Saturday Crossword — July 8, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/8/1978. By Martha J. DeWitt.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Knocks (4)
- RAPS
- 5 Across: Queen of the Greek gods (4)
- HERA
- 9 Across: Fix (4)
- MEND
- 13 Across: ___ the Red (4)
- ERIC
- 14 Across: Pindar, e.g. (5)
- ODIST
- 16 Across: On top of (4)
- OVER
- 17 Across: At the vital moment (15)
- INTHENICKOFTIME
- 20 Across: Trim (8)
- DECORATE
- 21 Across: Hide out (6)
- LIELOW
- 22 Across: Lena or Marilyn (5)
- HORNE
- 23 Across: Hawk (4)
- SELL
- 24 Across: Office worker, for short (5)
- STENO
- 26 Across: Tongue ___ (9)
- DEPRESSOR
- 31 Across: Neoteric (6)
- MODERN
- 33 Across: Plumbum (4)
- LEAD
- 34 Across: W.W. II battle (3)
- LAE
- 35 Across: Stravinsky (4)
- IGOR
- 36 Across: Strange (5)
- ALIEN
- 38 Across: Morsel (4)
- BITE
- 39 Across: Greek letter (3)
- TAU
- 40 Across: Spur (4)
- PROD
- 41 Across: Meat cuts (6)
- TBONES
- 43 Across: Where the tides meet the currents (9)
- ESTUARIES
- 46 Across: Bore (5)
- EAGRE
- 47 Across: Bridge unit (4)
- SPAN
- 48 Across: Small pies (5)
- TARTS
- 50 Across: Expression of disinterest (6)
- SOWHAT
- 53 Across: End of the line (8)
- LASTSTOP
- 56 Across: Last possible time (15)
- THEELEVENTHHOUR
- 58 Across: Ace (4)
- ONER
- 59 Across: Hop (5)
- DANCE
- 60 Across: Prefix with blast or carp (4)
- ENDO
- 61 Across: Chinese cooking dishes (4)
- WOKS
- 62 Across: Ending with young or old (4)
- STER
- 63 Across: Fathoms below (4)
- DEEP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: U.S. flag designer: 1818 (4)
- REID
- 2 Down: He composed "Rule, Britannia" (4)
- ARNE
- 3 Down: Deliberately threw wide to the batter (10)
- PITCHEDOUT
- 4 Down: Hesperus, for one (8)
- SCHOONER
- 5 Down: Pongee fabric (5)
- HONAN
- 6 Down: Prepared for publication (6)
- EDITED
- 7 Down: Jambalaya ingredient (4)
- RICE
- 8 Down: Interrogate (3)
- ASK
- 9 Down: Highway inns (6)
- MOTELS
- 10 Down: Three monkeys' subject (4)
- EVIL
- 11 Down: Verne's captain (4)
- NEMO
- 12 Down: Pearson (4)
- DREW
- 15 Down: Forbearing (8)
- TOLERANT
- 18 Down: Booboo (5)
- ERROR
- 19 Down: Registered as a candidate (5)
- FILED
- 23 Down: Graf ___ (4)
- SPEE
- 24 Down: Strike, as with 28 Down (5)
- SMITE
- 25 Down: Roman robes (5)
- TOGAS
- 27 Down: Suppress, as a vowel (5)
- ELIDE
- 28 Down: David's ammunition (10)
- SLINGSTONE
- 29 Down: TV Western (5)
- OATER
- 30 Down: Della or Peewee (5)
- REESE
- 32 Down: Told (8)
- NARRATED
- 37 Down: Piece of beef (4)
- LOIN
- 38 Down: Marine "carport" (8)
- BOATSHED
- 40 Down: Kind of cross or knight (5)
- PAPAL
- 42 Down: Slip for a ship (5)
- BERTH
- 44 Down: Members of the wedding (6)
- USHERS
- 45 Down: Posture at the plate (6)
- STANCE
- 49 Down: Showy flower (5)
- ASTER
- 50 Down: Lade (4)
- STOW
- 51 Down: Cry of shocked disbelief (4)
- OHNO
- 52 Down: Half a fortnight (4)
- WEEK
- 53 Down: Easter ends it (4)
- LENT
- 54 Down: ___ Rijn, Utrecht's stream (4)
- OUDE
- 55 Down: Fulcrum (4)
- PROP
- 57 Down: Corporeal duct (3)
- VAS
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