Thursday Crossword — February 9, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/9/1978. By Ann Jenkins.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Easy victory (4)
- ROMP
- 5 Across: On a jet (6)
- ABOARD
- 11 Across: Pronto (3)
- PDQ
- 14 Across: At any time (4)
- EVER
- 15 Across: Brewer who founded a college (6)
- VASSAR
- 16 Across: Item in a Bucharest bank (3)
- LEU
- 17 Across: Song from "Bye Bye Birdie": 1960 (15)
- PUTONAHAPPYFACE
- 20 Across: Los ___, A.E.C. property (6)
- ALAMOS
- 21 Across: Hypnotist's "creation" (6)
- TRANCE
- 22 Across: Kennel clamor (5)
- YELPS
- 23 Across: Sign of a full house (3)
- SRO
- 26 Across: Unlimited quantity (5)
- OCEAN
- 27 Across: Self-restrained (9)
- TEMPERATE
- 30 Across: Man after a fashion (3)
- FOP
- 33 Across: Acolyte or credenza (6)
- SERVER
- 34 Across: War criminal executed in 1948 (4)
- TOJO
- 38 Across: Victorian's expletive (4)
- EGAD
- 40 Across: Clayey deposit formed by wind (5)
- LOESS
- 41 Across: Birthplace of composer Drdla (4)
- SAAR
- 42 Across: Gridiron defense (4)
- ZONE
- 43 Across: Actor from South Wales (6)
- BURTON
- 45 Across: Unpopular bill (3)
- TWO
- 46 Across: Knocked out (9)
- FLATTENED
- 49 Across: The O'Grady girl (5)
- ROSIE
- 52 Across: Conscription agcy. (3)
- SSS
- 53 Across: Scoffs at (5)
- GIBES
- 57 Across: Book of poems by Robert Penn Warren (6)
- ORELSE
- 59 Across: Ease up on (6)
- RELENT
- 60 Across: Judge by appearances (15)
- TAKEATFACEVALUE
- 64 Across: Ear: Prefix (3)
- OTO
- 65 Across: Boy, in Brest (6)
- GARCON
- 66 Across: Site of Mitchell's classic (4)
- TARA
- 67 Across: Legal matter (3)
- RES
- 68 Across: On cloud nine (6)
- ELATED
- 69 Across: Word with eagle or owl (4)
- EYED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Indemnify (5)
- REPAY
- 2 Down: Rudimentary seed (5)
- OVULE
- 3 Down: Good conductor of electricity (5)
- METAL
- 4 Down: Cue in (6)
- PROMPT
- 5 Down: N.Z. beverages (4)
- AVAS
- 6 Down: Phooey! (3)
- BAH
- 7 Down: Explorer Johnson (3)
- OSA
- 8 Down: Nile denizen (3)
- ASP
- 9 Down: Spellbound (4)
- RAPT
- 10 Down: Decay of seasoned timber (6)
- DRYROT
- 11 Down: Sycamore (5)
- PLANE
- 12 Down: British radio navigational aid (5)
- DECCA
- 13 Down: Whodunit hero (5)
- QUEEN
- 18 Down: Items to count (5)
- NOSES
- 19 Down: Items counted by jewelers (6)
- FACETS
- 23 Down: Brussels ___ (7)
- SPROUTS
- 24 Down: Becomes atavistic (7)
- REVERTS
- 25 Down: Tragedy by Euripides (7)
- ORESTES
- 28 Down: Toast for Dame Nellie (5)
- MELBA
- 29 Down: Deliberate firing (5)
- ARSON
- 30 Down: Relative of a tarboosh (3)
- FEZ
- 31 Down: U.S. satellite (3)
- OGO
- 32 Down: Captain Hook's foe (3)
- PAN
- 35 Down: Feed-bag morsel (3)
- OAT
- 36 Down: Yak or chin (3)
- JAW
- 37 Down: Spanish Main booty (3)
- ORO
- 39 Down: Narrow passage (6)
- DEFILE
- 44 Down: Partially reclaimed Israeli wasteland (5)
- NEGEV
- 47 Down: "Gil Blas" author (6)
- LESAGE
- 48 Down: Expand pupils (6)
- DILATE
- 49 Down: Helicopter blade (5)
- ROTOR
- 50 Down: Grandiloquize (5)
- ORATE
- 51 Down: Part of an Egyptian temple (5)
- SEKOS
- 54 Down: Hold fast, to a mariner (5)
- BELAY
- 55 Down: Habituate (5)
- ENURE
- 56 Down: Advantage (5)
- STEAD
- 58 Down: Relative of etc. (4)
- ETAL
- 59 Down: Splinter or sunder (4)
- REND
- 61 Down: Angelico, for one (3)
- FRA
- 62 Down: Emulate Brando (3)
- ACT
- 63 Down: College in Cedar Rapids (3)
- COE
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