Saturday Crossword — August 5, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/5/1978. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Yachting maneuver (4)
- TACK
- 5 Across: Ascertain (5)
- GETAT
- 10 Across: Whence veal comes (4)
- CALF
- 14 Across: Informed about (4)
- UPON
- 15 Across: Rounded molding (5)
- OVOLO
- 16 Across: Viva voce (4)
- ORAL
- 17 Across: Bore (4)
- TIRE
- 18 Across: Distinction for the best (10)
- FIRSTPRIZE
- 20 Across: Play down, as a role (8)
- UNDERACT
- 22 Across: Was inclined (6)
- TENDED
- 23 Across: Pindar or Keats (5)
- ODIST
- 24 Across: Ménage member (4)
- PERE
- 25 Across: The best (6)
- FINEST
- 27 Across: Pickling ingredient (8)
- TARRAGON
- 31 Across: He wrote "Who's Afraid . . . ?" (5)
- ALBEE
- 32 Across: A stroke too many (5)
- BOGEY
- 33 Across: Wish one hadn't (3)
- RUE
- 34 Across: Iodine source (4)
- KELP
- 35 Across: Exposed (5)
- BARED
- 36 Across: Apportion (4)
- METE
- 37 Across: Chemical ending (3)
- IDE
- 38 Across: Shows stamina (5)
- LASTS
- 39 Across: Imperial, e.g. (5)
- BEARD
- 40 Across: Like some bottles (8)
- REUSABLE
- 42 Across: Yaks away (6)
- PRATES
- 43 Across: "Such ___ have sown . . . " (4)
- ASYE
- 44 Across: Poet Sylvia (5)
- PLATH
- 45 Across: Marbles (6)
- AGATES
- 48 Across: Cicero's forte (8)
- ORATIONS
- 51 Across: Distinction for the best (10)
- BLUERIBBON
- 53 Across: Organic compound (4)
- ENOL
- 54 Across: Corso money (4)
- LIRE
- 55 Across: Stigmatize (5)
- TAINT
- 56 Across: Chaser (4)
- SODA
- 57 Across: Israeli statesman (4)
- EBAN
- 58 Across: Cloys (5)
- SATES
- 59 Across: Yarborough card (4)
- TREY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Fonteyn costume (4)
- TUTU
- 2 Down: Neat as ___ (4)
- APIN
- 3 Down: Distinction for the best (10)
- CORDONBLEU
- 4 Down: Well into (8)
- KNEEDEEP
- 5 Down: Speed (6)
- GOFAST
- 6 Down: Turn out (5)
- EVICT
- 7 Down: Legal wrong (4)
- TORT
- 8 Down: Capone and Smith (3)
- ALS
- 9 Down: Was steady (8)
- TOTTERED
- 10 Down: Eye part (6)
- CORNEA
- 11 Down: Droughty (4)
- ARID
- 12 Down: Play the drone (4)
- LAZE
- 13 Down: Got out swiftly (4)
- FLED
- 19 Down: Como (5)
- PERRY
- 21 Down: Bullish time (4)
- RISE
- 24 Down: Summons by name (5)
- PAGES
- 25 Down: Hindu ascetic (5)
- FAKIR
- 26 Down: ___ France (5)
- ILEDE
- 27 Down: Rich cake, German style (5)
- TORTE
- 28 Down: Distinction for the best (10)
- GREATHONOR
- 29 Down: Bizarre (5)
- OUTRE
- 30 Down: Shelter, clothing, etc. (5)
- NEEDS
- 32 Down: Swiss city: Var. (5)
- BASLE
- 35 Down: Minds the young 'uns (8)
- BABYSITS
- 36 Down: Least inane (8)
- MEATIEST
- 38 Down: Device using light rays (5)
- LASER
- 39 Down: Dislikable child (4)
- BRAT
- 41 Down: Lustrous fabric (6)
- SATEEN
- 42 Down: Sets firmly (6)
- PLANTS
- 44 Down: Disposed (5)
- PRONE
- 45 Down: Qualified (4)
- ABLE
- 46 Down: Loquacious (4)
- GLIB
- 47 Down: "Vibes," in a way (4)
- AURA
- 48 Down: Newspaper item (4)
- OBIT
- 49 Down: Protuberance (4)
- NODE
- 50 Down: Affect overpoweringly (4)
- SLAY
- 52 Down: Cote sound (3)
- BAA
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