Thursday Crossword — November 30, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 11/30/1978. By William Jarvis.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Lillian or Dorothy (4)
- GISH
- 5 Across: Civil War general (5)
- MEADE
- 10 Across: Part of a church (4)
- APSE
- 14 Across: Operatic melody (4)
- ARIA
- 15 Across: Prodded (5)
- URGED
- 16 Across: Come in third (4)
- SHOW
- 17 Across: See 49 Across (10)
- PALINDROME
- 19 Across: Cocteau paragon (4)
- GIDE
- 20 Across: Slept noisily (6)
- SNORED
- 21 Across: Venetian boats (8)
- GONDOLAS
- 23 Across: Young cow (4)
- CALF
- 25 Across: Type of pen, for short (5)
- STYLO
- 26 Across: Theatrical performers (8)
- TROUPERS
- 30 Across: "Penrod ___," Tarkington novel (6)
- ANDSAM
- 33 Across: Male deer (5)
- HARTS
- 34 Across: Fill with joy (5)
- ELATE
- 36 Across: Bravo, in Mexico (3)
- OLE
- 37 Across: Gabor and Peron (4)
- EVAS
- 38 Across: Rembrandt ___, U.S. painter (5)
- PEALE
- 39 Across: Make thread (4)
- SPIN
- 40 Across: Lair (3)
- DEN
- 41 Across: "Safety ___" (5)
- FIRST
- 42 Across: Cultural group: Comb. form (5)
- ETHNO
- 43 Across: African nation SW of Zaire (6)
- ANGOLA
- 45 Across: "I Only ___ for You," 1934 song (8)
- HAVEEYES
- 47 Across: Commences (5)
- OPENS
- 49 Across: "Able was ___ I saw Elba" (4)
- IERE
- 50 Across: Work stoppage (8)
- SHUTDOWN
- 53 Across: Theft (6)
- RIPOFF
- 57 Across: In ___ (entirely) (4)
- TOTO
- 58 Across: A.B.A. member (10)
- BOOKSELLER
- 60 Across: Jacob's brother (4)
- ESAU
- 61 Across: Golfer Palmer (5)
- ARNIE
- 62 Across: Architect Saarinen (4)
- EERO
- 63 Across: "They ___ thataway!" (4)
- WENT
- 64 Across: Philharmonic group (5)
- REEDS
- 65 Across: Paul Simon creation (4)
- SONG
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Ravines (4)
- GAPS
- 2 Down: Persia today (4)
- IRAN
- 3 Down: Airtight storage place (4)
- SILO
- 4 Down: Tonsorial services (8)
- HAIRCUTS
- 5 Down: Make a mess of (6)
- MUDDLE
- 6 Down: It's human to do this (3)
- ERR
- 7 Down: Eager (4)
- AGOG
- 8 Down: Populace (5)
- DEMOS
- 9 Down: Toothless (8)
- EDENTATE
- 10 Down: As good ___ (6)
- ASGOLD
- 11 Down: Spinoza's forte (10)
- PHILOSOPHY
- 12 Down: Pop's predecessor (4)
- SODA
- 13 Down: Kin of wethers (4)
- EWES
- 18 Down: Parts of carts in Vermont (5)
- NEAPS
- 22 Down: Unit of force (4)
- DYNE
- 24 Down: Art gallery in Washington, D.C. (5)
- FREER
- 26 Down: "___ Calls It Murder," Gardner book (5)
- THEDA
- 27 Down: One-word bird in a poem (5)
- RAVEN
- 28 Down: Sumatran ape (one of five spellings!) (10)
- ORANGOUTAN
- 29 Down: Cut a budget sharply (5)
- SLASH
- 31 Down: Girl in "The Master Builder" (5)
- ALINE
- 32 Down: Less, in Lerida (5)
- MENOS
- 35 Down: Whence the Ob flows (5)
- ALTAI
- 38 Down: Cocktail lounge with live music (8)
- PIANOBAR
- 39 Down: Horizon sights (8)
- STEEPLES
- 41 Down: Ran away (4)
- FLED
- 42 Down: Weird (5)
- EERIE
- 44 Down: Choose to be uninvolved (6)
- OPTOUT
- 46 Down: Anne Sexton's claim to fame (6)
- VERSES
- 48 Down: Took an oath (5)
- SWORE
- 50 Down: Swelter (4)
- STEW
- 51 Down: Flexible tube (4)
- HOSE
- 52 Down: Nobody (4)
- NONE
- 54 Down: Margarine (4)
- OLEO
- 55 Down: Bracken, e.g. (4)
- FERN
- 56 Down: He "would a-wooing go" (4)
- FROG
- 59 Down: Jackie Coogan role (3)
- KID
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