Friday Crossword — April 14, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 4/14/1978. By Henry Hook.
Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.
Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle
Across Answers
- 1 Across: Phones or visits (5)
- CALLS
- 6 Across: Dories and dinghies: Abbr. (3)
- BTS
- 9 Across: Gary or Eugene (4)
- CITY
- 13 Across: Mr. Wedgwood (6)
- JOSIAH
- 14 Across: Ending with cart or harp (3)
- OON
- 15 Across: Tom Joad, e.g. (4)
- OKIE
- 16 Across: Amos ___ Stagg (6)
- ALONZO
- 17 Across: Melt miss is an anagram for this (8)
- SLIMMEST
- 19 Across: Used pseudo-flattery? (12)
- MARGARINEDUP
- 21 Across: Leftovers (4)
- ORTS
- 22 Across: " . . . the ___ of the flesh": Eph. 2:3 (7)
- DESIRES
- 26 Across: Plugs of a sort (3)
- ADS
- 29 Across: Award for a TV commercial (4)
- CLIO
- 31 Across: "___ not man the less": Byron (5)
- ILOVE
- 32 Across: Prefix with cook or heat (3)
- PRE
- 33 Across: Outdoor area on campus, for short (4)
- QUAD
- 34 Across: He gives up (5)
- CEDER
- 35 Across: Ersatz bread spread? (15)
- PEANUTMARGARINE
- 39 Across: Insects' lower lips (5)
- LABIA
- 40 Across: Successful seiner's total (4)
- HAUL
- 41 Across: River in England (3)
- NEN
- 42 Across: Rectify (5)
- EMEND
- 43 Across: Guck or muck (4)
- OOZE
- 44 Across: Piece from Pindar (3)
- ODE
- 45 Across: Helmsperson (7)
- STEERER
- 47 Across: Acroamatic (4)
- ORAL
- 50 Across: Artificial lepidopteran? (12)
- MARGARINEFLY
- 55 Across: Polo, e.g. (8)
- VENETIAN
- 58 Across: "The Symphony" poet (6)
- LANIER
- 59 Across: Sand wedge, e.g. (4)
- IRON
- 60 Across: Dir. from Bath to London (3)
- ENE
- 61 Across: Quarts, overseas (6)
- LITRES
- 62 Across: Handles inelegantly (4)
- PAWS
- 63 Across: Use a crosscut (3)
- SAW
- 64 Across: Shade of green (5)
- ALOES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Popular quaff (4)
- COLA
- 2 Down: Hebrew lyre (4)
- ASOR
- 3 Down: Jargon (5)
- LINGO
- 4 Down: Shunned one (5)
- LAZAR
- 5 Down: Timesaver (8)
- SHORTCUT
- 6 Down: Capt.'s deck aide (4)
- BOSN
- 7 Down: "Glass Capital of the World" (6)
- TOLEDO
- 8 Down: Slyly malicious (5)
- SNIDE
- 9 Down: One who prepares a directory (8)
- COMPILER
- 10 Down: Nominee in '52 (3)
- IKE
- 11 Down: Poetic contraction (3)
- TIS
- 12 Down: Nevertheless (3)
- YET
- 13 Down: Rush-hour situation (3)
- JAM
- 18 Down: Sondheim offering (7)
- MUSICAL
- 20 Down: Mohammedanism (5)
- ISLAM
- 23 Down: Congressman who gained fame in July, 1974 (6)
- RODINO
- 24 Down: Made equal (6)
- EVENED
- 25 Down: Lacking uproar (6)
- SERENE
- 26 Down: Northern Spies (6)
- APPLES
- 27 Down: Had a reverie (6)
- DREAMT
- 28 Down: "Bulldog cavalry" member (6)
- SEABEE
- 30 Down: Only state never under a foreign flag (5)
- IDAHO
- 33 Down: Printer's block of type (7)
- QUADRAT
- 36 Down: ___ morris, old game played with pebbles (8)
- NINEMENS
- 37 Down: Barbershop need (5)
- RAZOR
- 38 Down: Form of warfare: Var. (8)
- GUERILLA
- 43 Down: Instruments of knowledge (6)
- ORGANA
- 46 Down: Iroquoian tribe (5)
- ERIES
- 48 Down: "For want of ___ . . . " (5)
- ANAIL
- 49 Down: Slow, to the maestro (5)
- LENTO
- 51 Down: Afresh (4)
- ANEW
- 52 Down: Dump from the payroll (4)
- FIRE
- 53 Down: "___ Lieutenants," D. S. Freeman book (4)
- LEES
- 54 Down: Calendar units: Abbr. (3)
- YRS
- 55 Down: A somebody (3)
- VIP
- 56 Down: Historic period (3)
- ERA
- 57 Down: Feminists' org. (3)
- NOW
Ready to play?
Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.