Saturday Crossword — February 29, 1992

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1568 clues~30-60 minBy Eileen Lexau2/29/1992

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Eases up (6 letters)
7 Across
Hose description (5 letters)
12 Across
Cut of beef (7 letters)
13 Across
Band instrument (6 letters)
15 Across
Renounce interest in (15 letters)
18 Across
Some matériels, for short (5 letters)
19 Across
Remorseful ones (5 letters)
20 Across
"Sail ___ Ship of State!" (3 letters)
21 Across
Of ships and tars: Abbr. (4 letters)
22 Across
Mr. Atkins (5 letters)
23 Across
Half of MCXVIII (4 letters)
24 Across
River island (3 letters)
25 Across
Big Ben's sound (5 letters)
26 Across
Minos's kingdom (5 letters)
27 Across
Pretense (7 letters)
29 Across
Made an incised mark (5 letters)
30 Across
Throws out (9 letters)
33 Across
Reads cursorily (5 letters)
36 Across
Michael Jordan is one (7 letters)
39 Across
Golden-calf destroyer (5 letters)
40 Across
Ritzy (5 letters)
41 Across
Indian rice (3 letters)
43 Across
Wallet fillers (4 letters)
44 Across
Sweden, to a Parisian (5 letters)
45 Across
Attention getter (4 letters)
46 Across
Now and then: Abbr. (3 letters)
47 Across
Sleeper's breathing problem (5 letters)
48 Across
Authority (5 letters)
49 Across
Give up (15 letters)
52 Across
Pump in oxygen (6 letters)
53 Across
Flatter (7 letters)
54 Across
Trifled (with) (5 letters)
55 Across
" . . . ___ achievement is only tomorrow's confusion": Howells (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Early Semitic language (7 letters)
2 Down
Metallic element (7 letters)
3 Down
"___ in the Dark," Sellers film (5 letters)
4 Down
Fight refs' decisions (4 letters)
5 Down
Poetic contraction (3 letters)
6 Down
Sports no-no's (8 letters)
7 Down
Intrigue (6 letters)
8 Down
Grizzled (5 letters)
9 Down
Fulmars' kin (4 letters)
10 Down
Objective (3 letters)
11 Down
Cobbles (7 letters)
12 Down
Boss, in Africa (5 letters)
14 Down
Blaster's explosive (6 letters)
16 Down
Type of pepperbush (11 letters)
17 Down
Outsmarted (5 letters)
22 Down
"Goodbye to All ___": R. Graves (4 letters)
23 Down
Air current (5 letters)
25 Down
Plant of the mustard family (5 letters)
26 Down
Bo-peep's rod (5 letters)
28 Down
"___ of God," Fonda film (5 letters)
31 Down
"___ When I Came In," old Irish song (8 letters)
32 Down
Over (4 letters)
33 Down
___-Hawley Tariff Act (5 letters)
34 Down
Bone in the nose (6 letters)
35 Down
"I've Got ___," TV show (7 letters)
37 Down
Take the ___ out (7 letters)
38 Down
Certain apples (7 letters)
40 Down
Basked (6 letters)
42 Down
Ripped off (5 letters)
44 Down
Malice (5 letters)
45 Down
City in Kan. (5 letters)
47 Down
S. Foster's "___ Down South" (4 letters)
48 Down
Collar button (4 letters)
50 Down
Spanish Main booty (3 letters)
51 Down
Tokyo, once (3 letters)

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