Saturday Crossword — January 6, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/6/1979. By Robert Katz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Greece, to the Greeks (5)
ELLAS
6 Across: Europe–Asia dividing range (4)
URAL
10 Across: "God's Little ___" (4)
ACRE
14 Across: Danger zone: 1962 (10)
GUANTANAMO
16 Across: Stepped on (4)
TROD
17 Across: Danger zone: 1944 (15)
ANZIOBRIDGEHEAD
19 Across: Sunrise to sunset (3)
DAY
20 Across: Actor Eastwood (5)
CLINT
21 Across: Frail (5)
REEDY
22 Across: Keel part (4)
SKEG
23 Across: Word with Antonio or Fernando (3)
SAN
24 Across: Counterweights (5)
TARES
27 Across: Renaissance humanist's interest (8)
CLASSICS
32 Across: Fever (4)
AGUE
33 Across: Twenty-one-gun ___ (6)
SALUTE
35 Across: Crackpot (3)
NUT
36 Across: Danger zone: 1863 (15)
MISSIONARYRIDGE
39 Across: Cakes and ___ (3)
ALE
40 Across: More prying (6)
NOSIER
41 Across: Patty ingredient (4)
VEAL
42 Across: Grudge holder (8)
RESENTER
44 Across: Linguini, ziti, etc. (5)
PASTA
45 Across: Force, to Fabius (3)
VIS
46 Across: Mend socks (4)
DARN
48 Across: Madison Avenueite (5)
ADMAN
51 Across: ___ Selassie (5)
HAILE
53 Across: Sign of spring (3)
BUD
56 Across: Danger zone: 1775 (15)
BRIDGEATCONCORD
59 Across: Queenly name (4)
ANNE
60 Across: Danger zone: 1945 (10)
WHITESANDS
61 Across: Activist (4)
DOER
62 Across: " . . . fine women ___ crazy salad": Yeats (4)
EATA
63 Across: Watchful monster (5)
ARGUS

Down Answers

1 Down: Mild expletive (4)
EGAD
2 Down: Moon over Milano (4)
LUNA
3 Down: Word with Susan or Mary (4)
LAZY
4 Down: Kind of cuckoo (3)
ANI
5 Down: Lays in (6)
STOCKS
6 Down: Take down a derrick, etc. (5)
UNRIG
7 Down: Cloud contents (4)
RAIN
8 Down: What Repeal was: Abbr. (4)
AMDT
9 Down: Captain's diary (3)
LOG
10 Down: Boston, ___ of America (6)
ATHENS
11 Down: Montana people (4)
CREE
12 Down: " . . . yellow brick ___" (4)
ROAD
13 Down: Whirlpool (4)
EDDY
15 Down: Qualified (4)
ABLE
18 Down: Crossword-puzzle maker's aid (6)
ERASER
22 Down: Bishops' territories (4)
SEES
23 Down: Guest at Dionysus's orgies (5)
SATYR
24 Down: English Channel feeder (5)
TAMAR
25 Down: Nimble (5)
AGILE
26 Down: Imposter's forte (5)
RUSES
27 Down: Debussy's "___ de Lune" (5)
CLAIR
28 Down: Entrap (4)
LURE
29 Down: Rameau's "Les ___ Galantes" (5)
INDES
30 Down: Music man Xavier (5)
CUGAT
31 Down: Stone memorial (5)
STELA
33 Down: Smudges, in a way (5)
SOOTS
34 Down: Faulkner character (4)
ANSE
37 Down: Seventh-___ stretch (6)
INNING
38 Down: Terrible Russian (4)
IVAN
43 Down: Tax cheat (6)
EVADER
44 Down: The Fourth Estate, in Madrid (6)
PRENSA
46 Down: Authoritative pronouncements (5)
DICTA
47 Down: Succulent plant (4)
ALOE
48 Down: Aldrich's "The Story of ___ Boy" (4)
ABAD
49 Down: Ian Fleming character (4)
DRNO
50 Down: Sapper's trap (4)
MINE
51 Down: Response to a pun (4)
HAHA
52 Down: Keep ___ (persist) (4)
ATIT
53 Down: Big Ben sound (4)
BONG
54 Down: Pakistani language (4)
URDU
55 Down: Canine examiners' degrees (4)
DDSS
57 Down: Lamb's mother (3)
EWE
58 Down: Word with hop or wash (3)
CAR

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