Friday Crossword — December 15, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/15/1978. By Sidney L. Robbins.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: 43,560 sq. ft. (4)
- ACRE
- 5 Across: Papal seal (5)
- BULLA
- 10 Across: Portend (4)
- BODE
- 14 Across: Type of camp (4)
- BOOT
- 15 Across: Type of skin (5)
- ONION
- 16 Across: Summit (4)
- APEX
- 17 Across: Pipeline, at times (15)
- UNDERGROUNDTUBE
- 20 Across: Golf mound (3)
- TEE
- 21 Across: Author's employee (5)
- AGENT
- 22 Across: "The defense ___" (5)
- RESTS
- 23 Across: J.F.K. was one (4)
- PRES
- 24 Across: Tippet's cousin (3)
- BOA
- 25 Across: Quarries in tales of pirates (15)
- BURIEDTREASURES
- 33 Across: Mountain climber's challenge (5)
- ARETE
- 34 Across: Towl word (4)
- HERS
- 35 Across: Napoleon, for short (3)
- EMP
- 36 Across: Dog followers (4)
- TAGS
- 37 Across: Gleamed (5)
- SHONE
- 39 Across: Spotted rodent (4)
- PACA
- 40 Across: George Gershwin's brother (3)
- IRA
- 41 Across: Skidded (4)
- SLID
- 42 Across: Broadcast (5)
- STREW
- 43 Across: Howard Carter's discovery: 1922 (15)
- KINGTUTANKHAMEN
- 47 Across: Yellow journal (3)
- RAG
- 48 Across: Responsibility (4)
- ONUS
- 49 Across: Olivier or Gielgud (5)
- ACTOR
- 52 Across: Burdened (5)
- LADEN
- 54 Across: Unworthy coin (3)
- SOU
- 57 Across: Predicaments in ghost stories (15)
- GRAVESITUATIONS
- 60 Across: Roué (4)
- RAKE
- 61 Across: " . . . no fool like ___ fool" (5)
- ANOLD
- 62 Across: Wedding pellets (4)
- RICE
- 63 Across: Cain-slain shepherd (4)
- ABEL
- 64 Across: Labyrinths (5)
- MAZES
- 65 Across: Logger's travois (4)
- SLED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Adjoin (4)
- ABUT
- 2 Down: Ice-cream holder (4)
- CONE
- 3 Down: Took the bus (4)
- RODE
- 4 Down: Paris season (3)
- ETE
- 5 Down: ___ down (in a rut) (6)
- BOGGED
- 6 Down: Disquiet (6)
- UNREST
- 7 Down: Cowardly creature in Oz (4)
- LION
- 8 Down: Bumpkin or lumpkin (4)
- LOUT
- 9 Down: ___ Arbor (3)
- ANN
- 10 Down: Canadian's flat-bottomed boat (6)
- BATEAU
- 11 Down: Major work (4)
- OPUS
- 12 Down: I.o.u. (4)
- DEBT
- 13 Down: Wyes' predecessors (4)
- EXES
- 18 Down: Peep show (5)
- RAREE
- 19 Down: Metal waste (5)
- DROSS
- 23 Down: Sumps (4)
- PITS
- 24 Down: In one's "birthday suit" (4)
- BARE
- 25 Down: Hand-dyed fabric (5)
- BATIK
- 26 Down: Arrow poison (5)
- URARI
- 27 Down: Lear's second daughter (5)
- REGAN
- 28 Down: TV show (5)
- RHODA
- 29 Down: Irish diminutive suffix (3)
- EEN
- 30 Down: Resume war preparations (5)
- REARM
- 31 Down: Johnny Carson role (5)
- EMCEE
- 32 Down: Deposit eggs, as salmon (5)
- SPAWN
- 37 Down: Garden pest (4)
- SLUG
- 38 Down: Line-drive double, e.g. (3)
- HIT
- 39 Down: School orgs. (4)
- PTAS
- 41 Down: Ogle, with "at" (5)
- STARE
- 42 Down: Sidetrack (5)
- SHUNT
- 44 Down: Display servility (6)
- GROVEL
- 45 Down: Plant bud (6)
- NODULE
- 46 Down: Massages, in a way (6)
- KNEADS
- 49 Down: Site of the Pearl Mosque (4)
- AGRA
- 50 Down: Type of apple or grass (4)
- CRAB
- 51 Down: Capture (4)
- TAKE
- 52 Down: Director Wertmüller (4)
- LINA
- 53 Down: From ___ (completely) (4)
- ATOZ
- 54 Down: Loam or loess (4)
- SOIL
- 55 Down: Twice halved (4)
- ONCE
- 56 Down: Secondhand (4)
- USED
- 58 Down: Hill or Browne (3)
- SAM
- 59 Down: Division of Dept. of the Treasury (3)
- IRS
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