Saturday Crossword — January 14, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 1/14/1978. By A. J. Santora.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: High note (3)
- ELA
- 4 Across: Follower of de or ipso (5)
- FACTO
- 9 Across: Rough crowd (3)
- MOB
- 12 Across: Faux ___ (3)
- PAS
- 13 Across: One-way indicator (5)
- ARROW
- 14 Across: Porous defense (5)
- SIEVE
- 16 Across: Time for a football finale (15)
- SUPERBOWLSUNDAY
- 19 Across: Ex-Senator Long of Hawaii (4)
- OREN
- 20 Across: Tourist's stop (3)
- INN
- 21 Across: Game-show groups (6)
- PANELS
- 22 Across: Clear authorization (7)
- MANDATE
- 24 Across: Surge of blockers (4)
- WAVE
- 25 Across: Raw material (3)
- ORE
- 26 Across: Item on the East Side or West Side (8)
- SIDEWALK
- 30 Across: A.F.C. or N.F.C. (10)
- CONFERENCE
- 34 Across: Wife of Wang Lung (4)
- OLAN
- 35 Across: Pyrenees peak (5)
- ANETO
- 36 Across: "Mighty ___ a Rose" (3)
- LAK
- 37 Across: One of the Shaws (5)
- ARTIE
- 38 Across: Remote outpost for Peary (4)
- ETAH
- 39 Across: Tops, in a division (10)
- FIRSTPLACE
- 41 Across: Pad (8)
- NOTEBOOK
- 43 Across: Hurry (3)
- HIE
- 44 Across: Timeout blessing (4)
- REST
- 45 Across: Feasted (7)
- REGALED
- 49 Across: Baseball statistic (6)
- ATBATS
- 52 Across: Diego or Francisco (3)
- SAN
- 53 Across: Remote telecast (4)
- NEMO
- 54 Across: Pro football pinnacle (15)
- NFLCHAMPIONSHIP
- 57 Across: Scoring plays in Rugby football (5)
- TRIES
- 58 Across: Behind the times (5)
- PASSE
- 59 Across: Brew (3)
- ALE
- 60 Across: Psychic initials (3)
- ESP
- 61 Across: Bayard or Grani (5)
- STEED
- 62 Across: Grange (3)
- RED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Downs or salts (5)
- EPSOM
- 2 Down: Writer Hobson (5)
- LAURA
- 3 Down: Quaking tree (5)
- ASPEN
- 4 Down: Partner of wide (3)
- FAR
- 5 Down: Referee (7)
- ARBITER
- 6 Down: Beldam (5)
- CRONE
- 7 Down: Canton is one (4)
- TOWN
- 8 Down: Temple football player (3)
- OWL
- 9 Down: King Cyaxares was one (4)
- MEDE
- 10 Down: Race track (4)
- OVAL
- 11 Down: Provincial governors in the Ottoman Empire (4)
- BEYS
- 14 Down: Urbane (5)
- SUAVE
- 15 Down: Locational phrase re 16 Across: 1978 (12)
- INNEWORLEANS
- 17 Down: Finish line (12)
- ENDOFTHERACE
- 18 Down: Digging tool (5)
- SPADE
- 23 Down: Mars: Comb. form (4)
- AREO
- 24 Down: Sidney of basketball (5)
- WICKS
- 26 Down: Nonsense creature (5)
- SNARK
- 27 Down: Ski resort in Utah (4)
- ALTA
- 28 Down: Nonprofessional (4)
- LAIC
- 29 Down: Namath's weak spot (4)
- KNEE
- 30 Down: Normandy city (4)
- CAEN
- 31 Down: "___ the fray" (4)
- ONTO
- 32 Down: Tidy (4)
- NEAT
- 33 Down: "Romola" author (5)
- ELIOT
- 37 Down: ___ in a poke (4)
- APIG
- 39 Down: Hollow, as in a bone (5)
- FOSSA
- 40 Down: On ___ (precisely) (7)
- THENOSE
- 42 Down: Hebrew letters (5)
- BETHS
- 45 Down: Uplift (5)
- RAISE
- 46 Down: Composer Franz (5)
- LEHAR
- 47 Down: Zola (5)
- EMILE
- 48 Down: Lubricated, as snowshoes (5)
- DOPED
- 49 Down: Put up a stake (4)
- ANTE
- 50 Down: Bus-to-bus tickets: Abbr. (4)
- TFRS
- 51 Down: Radar-screen mark (4)
- BLIP
- 52 Down: Quarrel (4)
- SPAT
- 55 Down: AWOL's bane (3)
- MPS
- 56 Down: Buntline of dime-novel fame (3)
- NED
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