Saturday Crossword — February 11, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/11/1978. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Lucre (4)
PELF
5 Across: Hoover Dam lake (4)
MEAD
9 Across: "___ the unseen with a cheer": Browning (5)
GREET
14 Across: Calpurnia, to Caesar (4)
UXOR
15 Across: Height: Prefix (4)
ACRO
16 Across: Beloved of Sydney Carton (5)
LUCIE
17 Across: Type size (4)
PICA
18 Across: Joined in the chorus (4)
SANG
19 Across: Palette item (5)
OCHRE
20 Across: Expression for a hard job (14)
ATOUGHROWTOHOE
23 Across: Porter's "Let's ___" (4)
DOIT
24 Across: Alas! (4)
AHME
25 Across: Detonator (3)
CAP
28 Across: Part of an astronaut's trip (7)
REENTRY
30 Across: Small flounder (3)
DAB
33 Across: Relative of a hogback (5)
ARETE
35 Across: Bartender's "rocks" (3)
ICE
36 Across: Ann or Charles (4)
CAPE
37 Across: Won big (15)
RAKEDINTHECHIPS
41 Across: "___ Rhythm" (4)
IGOT
42 Across: Patriotic org. (3)
DAR
43 Across: Lunar vale (5)
RILLE
44 Across: Hymenopterist's interest (3)
BEE
45 Across: Wind from the Libyan deserts (7)
SIROCCO
48 Across: Still (3)
YET
49 Across: Cherub (4)
AMOR
50 Across: Cuckoopint (4)
ARUM
52 Across: Backyard plot (14)
VEGETABLEPATCH
58 Across: Old Harry (5)
DEVIL
59 Across: Weight of India (4)
TOLA
60 Across: Range on Swiss-French border (4)
JURA
61 Across: To any extent (5)
ATALL
62 Across: Neighbor of ancient Palestine (4)
EDOM
63 Across: Agora coin (4)
OBOL
64 Across: Lire in Leghorn (5)
MONEY
65 Across: Moist, as flowers (4)
DEWY
66 Across: Word with drag and potato (4)
RACE

Down Answers

1 Down: Insect stage (4)
PUPA
2 Down: Egress (4)
EXIT
3 Down: Crazed (4)
LOCO
4 Down: Con job (5)
FRAUD
5 Down: Golf club (6)
MASHIE
6 Down: Card game (6)
ECARTE
7 Down: Florence's river (4)
ARNO
8 Down: The last shift (8)
DOGWATCH
9 Down: Melancholy (6)
GLOOMY
10 Down: Fancy trimming (5)
RUCHE
11 Down: Response to a yodeler (4)
ECHO
12 Down: Where Tralee is (4)
EIRE
13 Down: Driver's area (3)
TEE
21 Down: Like some skirts (5)
GORED
22 Down: Kipling's "Soldiers ___" (5)
THREE
25 Down: Antilles man (5)
CARIB
26 Down: O'Hara's "___ to Live" (5)
ARAGE
27 Down: Shipment from Sri Lanka (5)
PEKOE
29 Down: Part of TNT (5)
NITRO
30 Down: Quotidian (5)
DAILY
31 Down: Red Northern Spy (5)
APPLE
32 Down: Assailed (5)
BESET
34 Down: Holiday in Hanoi (3)
TET
36 Down: Windy City, for short (3)
CHI
38 Down: Dimwit (5)
IDIOT
39 Down: Told (8)
NARRATED
40 Down: Part of a horse's back (5)
CROUP
45 Down: Olid (6)
SMELLY
46 Down: Unfledged (6)
CALLOW
47 Down: Luscious (6)
CREAMY
49 Down: Nimble (5)
AGILE
51 Down: Barbara or Hoople (5)
MAJOR
52 Down: Kill a bill (4)
VETO
53 Down: Conductor Whallon at Columbus (4)
EVAN
54 Down: Foretoken (4)
BODE
55 Down: Brass bass (4)
TUBA
56 Down: Gator's cousin (4)
CROC
57 Down: Vigorous (4)
HALE
58 Down: Maternal quadruped (3)
DAM

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