Monday Crossword — January 29, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 1/29/1979. By Perryman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Muscular contraction (5)
- SPASM
- 6 Across: Bobstay (4)
- ROPE
- 10 Across: Recorded legal proceedings (4)
- ACTA
- 14 Across: Menu (5)
- CARTE
- 15 Across: Holly (4)
- ILEX
- 16 Across: Ill-humored (4)
- DOUR
- 17 Across: Arabian gazelle (5)
- ARIEL
- 18 Across: Pre-eminent (9)
- PARAMOUNT
- 20 Across: " . . . like the ___ on triumphant brier": Shak. (7)
- REDROSE
- 22 Across: English poet who gave his name to a chair (6)
- MORRIS
- 23 Across: UK emblem (4)
- LION
- 24 Across: Captivates, in a way (6)
- RIVETS
- 25 Across: Shuns (6)
- AVOIDS
- 28 Across: Exile (6)
- BANISH
- 29 Across: Depicts in words (5)
- LIMNS
- 30 Across: River embankment (5)
- LEVEE
- 31 Across: Symbol of strength (3)
- OAK
- 34 Across: Saucer-shaped bell (4)
- GONG
- 35 Across: Trigonometric functions (5)
- SINES
- 36 Across: Chaste (4)
- PURE
- 37 Across: ___ Baba (3)
- ALI
- 38 Across: Joined with heat (5)
- FUSED
- 39 Across: Untouchables, e.g. (5)
- CASTE
- 40 Across: What swine spurn (6)
- PEARLS
- 42 Across: Glossy cotton fabric (6)
- SATEEN
- 43 Across: Part of L.A.P.D. (6)
- POLICE
- 44 Across: To ___ his own (4)
- EACH
- 45 Across: Change crops (6)
- ROTATE
- 46 Across: Firmly attaches (7)
- ADHERES
- 50 Across: Sandburg's "___ Are Different to Different People" (9)
- ELEPHANTS
- 53 Across: Practice composition (5)
- ETUDE
- 54 Across: Fluke features (4)
- FINS
- 55 Across: Preserve from loss (4)
- SAVE
- 56 Across: Doorkeeper, Masonic style (5)
- TILER
- 57 Across: Carry (4)
- TOTE
- 58 Across: Mild oath (4)
- EGAD
- 59 Across: Bloodhound's clue (5)
- SCENT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Blemish (4)
- SCAR
- 2 Down: Remove the outer coating (4)
- PARE
- 3 Down: Without moisture (4)
- ARID
- 4 Down: British money (8)
- STERLING
- 5 Down: Blister beetles (7)
- MELOIDS
- 6 Down: Mature (5)
- RIPEN
- 7 Down: Wave on the Spanish Main (3)
- OLA
- 8 Down: According to (3)
- PER
- 9 Down: Scrutinizes (8)
- EXAMINES
- 10 Down: Pays honor to (6)
- ADORES
- 11 Down: Appomattox ___, where Lee surrendered (10)
- COURTHOUSE
- 12 Down: Former pirates' hide-out (5)
- TUNIS
- 13 Down: A well-known septet (4)
- ARTS
- 19 Down: Capra product (5)
- MOVIE
- 21 Down: Distress signal (3)
- SOS
- 24 Down: Talked wildly (5)
- RAVED
- 25 Down: Marine plant (4)
- ALGA
- 26 Down: Bowed instrument (4)
- VIOL
- 27 Down: Infinite in power (10)
- OMNIPOTENT
- 28 Down: Czechoslovak statesman (5)
- BENES
- 30 Down: Thread for French statesman (5)
- LISLE
- 32 Down: Comedian Johnson (4)
- ARTE
- 33 Down: Ardent (4)
- KEEN
- 35 Down: Temporary respite (8)
- SURCEASE
- 36 Down: Moving (8)
- PATHETIC
- 38 Down: "I have kept the ___": II Timothy (5)
- FAITH
- 39 Down: Seals of official approval (7)
- CACHETS
- 41 Down: Slip by, as time (6)
- ELAPSE
- 42 Down: Antithesis of gleeful (3)
- SAD
- 43 Down: It struck F.D.R. in 1921 (5)
- POLIO
- 44 Down: Made comfortable (5)
- EASED
- 45 Down: Fissure (4)
- REFT
- 47 Down: ___ of thumb (4)
- RULE
- 48 Down: Any delightful region (4)
- EDEN
- 49 Down: Waldorf-Astoria muralist (4)
- SERT
- 51 Down: Gee-gee (3)
- NAG
- 52 Down: Pride of Sen. Norris of Tenn. (3)
- TVA
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