Saturday Crossword — April 29, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/29/1978. By Meltzer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fly away, fly! (4)
- SHOO
- 5 Across: Emperor after Galba (4)
- OTHO
- 9 Across: Iranian coins (5)
- RIALS
- 14 Across: Dusting powder (4)
- TALC
- 15 Across: Jogging pace (4)
- TROT
- 16 Across: Follow (5)
- ENSUE
- 17 Across: Smell ___ (be suspicious) (4)
- ARAT
- 18 Across: Type of salad dressing (10)
- IOOOISLAND
- 20 Across: Make an all-out effort (14)
- GIVEIOOPERCENT
- 22 Across: Three tsps. (4)
- TBSP
- 23 Across: No longer fashionable (3)
- OUT
- 24 Across: Mexican Mrs. (3)
- SRA
- 27 Across: Some M.I.T. grads. (3)
- EES
- 28 Across: Ten minus nine (3)
- ONE
- 29 Across: Smidgen (3)
- DAB
- 32 Across: Kind of bear or hare (5)
- POLAR
- 34 Across: French pronoun (3)
- LUI
- 35 Across: ___ colada (cocktail) (4)
- PINA
- 36 Across: Film based on Christie thriller (15)
- IOLITTLEINDIANS
- 40 Across: Saudi sachem (4)
- EMIR
- 41 Across: Subsidize (3)
- AID
- 42 Across: Languor (5)
- ENNUI
- 43 Across: Prefix with drome and thesis (3)
- SYN
- 44 Across: Stretch the budget (3)
- EKE
- 45 Across: ___ Clemente (3)
- SAN
- 47 Across: Start of the Three Musketeers' motto (3)
- ALL
- 48 Across: Hole-in-one (3)
- ACE
- 49 Across: Indigo source (4)
- ANIL
- 51 Across: Decalogue (14)
- IOCOMMANDMENTS
- 58 Across: Millipede (10)
- IOOOLEGGER
- 59 Across: Author Vidal (4)
- GORE
- 60 Across: French landscapist: 1811–1889 (5)
- DUPRE
- 61 Across: Artifice (4)
- RUSE
- 62 Across: Maintain (4)
- AVER
- 63 Across: Orgs. (5)
- ASSNS
- 64 Across: Square-dance groups (4)
- SETS
- 65 Across: Chad or Tanganyika (4)
- LAKE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bachelor party (4)
- STAG
- 2 Down: Mata ___ (4)
- HARI
- 3 Down: Scandinavian monarch (4)
- OLAV
- 4 Down: Double quartet (5)
- OCTET
- 5 Down: Idle; futile (6)
- OTIOSE
- 6 Down: Cavalry, infantry, etc. (6)
- TROOPS
- 7 Down: McAdoo's target (4)
- HOOP
- 8 Down: Indian or Western county (4)
- OTOE
- 9 Down: Dunkirk event: 1940 (6)
- RESCUE
- 10 Down: Waterway (5)
- INLET
- 11 Down: " . . . ___ elephant's eye" (4)
- ASAN
- 12 Down: Fontanne's late husband (4)
- LUNT
- 13 Down: Latin opposite of et (3)
- SED
- 19 Down: ___ the fire (enterprise) (6)
- IRONIN
- 21 Down: "Escales" composer (5)
- IBERT
- 24 Down: Undercover men (5)
- SPIES
- 25 Down: Commodious (5)
- ROOMY
- 26 Down: Dog-tired (5)
- ALLIN
- 28 Down: Parisian's O.K. (3)
- OUI
- 29 Down: Moon goddess (5)
- DIANA
- 30 Down: Cancel (5)
- ANNUL
- 31 Down: Sweet herb (5)
- BASIL
- 33 Down: Cavatina (3)
- AIR
- 34 Down: Emulated the Pied Piper (3)
- LED
- 35 Down: Fasten (3)
- PIN
- 37 Down: "___ to your leader" (6)
- TAKEME
- 38 Down: Palter (3)
- LIE
- 39 Down: Popular cloth on campus (5)
- DENIM
- 44 Down: Places for étudiants (6)
- ECOLES
- 45 Down: Least deranged (6)
- SANEST
- 46 Down: Guitarist Segovia (6)
- ANDRES
- 48 Down: Oak seed (5)
- ACORN
- 50 Down: Word with tender or age (5)
- LEGAL
- 51 Down: Chits (4)
- IOUS
- 52 Down: Interjection for droppers and spillers (4)
- OOPS
- 53 Down: Martin and Mauch: Abbr. (4)
- MGRS
- 54 Down: The shakes (4)
- AGUE
- 55 Down: Star that brightens and fades (4)
- NOVA
- 56 Down: Long haul (4)
- TREK
- 57 Down: Wizened (4)
- SERE
- 58 Down: Lupino (3)
- IDA
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