Friday Crossword — January 13, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/13/1978. By Sidney L. Robbins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Southpaw's pitching arm (4)
LEFT
5 Across: Porches around an agora (5)
STOAS
10 Across: Outwit (4)
FOIL
14 Across: Gig rig (4)
OARS
15 Across: Cod (5)
TORSK
16 Across: Anybody's follower (4)
ELSE
17 Across: Triskaidekaphobia (15)
DREADOFTHIRTEEN
20 Across: Supplicates (8)
ENTREATS
21 Across: Reared (6)
RAISED
22 Across: Small coins: Abbr. (3)
CTS
23 Across: In the center (4)
AMID
24 Across: Uses Western Union (6)
CABLES
28 Across: Rack's partner (4)
RUIN
29 Across: Harvest goddess (3)
OPS
32 Across: "___ a Grecian Urn" (5)
ODEON
33 Across: Students' needs (4)
PENS
34 Across: Windy one (4)
OBOE
35 Across: Unlucky diner (15)
THIRTEENTHGUEST
38 Across: Roman garb (4)
TOGA
39 Across: Diagnostic aid (4)
XRAY
40 Across: Lost (5)
ATSEA
41 Across: Air hero (3)
ACE
42 Across: Treble or bass (4)
VIOL
43 Across: State (6)
ASSERT
44 Across: Petty officer, for short (4)
BOSN
45 Across: Prior mo. (3)
ULT
46 Across: Mysterious (6)
OCCULT
49 Across: With ammo removed (8)
UNLOADED
54 Across: 1:00 P.M., Fort Dix (15)
THIRTEENHUNDRED
56 Across: North of Miss., Ala. and Ga. (4)
TENN
57 Across: Fountain nymph (5)
NAIAD
58 Across: Pub-game tool (4)
DART
59 Across: Hasn't paid up (4)
OWES
60 Across: Aesthete's forte (5)
TASTE
61 Across: One of the Alcotts (4)
AMOS

Down Answers

1 Down: Pay dirt (4)
LODE
2 Down: Merit (4)
EARN
3 Down: Worry (4)
FRET
4 Down: Pre-Lenin ruler (4)
TSAR
5 Down: Ermines (6)
STOATS
6 Down: Homesteads, British style (5)
TOFTS
7 Down: Table scraps (4)
ORTS
8 Down: Tree (3)
ASH
9 Down: Minor dispute (8)
SKIRMISH
10 Down: Rank (5)
FETID
11 Down: Sunday sounds in Mexico City (4)
OLES
12 Down: Words of understanding (4)
ISEE
13 Down: Give for a time (4)
LEND
18 Down: Upright (6)
DECENT
19 Down: Type of forest (4)
RAIN
23 Down: Unk's wife (5)
AUNTY
24 Down: Surplice (5)
COTTA
25 Down: Kind of committee (5)
ADHOC
26 Down: Neutral color (5)
BEIGE
27 Down: Modern variation of Laura (4)
LORA
28 Down: Nephric (5)
RENAL
29 Down: Pinguid (5)
OBESE
30 Down: Problem or model (5)
POSER
31 Down: Attack (5)
SETAT
33 Down: Name of fame in Argentina (5)
PERON
34 Down: Sad politicians (4)
OUTS
36 Down: In being (8)
EXISTENT
37 Down: Alphonse's friend (6)
GASTON
42 Down: Unit of electrical force (4)
VOLT
43 Down: Refer (to) (6)
ALLUDE
44 Down: Author of "The Cotter's Saturday Night" (5)
BURNS
45 Down: Remove a fedora (5)
UNHAT
46 Down: Palindromic name (4)
OTTO
47 Down: Use maxilla and mandible (4)
CHEW
48 Down: Moves, to Fellini (4)
CINE
49 Down: Les Etats-___ (4)
UNIS
50 Down: Egyptian skink (4)
ADDA
51 Down: Sixty grains (4)
DRAM
52 Down: Architect Saarinen (4)
EERO
53 Down: Skeeter beaters (4)
DDTS
55 Down: Degree for a NASA worker (3)
EAA

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