Thursday Crossword — March 2, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/2/1978. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Servicewoman of 1942 (4)
WAAC
5 Across: Canine complaint (5)
WHINE
10 Across: Use an ax (4)
CHOP
14 Across: Stewpot (4)
OLLA
15 Across: Exhaust (5)
EATUP
16 Across: Yorkshire river (4)
AIRE
17 Across: Diaper? (15)
ETERNALTRIANGLE
20 Across: Notably (8)
SIGNALLY
21 Across: "Pitapatation" (6)
DITHER
22 Across: Diminutive ending (4)
ETTE
23 Across: Mackerel's big cousin (4)
CERO
24 Across: Salubrious state (6)
HEALTH
27 Across: Kind of ant or worm (4)
ARMY
28 Across: Exclamations (3)
AHS
31 Across: Ford or Kovacs (5)
ERNIE
32 Across: Et ___ (4)
ALII
33 Across: Irritating youngster (4)
BRAT
34 Across: Geographers' hypothetical line (15)
ANTARCTICCIRCLE
37 Across: Miner's find (4)
VEIN
38 Across: Sty sound (4)
OINK
39 Across: Local official in Canada (5)
REEVE
40 Across: After ar (3)
ESS
41 Across: Ice raft (4)
FLOE
42 Across: "In the chips" (6)
LOADED
43 Across: Deimos or Phobos, to Mars (4)
MOON
44 Across: Grossly coarse (4)
RANK
45 Across: Oater hangout (6)
SALOON
48 Across: Guaranteed (8)
SUREFIRE
52 Across: Tomb for Tut (15)
EGYPTIANPYRAMID
54 Across: Flycaster's gadget (4)
LURE
55 Across: Peregrine (5)
ALIEN
56 Across: Mall sign (4)
SALE
57 Across: Chicken follower (4)
FEED
58 Across: Rubber source (5)
LATEX
59 Across: Feds (4)
TMEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Tribulations (4)
WOES
2 Down: Height: Prefix (4)
ALTI
3 Down: Shake ___ (hurry) (4)
ALEG
4 Down: August birthstone (9)
CARNELIAN
5 Down: Adam Smith's "The ___ of Nations" (6)
WEALTH
6 Down: City on the Saale (5)
HALLE
7 Down: ___-bitty (4)
ITTY
8 Down: Only, in Offenbach (3)
NUR
9 Down: Excessively prevalent (8)
EPIDEMIC
10 Down: Division of a Pound poem (5)
CANTO
11 Down: Word with rise or road (4)
HIGH
12 Down: Heraldic wreath (4)
ORLE
13 Down: Have a look (4)
PEER
18 Down: Babble on, British style (6)
NATTER
19 Down: Well ventilated (4)
AIRY
23 Down: Muscular spasm (5)
CRICK
24 Down: Lift with effort (5)
HEAVE
25 Down: Kin of fish eagles (5)
ERNES
26 Down: The opposition (5)
ANTIS
27 Down: Set straight (5)
ALINE
28 Down: Made a trajectory (5)
ARCED
29 Down: Divide equally (5)
HALVE
30 Down: Bucephalus, e.g. (5)
STEED
32 Down: Noun ending (5)
ATION
33 Down: Meal for Holmes's "Autocrat" (9)
BREAKFAST
35 Down: Like Williamsburg, Va. (8)
COLONIAL
36 Down: Mangle (6)
IRONER
41 Down: Iamb, e.g. (4)
FOOT
42 Down: Site of the vocal cords (6)
LARYNX
43 Down: Motorized bike (5)
MOPED
44 Down: Calcutta cash (5)
RUPEE
45 Down: Narcissist's love (4)
SELF
46 Down: Malarial symptom (4)
AGUE
47 Down: Erato's prop (4)
LYRE
48 Down: Agitated state (4)
SNIT
49 Down: Mosque V.I.P. (4)
IMAM
50 Down: Vex (4)
RILE
51 Down: Actress Barbara (4)
EDEN
53 Down: ___ mode (3)
ALA

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