Thursday Crossword — March 1, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/1/1979. By Mary Virginia Orna.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Smidgens (4)
- BITS
- 5 Across: Low-paid laborer (4)
- PEON
- 9 Across: Lump of thick liquid (4)
- GLOB
- 13 Across: Words with ready or whether (5)
- ORNOT
- 14 Across: Dope (4)
- INFO
- 15 Across: Casino site (4)
- RENO
- 16 Across: Metaphors, e.g. (15)
- FIGURESOFSPEECH
- 19 Across: Abstain from alcohol (8)
- TEETOTAL
- 20 Across: Classroom item (6)
- ERASER
- 21 Across: Kind of hairdo (3)
- BUN
- 22 Across: Pibroch player (4)
- SCOT
- 23 Across: "Our Town" finale (6)
- ACTIII
- 27 Across: Poky (4)
- SLOW
- 28 Across: Memorable columnist's monogram (3)
- FPA
- 31 Across: Pitchman's cohort (5)
- SHILL
- 32 Across: Bridge (4)
- SPAN
- 33 Across: Fall from a faulty faucet (4)
- DRIP
- 34 Across: Words like 43 Across (15)
- COLLECTIVENOUNS
- 37 Across: Metal-bearing rocks (4)
- ORES
- 38 Across: British contemporary of Haydn (4)
- ARNE
- 39 Across: Relative of "in the bag" (5)
- ONICE
- 40 Across: Actor Bessell (3)
- TED
- 41 Across: Tree yielding arrow poison (4)
- UPAS
- 42 Across: Scythe handles (6)
- SNATHS
- 43 Across: Enterprise group (4)
- CREW
- 44 Across: How sashimi is eaten (3)
- RAW
- 45 Across: Juan de Fuca, e.g. (6)
- STRAIT
- 48 Across: Zealots (8)
- DEVOTEES
- 53 Across: Choose and pick, e.g. (15)
- TRANSITIVEVERBS
- 55 Across: Atmosphere (4)
- AURA
- 56 Across: Hokkaido native (4)
- AINU
- 57 Across: "Pomp and Circumstance" composer (5)
- ELGAR
- 58 Across: Dance (4)
- REEL
- 59 Across: Bank item (4)
- NOTE
- 60 Across: Ramsay-Travers discovery: 1898 (4)
- NEON
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Soft cheese (4)
- BRIE
- 2 Down: Author of "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (4)
- INGE
- 3 Down: Tipster (4)
- TOUT
- 4 Down: Pine cone, e.g. (8)
- STROBILE
- 5 Down: His campanile is out of plumb (5)
- PISAN
- 6 Down: Lab substance (4)
- ENOL
- 7 Down: Word with stage or screen (3)
- OFF
- 8 Down: Rocket part (8)
- NOSECONE
- 9 Down: Like a ninth-century Alfred (5)
- GREAT
- 10 Down: Sediment (4)
- LEES
- 11 Down: As soon as (4)
- ONCE
- 12 Down: Eminent Danish physicist (4)
- BOHR
- 13 Down: Many times, to Browning (3)
- OFT
- 17 Down: Needle case (4)
- ETUI
- 18 Down: Part of the Constitution (4)
- PROW
- 22 Down: Canadian river, fed by the Peace (5)
- SLAVE
- 23 Down: Broad necktie (5)
- ASCOT
- 24 Down: Milking or hoeing (5)
- CHORE
- 25 Down: Like many a bathroom wall (5)
- TILED
- 26 Down: Hardships (4)
- ILLS
- 27 Down: Joy rides (5)
- SPINS
- 28 Down: Tomato or green pepper (5)
- FRUIT
- 29 Down: Emergency (5)
- PINCH
- 30 Down: Semicircular recesses (5)
- APSES
- 32 Down: Bedding for cattle (5)
- STRAW
- 33 Down: Lady of Lisbon (4)
- DONA
- 35 Down: Member of a French dynasty (8)
- CAPETIAN
- 36 Down: Describing felt (8)
- NONWOVEN
- 41 Down: "Trinity" author (4)
- URIS
- 42 Down: Except (4)
- SAVE
- 43 Down: Erie or Kiel (5)
- CANAL
- 44 Down: Musical of a sort (5)
- REVUE
- 45 Down: Pentacle (4)
- STAR
- 46 Down: Word with life or love (4)
- TRUE
- 47 Down: Uncommon (4)
- RARE
- 48 Down: Exertion (4)
- DINT
- 49 Down: Part of TV (4)
- TELE
- 50 Down: Therefore (4)
- ERGO
- 51 Down: Israel's first ambassador to U.S. (4)
- EBAN
- 52 Down: Russ. area, such as the Ukraine (3)
- SSR
- 54 Down: Uncle, to Pedro (3)
- TIO
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