Friday Crossword — February 17, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 2/17/1978. By A. J. Santora.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Treaty area (6)
- PANAMA
- 7 Across: Dry, as a desert (4)
- ARID
- 11 Across: Kitty (3)
- POT
- 14 Across: As neat ___ (6)
- ASAPIN
- 15 Across: Miss Horne (4)
- LENA
- 16 Across: "Exodus" hero (3)
- ARI
- 17 Across: Promise of prosperity around the corner (11)
- PIEINTHESKY
- 19 Across: Welcome or door (3)
- MAT
- 20 Across: Cars of the 20's (7)
- ESSEXES
- 21 Across: Phi ___ Kappa (4)
- BETA
- 22 Across: Negligent (5)
- SLACK
- 25 Across: Part of an hr. (3)
- MIN
- 26 Across: Course marker for an airman (5)
- PYLON
- 27 Across: Comfort (4)
- EASE
- 28 Across: President Taft's mustache (10)
- HANDLEBARS
- 30 Across: Golf tournament (7)
- THEOPEN
- 32 Across: Go sky-high (4)
- SOAR
- 33 Across: Arab leader (6)
- ARAFAT
- 34 Across: Least restricted (6)
- FREEST
- 38 Across: "The Fan ___," book by Wallace: 1974 (4)
- CLUB
- 40 Across: Home of Falcons and Hawks (7)
- ATLANTA
- 41 Across: The weak opposition (10)
- CREAMPUFFS
- 45 Across: Clockface (4)
- DIAL
- 46 Across: Intertwines (5)
- LOCKS
- 47 Across: Car of the 20's (3)
- REO
- 48 Across: Sierra ___ (5)
- MADRE
- 49 Across: Will-___-wisp (4)
- OTHE
- 50 Across: Type of spray dispenser (7)
- AEROSOL
- 52 Across: ___ Paulo (3)
- SAO
- 53 Across: Guy who knows his onions (11)
- SMARTCOOKIE
- 57 Across: Cannes season (3)
- ETE
- 58 Across: Debauchee (4)
- ROUE
- 59 Across: Locker-room tincture (6)
- ARNICA
- 60 Across: Yachtsman Turner (3)
- TED
- 61 Across: Aide: Abbr. (4)
- ASST
- 62 Across: Seesaw (6)
- TEETER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Political patronage (3)
- PAP
- 2 Down: "___ was saying . . . " (3)
- ASI
- 3 Down: No, to Burns (3)
- NAE
- 4 Down: An easy task (12)
- APIECEOFCAKE
- 5 Down: Russian city (5)
- MINSK
- 6 Down: Carpenter insects (4)
- ANTS
- 7 Down: Blood component (6)
- ALEXIN
- 8 Down: Transmits again (7)
- RESENDS
- 9 Down: Printers' items (4)
- INKS
- 10 Down: Kind of nursery (3)
- DAY
- 11 Down: One of the Masons (6)
- PAMELA
- 12 Down: Webster, for one (6)
- ORATOR
- 13 Down: Giants (6)
- TITANS
- 18 Down: Virile fellow (5)
- HEMAN
- 21 Down: How man "doth not live" (12)
- BYBREADALONE
- 22 Down: Bristle (4)
- SETA
- 23 Down: "Cowardly Lion" in a film (4)
- LAHR
- 24 Down: On the water (4)
- ASEA
- 26 Down: Writer Buck (5)
- PEARL
- 28 Down: Hot under the collar (5)
- HETUP
- 29 Down: Barn areas (5)
- LOFTS
- 31 Down: Pre-Easter symbols (5)
- PALMS
- 35 Down: City in Oklahoma (4)
- ENID
- 36 Down: Play the hero (4)
- STAR
- 37 Down: Narrative (4)
- TALE
- 39 Down: F.B.I., U.S. Customs, etc. (7)
- BUREAUS
- 40 Down: In progress (5)
- AFOOT
- 41 Down: Skeleton's possible hideout (6)
- CLOSET
- 42 Down: Spin (6)
- ROTATE
- 43 Down: Repeated (6)
- ECHOED
- 44 Down: Hunt for (6)
- FERRET
- 48 Down: Clement or Marianne (5)
- MOORE
- 50 Down: Old Testament book (4)
- AMOS
- 51 Down: Improvise, à la Fitzgerald (4)
- SCAT
- 53 Down: Mrs., in Juárez (3)
- SRA
- 54 Down: Carson (3)
- KIT
- 55 Down: Rink surface (3)
- ICE
- 56 Down: Piece of corn (3)
- EAR
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