Friday Crossword — December 1, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/1/1978. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Meadowlands gait (4)
- PACE
- 5 Across: Footwear for Menjou (5)
- SPATS
- 10 Across: Macula (4)
- FLAW
- 14 Across: Young man slain by Duke Mantee (4)
- ALAN
- 15 Across: Buckle (5)
- TACHE
- 16 Across: Run easily (4)
- LOPE
- 17 Across: Sports phrase for a good effort (15)
- PARFORTHECOURSE
- 20 Across: Sound an aitch (8)
- ASPIRATE
- 21 Across: Maintenance (6)
- UPKEEP
- 22 Across: Viscountess (4)
- LADY
- 23 Across: Wear off by rubbing (4)
- FRAY
- 24 Across: Moroccan city (5)
- RABAT
- 27 Across: Keen (4)
- WAIL
- 28 Across: Casa Mrs. (3)
- SRA
- 31 Across: Separate (5)
- ASIDE
- 32 Across: Pleased look (4)
- GRIN
- 33 Across: Podium (4)
- DAIS
- 34 Across: Sports phrase for a diamond thriller (15)
- SHOESTRINGCATCH
- 37 Across: Biggins (4)
- POTS
- 38 Across: Winkle out (4)
- OUST
- 39 Across: Indistinguishable (5)
- ALIKE
- 40 Across: ___ standstill (3)
- ATA
- 41 Across: Suggest (4)
- HINT
- 42 Across: Consecrate (5)
- BLESS
- 43 Across: Recipe ingredient (4)
- SALT
- 44 Across: Half: Prefix (4)
- HEMI
- 46 Across: Fastener (6)
- STAPLE
- 49 Across: Frees (8)
- RELEASES
- 53 Across: Sports phrase meaning not in contention (15)
- OUTOFTHERUNNING
- 55 Across: Liter or meter (4)
- UNIT
- 56 Across: ___ in (listened) (5)
- TUNED
- 57 Across: Thrombus (4)
- CLOT
- 58 Across: Criticizes (4)
- RAPS
- 59 Across: Jagged (5)
- EROSE
- 60 Across: Building additions (4)
- ELLS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Relative in an Eddie Fisher hit song (4)
- PAPA
- 2 Down: Ovid's "Eheu!" (4)
- ALAS
- 3 Down: Quibble (4)
- CARP
- 4 Down: Rakes with gunfire (9)
- ENFILADES
- 5 Down: Fine fiddle (5)
- STRAD
- 6 Down: Bit of candy (5)
- PATTY
- 7 Down: Longing (4)
- ACHE
- 8 Down: Tea, in Tours (3)
- THE
- 9 Down: Making safe (8)
- SECURING
- 10 Down: Uncertain, as a wind (5)
- FLUKY
- 11 Down: Body of knowledge (4)
- LORE
- 12 Down: Part of a basilica (4)
- APSE
- 13 Down: Emulate Niobe (4)
- WEEP
- 18 Down: Takes the stump (6)
- ORATES
- 19 Down: Cacholong (4)
- OPAL
- 23 Down: Indistinct (5)
- FAINT
- 24 Down: Mexican dance (5)
- RASPA
- 25 Down: "___ in the Dark," 1964 film (5)
- ASHOT
- 26 Down: Flora and fauna (5)
- BIOTA
- 27 Down: Glove part (5)
- WRIST
- 28 Down: "Mercure" composer (5)
- SATIE
- 29 Down: Piles hay (5)
- RICKS
- 30 Down: Whence the phoenix arose (5)
- ASHES
- 32 Down: Sty sound (5)
- GRUNT
- 33 Down: Trifling (9)
- DALLIANCE
- 35 Down: Fashionable attire (8)
- TOILETTE
- 36 Down: Hackies (6)
- CABMEN
- 41 Down: Moiety (4)
- HALF
- 43 Down: Descries (5)
- SPOTS
- 44 Down: Start of a toast (5)
- HERES
- 45 Down: Dodge artfully (5)
- ELUDE
- 46 Down: Bartender's concoction (4)
- SOUR
- 47 Down: Bonito (4)
- TUNA
- 48 Down: On one's toes (4)
- ATIP
- 49 Down: City near Lake Tahoe (4)
- RENO
- 50 Down: Door feature (4)
- SILL
- 51 Down: Chemical compound (4)
- ENOL
- 52 Down: N.C.O.'s (4)
- SGTS
- 54 Down: Wallace's "Ben ___" (3)
- HUR
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