Thursday Crossword — April 13, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/13/1978. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Part of an ounce (4)
DRAM
5 Across: Do cleaning work (5)
SWEEP
10 Across: Direct insult (4)
SLAP
14 Across: Prefix with chute or troop (4)
PARA
15 Across: Utah range (5)
UINTA
16 Across: Forbidden (4)
TABU
17 Across: Dixie waterway (15)
SHENANDOAHRIVER
20 Across: Boots' partners (7)
SADDLES
21 Across: Delight (5)
ELATE
22 Across: Check (4)
REIN
23 Across: Unit of force (4)
DYNE
25 Across: Braque was one (6)
CUBIST
28 Across: Intensity of feeling (4)
HEAT
29 Across: Seamen's chat (3)
GAM
32 Across: ___ hygiene (4)
ORAL
33 Across: Singer Fitzgerald (4)
ELLA
34 Across: Conceit (3)
EGO
35 Across: Dixie writer (15)
WILLIAMFAULKNER
40 Across: "A Shropshire ___": Housman (3)
LAD
41 Across: Undiluted (4)
NEAT
42 Across: Water bird (4)
ERNE
43 Across: Bashful (3)
SHY
44 Across: Strong cart (4)
DRAY
45 Across: Like wintry storms (6)
SLEETY
47 Across: Trial scene in France: 1942 (4)
RIOM
48 Across: Eagerly expectant (4)
ATIP
49 Across: Piece serving as a prop or brake (5)
SPRAG
52 Across: Inactivates (7)
ARRESTS
55 Across: Dixie battle site: 1863 (15)
LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN
59 Across: Church section (4)
APSE
60 Across: Rule the ___ (be master) (5)
ROOST
61 Across: Pisa's river (4)
ARNO
62 Across: Golden or teddy (4)
BEAR
63 Across: Sniffs (5)
NOSES
64 Across: Sugar source (4)
BEET

Down Answers

1 Down: Homeless ones: Abbr. (3)
DPS
2 Down: Stadium sounds (4)
RAHS
3 Down: Region (4)
AREA
4 Down: Big baboon (8)
MANDRILL
5 Down: "The ___ heights . . . ": Wilde (6)
SUNLIT
6 Down: Expand (5)
WIDEN
7 Down: Space monkey (4)
ENOS
8 Down: Greek letter (3)
ETA
9 Down: Exclamation of disgust (3)
PAH
10 Down: Set of steps between farms (5)
STILE
11 Down: Mauna Loa's output (4)
LAVA
12 Down: Instigate (4)
ABET
13 Down: Unsullied (4)
PURE
18 Down: Thirst quenchers (4)
ADES
19 Down: Landlord's income (6)
RENTAL
23 Down: Mazo ___ Roche (4)
DELA
24 Down: River into Korea Bay (4)
YALU
25 Down: Auto sections (5)
COWLS
26 Down: The unscrupulous Mr. Heep (5)
URIAH
27 Down: Mount ___, in Utah (5)
BALDY
28 Down: Big and strong (5)
HEFTY
29 Down: Vermeer's forte (5)
GENRE
30 Down: James Bond, for one (5)
AGENT
31 Down: Comedian Amsterdam (5)
MOREY
36 Down: "Mood ___" (6)
INDIGO
37 Down: Of aircraft: Prefix (4)
AERO
38 Down: Contraction often used by servants (4)
MAAM
39 Down: ___ on (watches) (8)
KEEPSTAB
45 Down: Acts pompously (6)
STRUTS
46 Down: Burden for some debtors (4)
LIEN
47 Down: He's on call in the fall (5)
RAKER
48 Down: Showed respect for the National Anthem (5)
AROSE
49 Down: A piece of the rock (4)
SLAB
50 Down: Poet who warned about "a little learning" (4)
POPE
51 Down: Ponselle or Raisa (4)
ROSA
52 Down: Biblical book (4)
AMOS
53 Down: Weight rate (4)
TARE
54 Down: Mathematical ratio (4)
SINE
56 Down: Plant container (3)
URN
57 Down: Exceedingly (3)
TOO
58 Down: Stewart's "Touch ___ the Cat" (3)
NOT

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