Friday Crossword — May 12, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 5/12/1978. By James & Phyllis Barrick.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sound of surprise (4)
- GASP
- 5 Across: Relative of "corn" (4)
- CAMP
- 9 Across: Top base-stealer before Brock (4)
- COBB
- 13 Across: Fish of brilliant colors (4)
- OPAH
- 14 Across: Genuine (4)
- REAL
- 15 Across: Forebode (5)
- AUGUR
- 16 Across: Mil. school (4)
- USNA
- 17 Across: Florence's river (4)
- ARNO
- 18 Across: Historic Dutch city (5)
- BREDA
- 19 Across: "The ___," Sherwood play (15)
- PETRIFIEDFOREST
- 22 Across: Bodies, in anatomy (6)
- SOMATA
- 23 Across: Exotic garment (4)
- SARI
- 24 Across: Starch: Comb. form (4)
- AMYL
- 25 Across: More piquant (6)
- RACIER
- 29 Across: "Envious" conspirator (5)
- CASCA
- 32 Across: Like the problem of squaring the circle (9)
- INSOLUBLE
- 35 Across: Nautical term (4)
- ALEE
- 36 Across: The bounding main (3)
- SEA
- 37 Across: "Champagne Tony," memorable golfer (4)
- LEMA
- 38 Across: Ripened (9)
- MATURATED
- 41 Across: Vigorously plump (5)
- BUXOM
- 42 Across: Musical group (6)
- SESTET
- 43 Across: Judge (4)
- DEEM
- 45 Across: Beckett's "How ___" (4)
- ITIS
- 47 Across: Etudiants (6)
- ELEVES
- 50 Across: Martinets (15)
- DISCIPLINARIANS
- 55 Across: Lend ___ (hearken) (5)
- ANEAR
- 56 Across: One-eyed god (4)
- ODIN
- 57 Across: Card with three pips (4)
- TREY
- 58 Across: Carved pillar (5)
- STELE
- 59 Across: Incline (4)
- TEND
- 60 Across: Pianist Templeton (4)
- ALEC
- 61 Across: Brewing substance (4)
- HOPS
- 62 Across: Goes limp (4)
- SAGS
- 63 Across: Brontë heroine (4)
- EYRE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Ascend (4)
- GOUP
- 2 Down: Vaulted spaces near choirs (5)
- APSES
- 3 Down: Venerated one, in Spain (5)
- SANTO
- 4 Down: Medicinal drugs (15)
- PHARMACEUTICALS
- 5 Down: Artful (6)
- CRAFTY
- 6 Down: Circus performer (9)
- AERIALIST
- 7 Down: Big cat's thatch (4)
- MANE
- 8 Down: Trudges (5)
- PLODS
- 9 Down: Biography of a kind (15)
- CURRICULUMVITAE
- 10 Down: Finishing strip (4)
- OGEE
- 11 Down: " . . . the darling ___ of May": Shak. (4)
- BUDS
- 12 Down: Churlish child (4)
- BRAT
- 15 Down: Away from the mouth (6)
- ABORAL
- 20 Down: "___ Camera" (4)
- IAMA
- 21 Down: Gambling game (4)
- FARO
- 26 Down: Cousin of a chamois (4)
- IBEX
- 27 Down: Seaman's patron (4)
- ELMO
- 28 Down: Bevel out (4)
- REAM
- 29 Down: Wheel projections (4)
- CAMS
- 30 Down: Amor's wings (4)
- ALAE
- 31 Down: Sceneshifters' concerns (4)
- SETS
- 33 Down: Word in a wedding report (3)
- NEE
- 34 Down: Like bad news (9)
- SADDENING
- 39 Down: Hit the sack (6)
- RETIRE
- 40 Down: All agog (4)
- ATIP
- 41 Down: Milwaukee product (4)
- BEER
- 44 Down: Horned animals (6)
- ELANDS
- 46 Down: Openings for coins (5)
- SLOTS
- 48 Down: Betimes (5)
- EARLY
- 49 Down: Scoff (5)
- SNEER
- 50 Down: Spirit (4)
- DASH
- 51 Down: Two prepositions in one (4)
- INTO
- 52 Down: Percolate (4)
- SEEP
- 53 Down: Brain wave (4)
- IDEA
- 54 Down: Indian attendant (4)
- SYCE
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