Saturday Crossword — December 16, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/16/1978. By Jean J. Davison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Grades that don't make the grade (3)
- EFS
- 4 Across: Confront (4)
- FACE
- 8 Across: ___ Picchu (Incan stronghold) (5)
- MACHU
- 13 Across: Women's service org. (3)
- ORT
- 14 Across: Moslem title (4)
- AGHA
- 15 Across: World supporter (5)
- ATLAS
- 16 Across: Stunt-plane maneuver (4)
- LOOP
- 18 Across: Iago's forte (4)
- LIES
- 19 Across: Thruway, e.g. (5)
- ROUTE
- 20 Across: Like a persona non grata (9)
- UNWELCOME
- 22 Across: Firmly implant (5)
- IMBED
- 23 Across: Sound reproduction, for short (6)
- STEREO
- 24 Across: Native of Teheran (5)
- IRANI
- 26 Across: Type of column (5)
- IONIC
- 28 Across: Arcane (6)
- SECRET
- 32 Across: Satan's cohort (5)
- DEMON
- 35 Across: Chore (4)
- TASK
- 37 Across: ___ a happy smile (beamed) (4)
- WORE
- 38 Across: Eager (4)
- AVID
- 39 Across: Stakes (5)
- PALES
- 40 Across: Lamb's pseudonym (4)
- ELIA
- 41 Across: Prefix for meter or liter (4)
- DECI
- 42 Across: Holly (4)
- ILEX
- 43 Across: Member of a R.R. crew (5)
- OILER
- 44 Across: Delphic priestess (6)
- ORACLE
- 46 Across: ___ in wait (ready to ambush) (5)
- LYING
- 48 Across: Pithy (5)
- TERSE
- 50 Across: Same old stuff, in new form (6)
- REHASH
- 54 Across: Promenades for Pericles (5)
- STOAS
- 57 Across: Dun (9)
- IMPORTUNE
- 59 Across: Hair ornaments (5)
- COMBS
- 60 Across: " . . . a ___ and hungry look" (4)
- LEAN
- 61 Across: Pack (4)
- STOW
- 62 Across: Useful (5)
- UTILE
- 63 Across: "The ___ and Future King": White (4)
- ONCE
- 64 Across: Miner's quest (3)
- ORE
- 65 Across: Inhibit (5)
- DETER
- 66 Across: Suffix for prank or song (4)
- STER
- 67 Across: To-be-cont. story (3)
- SER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Mt. ___, Colo. peak (5)
- EOLUS
- 2 Down: Facade (5)
- FRONT
- 3 Down: Little Eva's creator (5)
- STOWE
- 4 Down: Peregrine (6)
- FALCON
- 5 Down: Exchange discount (4)
- AGIO
- 6 Down: Fe or Au, for example (15)
- CHEMICALELEMENT
- 7 Down: Nurse, at times (5)
- EASER
- 8 Down: Leatherneck (6)
- MARINE
- 9 Down: For oxygen, 16; for carbon, 12, etc. (13)
- ATOMICWEIGHTS
- 10 Down: Social group (4)
- CLUB
- 11 Down: Abhor (4)
- HATE
- 12 Down: Previously owned (4)
- USED
- 17 Down: Arrangement based on Mendeleev's law (13)
- PERIODICTABLE
- 21 Down: Trotsky (4)
- LEON
- 25 Down: Questions (4)
- ASKS
- 27 Down: Type of type: Abbr. (4)
- ITAL
- 29 Down: Parker House ___ (4)
- ROLL
- 30 Down: "Clinton's canal" (4)
- ERIE
- 31 Down: Rend (4)
- TEAR
- 32 Down: Groove (4)
- DADO
- 33 Down: At any time (4)
- EVER
- 34 Down: Biotite, e.g. (4)
- MICA
- 36 Down: Erotic (4)
- SEXY
- 39 Down: Harbor structure (4)
- PIER
- 43 Down: Rare individual (4)
- ONER
- 45 Down: Inferior (6)
- LESSER
- 47 Down: He has pressing problems (6)
- IRONER
- 49 Down: Midwest cylinders (5)
- SILOS
- 51 Down: Durant, Erskine, etc. (5)
- AUTOS
- 52 Down: Rhoncus (5)
- SNORE
- 53 Down: He hacks (5)
- HEWER
- 54 Down: Run before a gale (4)
- SCUD
- 55 Down: Transport (4)
- TOTE
- 56 Down: Neglect (4)
- OMIT
- 58 Down: Gait (4)
- PACE
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