6 letters)
7 Across
Noted (5 letters)
12 Across
Private chapel (7 letters)
13 Across
Looked for food (7 letters)
15 Across
Concise (7 letters)
16 Across
Pizza spice (7 letters)
17 Across
Penrod's dog (4 letters)
18 Across
Whit (4 letters)
20 Across
Astringent (4 letters)
21 Across
Coarse person (3 letters)
22 Across
Ski-slope mound (5 letters)
24 Across
Chemical compound (5 letters)
25 Across
Firm (3 letters)
26 Across
"I smell ___" (4 letters)
27 Across
Treats maliciously (6 letters)
28 Across
Sammy Cahn is one (6 letters)
30 Across
Dawdled (6 letters)
31 Across
Lotion plant (4 letters)
32 Across
River in Poland, to Germans (4 letters)
33 Across
Deceives (6 letters)
35 Across
Less tight (6 letters)
38 Across
Preadults (6 letters)
39 Across
Mild oath (4 letters)
40 Across
___ de plume (3 letters)
42 Across
Anatomical passages (5 letters)
43 Across
Chubby (5 letters)
44 Across
River in Portugal (3 letters)
45 Across
Plagiarize (4 letters)
46 Across
Indonesian island (4 letters)
47 Across
Spring period (4 letters)
48 Across
Lesser nobleman, in Spain (7 letters)
50 Across
Canada goose (7 letters)
53 Across
Made into law (7 letters)
54 Across
In a silly way (7 letters)
55 Across
Glacial ridge (5 letters)
56 Across
Cheap and gaudy (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Soft hail (7 letters)
2 Down
Raffish (7 letters)
3 Down
North American Indian (4 letters)
4 Down
Ludwig ___ Beethoven (3 letters)
5 Down
Silkworm (3 letters)
6 Down
Roofed churchyard structures (9 letters)
7 Down
Ord, e.g. (4 letters)
8 Down
"You ___ There" (3 letters)
9 Down
Periodicals (9 letters)
10 Down
A goal of the French Revolution (7 letters)
11 Down
Stripped (7 letters)
12 Down
___ the hills (5 letters)
13 Down
Dolt (4 letters)
14 Down
Cathedral tops (5 letters)
19 Down
Baseball call (3 letters)
22 Down
"Marilyn" author's family (7 letters)
23 Down
Bean and Welles (6 letters)
24 Down
Excuse, sometimes (7 letters)
27 Down
Goodbye (6 letters)
29 Down
Kind of hog (9 letters)
30 Down
Clumsy (9 letters)
33 Down
Yellow variety of quartz (7 letters)
34 Down
Iroquois Indians (7 letters)
36 Down
Computer-terminal worker, e.g. (7 letters)
37 Down
In a blunt manner (7 letters)
38 Down
Round French loaf (5 letters)
39 Down
Two-piano piece (3 letters)
41 Down
Chummy, in Cheshire (5 letters)
43 Down
Trudge (4 letters)
46 Down
Ripening agent (4 letters)
47 Down
Bring an aircraft down (4 letters)
49 Down
Like balloons: Abbr. (3 letters)
51 Down
Actress Merkel (3 letters)
52 Down
Shooter marble (3 letters)

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