Thursday Crossword — July 13, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/13/1978. By C. J. Angio.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Cummerbund (4)
SASH
5 Across: Phrenology term (4)
BUMP
9 Across: Student flier's goal (4)
SOLO
13 Across: Comedian Johnson (4)
ARTE
14 Across: Rapier's cousin (4)
EPEE
15 Across: Jeb Stuart's weapon (5)
SABER
16 Across: Dyer's device (4)
AGER
17 Across: Laugh with gusto (4)
ROAR
18 Across: In accord (5)
ATONE
19 Across: Man's slipper and woman's slipper (14)
ROMEOANDJULIET
22 Across: In shape (3)
FIT
23 Across: Amer. backup troops (4)
USAR
24 Across: Sullen and gloomy (6)
MOROSE
27 Across: Canadian statesman (7)
TRUDEAU
30 Across: Hold dear (5)
ADORE
31 Across: Breakwaters (5)
PIERS
32 Across: Relative of cie. and inc. (3)
LTD
34 Across: Full cargo (4)
LOAD
35 Across: Evasive reply (5)
PARRY
36 Across: Silk, in Paris (4)
SOIE
37 Across: Libber's no-no title (3)
MRS
38 Across: Preserves (5)
CURES
39 Across: First Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1918 (5)
POOLE
40 Across: Promenades (7)
STROLLS
42 Across: Portable room (6)
CAMPER
43 Across: Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958 (4)
AGEE
44 Across: "Some ___ born great . . . " (3)
ARE
45 Across: Typical game of the early Mets (14)
COMEDYOFERRORS
52 Across: Inert gaseous element (5)
ARGON
53 Across: Rainbow flower (4)
IRIS
54 Across: Elevator button (4)
STOP
55 Across: Word with ocher or umber (5)
BURNT
56 Across: Leningrad's river (4)
NEVA
57 Across: "___, Brute!" (4)
ETTU
58 Across: " . . . take arms against ___ of troubles" (4)
ASEA
59 Across: One checking out (4)
GOER
60 Across: Word with pigeon or parrot (4)
TOED

Down Answers

1 Down: Moselle feeder (4)
SAAR
2 Down: Jason's craft (4)
ARGO
3 Down: Watch part (4)
STEM
4 Down: Breed of hardy cattle (8)
HEREFORD
5 Down: Scold (6)
BERATE
6 Down: Between once and a time (4)
UPON
7 Down: World's largest artificial lake (4)
MEAD
8 Down: Liars on the stand (9)
PERJURERS
9 Down: Forte of Baker and Buchwald (6)
SATIRE
10 Down: English horn's close relative (4)
OBOE
11 Down: Spring period (4)
LENT
12 Down: Metallic rock (3)
ORE
15 Down: Dinner courses (6)
SALADS
20 Down: Where Beauvais is (4)
OISE
21 Down: Shylock's exorbitant rate (5)
USURY
24 Down: Light, clayey soil (4)
MALM
25 Down: Essences (5)
ODORS
26 Down: A pièce de résistance (5)
ROAST
27 Down: Five come with a new car (5)
TIRES
28 Down: Knocked for ___ (5)
ALOOP
29 Down: Practical (5)
UTILE
31 Down: In conference (9)
PARLEYING
33 Down: Felix Salten character (4)
DEER
35 Down: Whined (5)
PULED
36 Down: Author W. ___ Maugham (8)
SOMERSET
38 Down: Convincing (6)
COGENT
39 Down: Catherine ___, Henry VIII's last wife (4)
PARR
41 Down: Best seller in 1885 (6)
RAMONA
42 Down: Autocrat (6)
CAESAR
45 Down: Shank (4)
CRUS
46 Down: Fearsome one (4)
OGRE
47 Down: Mountain: Comb. form (4)
OREO
48 Down: Court team (4)
FIVE
49 Down: Bismarck (4)
OTTO
50 Down: Mechanical repetition (4)
ROTE
51 Down: Digging tool (4)
SPUD
52 Down: Arab robe (3)
ABA

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