Friday Crossword — March 17, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/17/1978. By Hugh McElroy.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Rehearsal group (4)
- CAST
- 5 Across: Roman statesman (4)
- CATO
- 9 Across: Irish wit and playwright (3)
- GBS
- 12 Across: Feed the kitty (4)
- ANTE
- 13 Across: Chicago airport (5)
- OHARE
- 15 Across: Mountain: Comb. form (4)
- OREO
- 16 Across: " . . . ___ O'Rourke" (10)
- MEANDMAMIE
- 18 Across: Require (4)
- NEED
- 19 Across: Certain funds (6)
- TRUSTS
- 20 Across: Not so fast (6)
- SLOWER
- 22 Across: Shad ___ (3)
- ROE
- 23 Across: Mary Ellen of ballet (6)
- MOYLAN
- 24 Across: Word before pay or path (4)
- BASE
- 27 Across: Isle of ___, in the Irish Sea (3)
- MAN
- 28 Across: Constellation (4)
- ARGO
- 30 Across: Handy bills (4)
- ONES
- 31 Across: Resort in the Pyrenees (3)
- PAU
- 32 Across: Football ploy (6)
- ENDRUN
- 34 Across: Actress O'Connor (3)
- UNA
- 35 Across: ___ Isle (7)
- EMERALD
- 37 Across: W.W. II area (3)
- ETO
- 38 Across: Piano fixers (6)
- TUNERS
- 40 Across: "___ tu" (Verdi aria) (3)
- ERI
- 41 Across: Spanish painter (4)
- SERT
- 42 Across: "Damn Yankees" girl (4)
- LOLA
- 43 Across: Rival of a Rep. (3)
- DEM
- 44 Across: On bended ___ (4)
- KNEE
- 45 Across: ___ the barrelhead (6)
- CASHON
- 47 Across: ___ alai (3)
- JAI
- 49 Across: Glossy fabric (6)
- SATEEN
- 50 Across: One who keens (6)
- MOANER
- 53 Across: Church part (4)
- APSE
- 54 Across: "Kathleen ___" (10)
- MAVOURNEEN
- 57 Across: Donna of films (4)
- REED
- 58 Across: Aspersions (5)
- SLURS
- 59 Across: Sea eagle or lake in Ireland (4)
- ERNE
- 60 Across: Word with board or stone (3)
- KEY
- 61 Across: Yankee shortstop (4)
- DENT
- 62 Across: Actor O'Neal (4)
- RYAN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Machine part (3)
- CAM
- 2 Down: Writer Claude (4)
- ANET
- 3 Down: O'Toole is one (4)
- STAR
- 4 Down: Terms in office (7)
- TENURES
- 5 Down: French title (5)
- COMTE
- 6 Down: Triumphant cries (4)
- AHAS
- 7 Down: "___ o' Shanter" (3)
- TAM
- 8 Down: Prayer (6)
- ORISON
- 9 Down: "The ___ Grass of Home" (10)
- GREENGREEN
- 10 Down: Pub drink (4)
- BEER
- 11 Down: Ireland, the Old ___ (3)
- SOD
- 14 Down: Slithery (4)
- EELY
- 15 Down: Ahead (6)
- ONWARD
- 17 Down: Honor T.E. Lawrence refused (3)
- DSO
- 21 Down: He played Chan before Toler (5)
- OLAND
- 23 Down: O'Sullivan from Boyle (7)
- MAUREEN
- 24 Down: Event for John L. Sullivan (4)
- BOUT
- 25 Down: Make void (5)
- ANNUL
- 26 Down: "The Green Crow" (10)
- SEANOCASEY
- 27 Down: Actress Murray: 1885–1965 (3)
- MAE
- 29 Down: Bizarre (5)
- OUTRE
- 31 Down: Irish V.I.P.'s (3)
- PMS
- 32 Down: Whitney (3)
- ELI
- 33 Down: Observe (4)
- NOTE
- 35 Down: Rub out (5)
- ERASE
- 36 Down: Irish Sea, ___ of the Atlantic (3)
- ARM
- 39 Down: Pleased as Punch (6)
- ELATED
- 41 Down: Cornelia Otis ___ (7)
- SKINNER
- 43 Down: O'Connor from Chicago (6)
- DONALD
- 46 Down: Fashion's varying lines (4)
- HEMS
- 47 Down: Knight vs. knight (5)
- JOUST
- 48 Down: Rhine feeder (3)
- AAR
- 49 Down: Graf ___ (4)
- SPEE
- 50 Down: "On a St. Patrick's ___ . . . " (4)
- MORN
- 51 Down: Like a banshee's wail (4)
- EERY
- 52 Down: Sand, in Sicilia (4)
- RENA
- 53 Down: Noah's houseboat (3)
- ARK
- 55 Down: Sight, in Sedan (3)
- VUE
- 56 Down: North Sea Feeder (3)
- NEN
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