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The Greek Alphabet Crossword Puzzle

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Greek letters often make cameos in crossword puzzles; they can be very convenient filler. In this puzzle, all twenty-four are stars of the show.
Author: CellarDoor - Diff: Harder

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      1. Titans are filed under this letter in the Dictionary of Mythological Creatures (19th)
      3. One might use this alphabet in a science ___
      6. Greek capital, home of Pericles
      10. The first letter of Hellenic, the Greek word for "Greek" (5th)
      13. Manuscript (abbr.)
      14. Word of negation
      15. Perhaps the Muses will inspire you to type their initial (12th)
      16. Residue or sediment from a liquid
      18. To be sick
      20. The index section where you might find Xanthe (14th)
      21. First letter of Psyche's signature (23rd)
      23. Sound of hesitation
      24. British slang: a wealthy, high-status person
      26. The initial of Christ; thus, the original first letter in Xmas (22nd)
      27. Main attraction of ancient Delphi
      29. Minority ethnic group in Japan
      30. A caustic used in soapmaking
      31. Latin "and"
      32. Initial of Oceanus, the world ocean (24th)
      36. First-person plural pronoun
      37. Kilonewton (abbr.)
      38. N.B.: ___ Bene
      40. ___ to a Grecian Urn
      42. A long period of history
      43. Leander always signed his love letters with this initial (11th)
      45. Spanish peace
      47. My very own personal pronoun
      48. ___ carte (1,2)
      49. Emergency Med. Services
      51. Barbarians __ the gate
      52. Street (abbr.)
      53. Greek city, a great military power in ancient times
      57. Look under this section of your guidebook for the Acropolis (1st)
      59. Each (abbr.)
      60. Headgear
      62. A.D.: ___ Domini
      63. Talkative nymph who loved Narcissus
      64. Looking for ferry times to Santorini? Check this part of the departure board (18th)

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      1. Letter with pride of place in Thessaloniki addresses (8th)
      2. When Heracles did research on the Hydra, he looked in this encyclopedia volume (20th)
      3. It could be Doric, Ionic or Corinthian (abbr.)
      4. Aegean island, home of Pythagoras
      5. To give someone money, expecting to be repaid
      7. Top Secret (abbr.)
      8. Conjunction often found near "neither"
      9. Hard and strong, like a famous iron alloy
      11. This muscular letter begins the word "Olympics" (15th)
      12. Narcissus adored himself -- and, of course, this initial (13th)
      17. Home country of this alphabet
      19. Initialize (abbr.)
      21. Initial of Prometheus, purported inventor of the alphabet (16th)
      22. Far from his homeland, Odysseus dreamed of Ithaka's initial (9th)
      25. To be consumed by flame
      28. Cleopatra's nickname?
      29. Body of water separating Greece and Turkey (6,3)
      33. Chemistry units measuring the amount of a substance
      34. This bright and shiny letter kicks off the name of the sun, Helios (7th)
      35. Ganymede's parents found his name under this letter in the baby book (3rd)
      37. The beginning of a cheerleading routine in Corinth: "Give me a ___!" (10th)
      39. The fully conscious part of Freud's mind
      41. All right, ancient Greeks: turn the prayerbook to ___ for Dionysos (4th)
      44. The hero Bellerophon received his letters under this initial (2nd)
      46. Zeus always began his signature this way (6th)
      48. What's left when wood is burned
      50. First ___ is second in command
      54. Greek god of nature, shepherds, and the pipes that bear his name
      55. The Colossus of Rhodes needed this letter to write his address (17th)
      56. ___, humbug!
      58. A Greek diplomat would have used this letter to address Pharaoh (21st)
      61. A note to follow "sol"