Friday Crossword — May 24, 1991

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1576 clues~30-60 minBy Daniel Girardi5/24/1991

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Prosaic (4 letters)
5 Across
Chinese wax (4 letters)
9 Across
Assassinated Swedish Prime Minister: 1986 (5 letters)
14 Across
Level, in Lincolnshire (4 letters)
15 Across
American composer: 1874-1954 (4 letters)
16 Across
Rap-sheet entry (5 letters)
17 Across
Mediate (9 letters)
19 Across
Desert ___ (1991 military operation) (5 letters)
20 Across
Racing shell (7 letters)
21 Across
Fondness promoter? (7 letters)
23 Across
Duos: Abbr. (3 letters)
24 Across
" . . . thy warfare ___": Scott (3 letters)
25 Across
Tormented, with "at" (6 letters)
29 Across
Severity (8 letters)
34 Across
Where Gideon mustered his army (5 letters)
35 Across
Harsh: Comb. form (4 letters)
36 Across
Galsworthy's "___ of Devon" (4 letters)
37 Across
Depose (4 letters)
38 Across
Spent (5 letters)
39 Across
Jade (4 letters)
40 Across
Exigency (4 letters)
41 Across
Depilous (4 letters)
42 Across
Road sign (5 letters)
43 Across
They sparkle on diamonds (8 letters)
45 Across
Joke that wows 'em (6 letters)
46 Across
Buddhist temple (3 letters)
47 Across
Michael Jackson hit (3 letters)
48 Across
Obtrudes (7 letters)
52 Across
Makes the grade (7 letters)
57 Across
Young salmon (5 letters)
58 Across
Variety of quartz (9 letters)
60 Across
What aristarchs do (5 letters)
61 Across
Early Irish nobleman (4 letters)
62 Across
German cheese (4 letters)
63 Across
Shell crew (5 letters)
64 Across
Fruit decay (4 letters)
65 Across
Der ___ (Adenauer) (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Cousin of a twerp (4 letters)
2 Down
Bombay bigwig (4 letters)
3 Down
Piedmontese city (4 letters)
4 Down
It's sold in a stube (4 letters)
5 Down
French father of modern astronomy (6 letters)
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Cubs' Hall of Famer (5 letters)
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Directed (3 letters)
8 Down
On the Java (4 letters)
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Didn't see, in poker (6 letters)
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Certain jurors (10 letters)
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St. Mark's symbol (4 letters)
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French brandy (4 letters)
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Salinger girl (4 letters)
18 Down
Fooled, with "in" (5 letters)
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Element used in metallurgy (5 letters)
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Its major export is cacao (5 letters)
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Umbilicus (5 letters)
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Spinning (5 letters)
28 Down
"Tintern Abbey" poet (10 letters)
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"___ of Anger," 1970 film (5 letters)
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Kind of test (4 letters)
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Islamic chieftains (5 letters)
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Beetle Bailey's boss (5 letters)
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Mock (5 letters)
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Instr. for Artie Shaw (4 letters)
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Weaken (5 letters)
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___ de Dios, Andean river (5 letters)
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Knight's armor plate (6 letters)
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Tackle for hoisting cargo (6 letters)
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Handrail for an étoile (5 letters)
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___ dixit (4 letters)
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Neighbor of Niger (4 letters)
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Czech capital, to Germans (4 letters)
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Crust (4 letters)
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Writer Chase (4 letters)
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Ampul (4 letters)
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Cardinal point (4 letters)
56 Down
Dagger (4 letters)
59 Down
Distress (3 letters)

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