Thursday Crossword — December 7, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/7/1978. By N. M. Meyer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Without any changes (4)
- ASIS
- 5 Across: Lead-pipe cinch (4)
- SNAP
- 9 Across: Chesterfield (4)
- SOFA
- 13 Across: Basin for holy water (4)
- FONT
- 14 Across: Customary; conventional (5)
- NOMIC
- 16 Across: Blue-pencil (4)
- EDIT
- 17 Across: Danseuse's attire (4)
- TUTU
- 18 Across: Town on the Penobscot (5)
- ORONO
- 19 Across: Cell in the retina (4)
- CONE
- 20 Across: Ecology-minded actor (13)
- ROBERTREDFORD
- 23 Across: English watering place (4)
- BATH
- 24 Across: Half a sawbuck (3)
- FIN
- 25 Across: Decorate (6)
- EMBOSS
- 28 Across: Whitman's "___ of Adam" (8)
- CHILDREN
- 33 Across: Bear (5)
- CARRY
- 34 Across: Rest period (5)
- PAUSE
- 35 Across: U.S. satellite (3)
- OGO
- 36 Across: Object of Androcles' beneficence (4)
- LION
- 37 Across: Valued at (5)
- WORTH
- 38 Across: Wharf (4)
- QUAY
- 39 Across: Kind of dye (3)
- AZO
- 40 Across: Guitar ridges (5)
- FRETS
- 41 Across: Eccentric (5)
- OUTRE
- 42 Across: "Heartaches" bandleader (8)
- TEDWEEMS
- 44 Across: Opposite of hits the hay (6)
- ARISES
- 45 Across: Kin of mins. and secs. (3)
- HRS
- 46 Across: Says further (4)
- ADDS
- 47 Across: Christmas "visitor" (13)
- SAINTNICHOLAS
- 53 Across: Self-controlled (4)
- CALM
- 54 Across: Turning tool (5)
- LATHE
- 55 Across: Plant with sword-shaped leaves (4)
- IRIS
- 57 Across: Prepares to fire (4)
- AIMS
- 58 Across: Arab title (5)
- EMEER
- 59 Across: Elaine ___, author of "Right Bank" (4)
- NEAL
- 60 Across: Neil Simon creation (4)
- PLAY
- 61 Across: Old tongue (4)
- ERSE
- 62 Across: Malodorous (4)
- GAMY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sternward (3)
- AFT
- 2 Down: Bar offering (4)
- SOUR
- 3 Down: "Long Day's Journey ___ Night" (4)
- INTO
- 4 Down: Dogged or mulish (8)
- STUBBORN
- 5 Down: Paddock sounds (6)
- SNORTS
- 6 Down: Realm of Boreas (5)
- NORTH
- 7 Down: Love, in Acapulco (4)
- AMOR
- 8 Down: Victim of blister rust (4)
- PINE
- 9 Down: Base place (6)
- SECOND
- 10 Down: Bouquet (4)
- ODOR
- 11 Down: Come across (4)
- FIND
- 12 Down: Took refection (3)
- ATE
- 15 Down: Massachusetts' "___ aristocracy" (7)
- CODFISH
- 21 Down: Nothing to it (4)
- EASY
- 22 Down: Rat-tail ___ (4)
- FILE
- 25 Down: Brilliant acclaim (5)
- ECLAT
- 26 Down: Pale yellow, as corn (5)
- MAIZE
- 27 Down: Coop group (5)
- BROOD
- 28 Down: Peddlers' wagons (5)
- CARTS
- 29 Down: Shanties (4)
- HUTS
- 30 Down: Puts to flight (5)
- ROUTS
- 31 Down: Astray: Fr. (5)
- EGARE
- 32 Down: Poet who wrote "The Highwayman" (5)
- NOYES
- 34 Down: Quatrain container (4)
- POEM
- 37 Down: Contend with (7)
- WRESTLE
- 38 Down: Traitor (8)
- QUISLING
- 40 Down: House plant (4)
- FERN
- 41 Down: Religious booklet (4)
- ORDO
- 43 Down: Quaint humor (6)
- WHIMSY
- 44 Down: Stick (6)
- ADHERE
- 46 Down: Deep yearnings (5)
- ACHES
- 47 Down: Flying jib (4)
- SAIL
- 48 Down: Soprano ___ Jean Smith (4)
- ALMA
- 49 Down: Reputation (4)
- NAME
- 50 Down: Brain passage (4)
- ITER
- 51 Down: ___ code (4)
- AREA
- 52 Down: Thailand (4)
- SIAM
- 53 Down: Beanie (3)
- CAP
- 56 Down: Like Reynard (3)
- SLY
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