Saturday Crossword — March 11, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 3/11/1978. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "I am monarch ___ I survey" (5)
OFALL
6 Across: Added liquor (5)
LACED
11 Across: Traffic tragedy (6)
PILEUP
13 Across: Historic island west of Athens (7)
SALAMIS
15 Across: Inventor's dream (15)
PERPETUALMOTION
17 Across: Exist (3)
ARE
18 Across: Washington's strategy late in '76 (7)
RETREAT
19 Across: Sgt. or cpl. (3)
NCO
20 Across: Neon or swag (4)
LAMP
22 Across: Temperate (5)
SOBER
23 Across: Tavern order (4)
BEER
24 Across: Settled (5)
STAID
26 Across: Calendar abbr. (3)
NOV
27 Across: Up-tight (5)
TENSE
28 Across: Happen next (5)
ENSUE
30 Across: Echoed (8)
REPEATED
32 Across: Pacino or De Niro (9)
MOVIESTAR
34 Across: Orderly procedures (8)
REGIMENS
37 Across: Elan (5)
ARDOR
40 Across: Invierno month (5)
ENERO
41 Across: Prefix with puncture (3)
ACU
43 Across: Cut (5)
SEVER
45 Across: Weathercock (4)
VANE
46 Across: Final words (5)
AMENS
48 Across: Hindu mother goddess (4)
DEVI
49 Across: Soul, to Pierre (3)
AME
50 Across: Put ___ (conclude) (7)
ANENDTO
52 Across: Remove (3)
RID
53 Across: Escalator (15)
MOVINGSTAIRCASE
56 Across: Struts (7)
PRANCES
57 Across: Interlock (6)
ENGAGE
58 Across: Nasty expression (5)
SNEER
59 Across: Classified (5)
TYPED

Down Answers

1 Down: Run (7)
OPERATE
2 Down: "Smoke-eater" (7)
FIREMAN
3 Down: Tyrolean peak (3)
ALP
4 Down: Lupine look (4)
LEER
5 Down: Stringed instruments (5)
LUTES
6 Down: Truman's birthplace (5)
LAMAR
7 Down: "I'm quite illiterate, but I read ___": Salinger (4)
ALOT
8 Down: Siamese or Persian (3)
CAT
9 Down: Noted (7)
EMINENT
10 Down: Bishopric (7)
DIOCESE
12 Down: Don (5)
PUTON
13 Down: Garment features (7)
SLEEVES
14 Down: "Sawed wood" (6)
SNORED
15 Down: Sidekicks (4)
PALS
16 Down: Treelike (11)
ARBORESCENT
21 Down: Ant (7)
PISMIRE
23 Down: Hirsute (7)
BEARDED
25 Down: Cathedral, in Firenze (5)
DUOMO
27 Down: Lachrymae (5)
TEARS
29 Down: Edenite (3)
EVE
31 Down: "Harper Valley ___" (3)
PTA
33 Down: Cluttered (7)
INAMESS
34 Down: Do over (6)
REVAMP
35 Down: Inflames with love (7)
ENAMORS
36 Down: Rousseau was one (7)
GENEVAN
38 Down: Surplus (7)
OVERAGE
39 Down: Amended (7)
REVISED
42 Down: Waves, to Ovid (5)
UNDAE
44 Down: Harass persistently (4)
RIDE
46 Down: Wrath (5)
ANGER
47 Down: Work assignment (5)
STINT
50 Down: Suffix with avoid and clear (4)
ANCE
51 Down: Bacchanalia (4)
ORGY
54 Down: Chemical ending (3)
INE
55 Down: Top (3)
CAP

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