Friday Crossword — May 19, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/19/1978. By Hallie & Gerald Parsons.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Drive down with light blows (4)
- TAMP
- 5 Across: Ornamental tag (5)
- AGLET
- 10 Across: Spindle on a cart (4)
- AXLE
- 14 Across: Vase-shaped jug (4)
- EWER
- 15 Across: Garry or Archie (5)
- MOORE
- 16 Across: Bridle strap (4)
- REIN
- 17 Across: Fear of strangers (10)
- XENOPHOBIA
- 19 Across: Walked (4)
- TROD
- 20 Across: Exam taker (6)
- TESTEE
- 21 Across: Mile-square land units (8)
- SECTIONS
- 23 Across: Raison d'___ (4)
- ETRE
- 25 Across: Hinged fastener (4)
- HASP
- 26 Across: Most cunning (7)
- FOXIEST
- 29 Across: "___ eat cake" (7)
- LETTHEM
- 32 Across: Tara's locale (4)
- ERIN
- 33 Across: Boars' kin (6)
- TAPIRS
- 35 Across: "___ Maria" (3)
- AVE
- 36 Across: Atlas material (4)
- MAPS
- 37 Across: Intend (3)
- AIM
- 38 Across: Like a patriarch (4)
- AGED
- 39 Across: Expression of distaste (3)
- UGH
- 40 Across: Flexor muscle (6)
- BICEPS
- 43 Across: Twining stem (4)
- BINE
- 44 Across: Prepares for business after a holiday (7)
- REOPENS
- 46 Across: Repeat (7)
- ITERATE
- 48 Across: Star in the Big Dipper: Var. (4)
- PHAD
- 49 Across: Caper (4)
- DIDO
- 50 Across: Young actresses (8)
- STARLETS
- 54 Across: Cause to be invalid (6)
- NEGATE
- 58 Across: Covering for Caligula (4)
- TOGA
- 59 Across: Wood-engraving art (10)
- XYLOGRAPHY
- 61 Across: Burden (4)
- ONUS
- 62 Across: Expunge (5)
- ERASE
- 63 Across: Flag (4)
- TIRE
- 64 Across: Get set to be photographed (4)
- POSE
- 65 Across: Staid; subdued (5)
- SOBER
- 66 Across: Father of Cainan (4)
- ENOS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Kind of book (4)
- TEXT
- 2 Down: Bide-___ (4)
- AWEE
- 3 Down: "___ sana in corpore sano" (4)
- MENS
- 4 Down: Part of a balanced diet (8)
- PROTEINS
- 5 Down: Where Emily Dickinson lived (7)
- AMHERST
- 6 Down: Sticky stuff (3)
- GOO
- 7 Down: Tosses underhand (4)
- LOBS
- 8 Down: Buffalo's county (4)
- ERIE
- 9 Down: Socrates, to Plato (7)
- TEACHER
- 10 Down: Mary Cassatt was one (6)
- ARTIST
- 11 Down: Strictest Christian fast (10)
- XEROPHAGIA
- 12 Down: His share is the largest (4)
- LION
- 13 Down: Dead and loose followers (4)
- ENDS
- 18 Down: Folk singer Seeger (4)
- PETE
- 22 Down: Makes lace (4)
- TATS
- 24 Down: Gazelles' late kin (6)
- ETAACS
- 26 Down: Man's largest and longest bone (5)
- FEMUR
- 27 Down: Storm, in Sedan (5)
- ORAGE
- 28 Down: Abnormality, as in the case of Siamese twins (10)
- XIPHOPAGUS
- 29 Down: Clear (6)
- LIMPID
- 30 Down: Reporter's assignment (5)
- EVENT
- 31 Down: "First modern opera" (by Cherubini) (5)
- MEDEE
- 34 Down: Pandowdy (3)
- PIE
- 38 Down: Annul; repeal (8)
- ABROGATE
- 40 Down: Dulles biographer (4)
- BEAL
- 41 Down: Important parts of reference books (7)
- INDEXES
- 42 Down: Brandy-based cocktail (7)
- STINGER
- 45 Down: "In the soup" is one (6)
- PHRASE
- 47 Down: N.Y. drama critic (4)
- EDER
- 50 Down: Highway junction sign (4)
- STOP
- 51 Down: ___ avail (4)
- TONO
- 52 Down: Novice (4)
- TYRO
- 53 Down: Where a pitcher's toe goes (4)
- SLAB
- 55 Down: Neat as ___ (4)
- APIN
- 56 Down: "Gave proof ___ the night . . . " (4)
- THRO
- 57 Down: "Dancing with Tears in My ___" (4)
- EYES
- 60 Down: Sugar: Suffix (3)
- OSE
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