Monday Crossword — March 12, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/12/1979. By Jacobs.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Former TV host, Jack ___ (4)
- PAAR
- 5 Across: Mature tadpole (4)
- FROG
- 9 Across: Member of a Latin I trio (4)
- AMAT
- 13 Across: Atoll (4)
- ISLE
- 14 Across: Fragrant flower (5)
- LILAC
- 16 Across: "You must ___ peck of dirt . . . ": Swift (4)
- EATA
- 17 Across: What some planes break (15)
- THESOUNDBARRIER
- 20 Across: Jinx (3)
- HEX
- 21 Across: Wallace of TV (4)
- MIKE
- 22 Across: Des ___ (literally, of monks) (6)
- MOINES
- 23 Across: Desk appurtenances (4)
- PADS
- 24 Across: Clowns (5)
- MIMES
- 25 Across: Eyes quickly (5)
- SCANS
- 27 Across: Soothe (4)
- CALM
- 28 Across: One of the Cratchits (3)
- TIM
- 31 Across: Norse rumbler (4)
- THOR
- 32 Across: Tall Asiatic tree (4)
- ACLE
- 33 Across: Inst. at Troy, N.Y. (3)
- RPI
- 34 Across: Protection from warplanes (15)
- AIRRAIDSHELTERS
- 39 Across: "To ___ is human" (3)
- ERR
- 40 Across: Kind of machine (4)
- SLOT
- 41 Across: Furnace output (4)
- HEAT
- 42 Across: Brenda the singer (3)
- LEE
- 43 Across: Swiss abstract painter (4)
- KLEE
- 44 Across: Devotion (5)
- PIETY
- 46 Across: Town ___ (5)
- CRIER
- 48 Across: James ___, actor from N.Y.C. (4)
- COCO
- 49 Across: TV producer's concern (6)
- RATING
- 51 Across: French weapon (4)
- ARME
- 52 Across: Superlative ending (3)
- EST
- 55 Across: What some planes fly on (15)
- AWINGANDAPRAYER
- 58 Across: Large, in Lille (4)
- GROS
- 59 Across: Part of AWOL (5)
- LEAVE
- 60 Across: Alien: Comb. form (4)
- XENO
- 61 Across: Since, in Glasgow (4)
- SYNE
- 62 Across: Playing card (4)
- TREY
- 63 Across: He sang with MacDonald (4)
- EDDY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Gist (4)
- PITH
- 2 Down: Netman Arthur (4)
- ASHE
- 3 Down: Karras of football fame (4)
- ALEX
- 4 Down: ___ judicata (3)
- RES
- 5 Down: Gasoline and water, e.g. (6)
- FLUIDS
- 6 Down: Skating areas (5)
- RINKS
- 7 Down: Ye ___ Curiosity Shoppe (4)
- OLDE
- 8 Down: Chitchat (3)
- GAB
- 9 Down: Height for a kite (5)
- AERIE
- 10 Down: Shoppers' mecca (10)
- MAINSTREET
- 11 Down: Fit to ___ (4)
- ATEE
- 12 Down: "H.M.S. Pinafore" group (4)
- TARS
- 15 Down: Dumas novel (7)
- CAMILLE
- 18 Down: Arabian Sea gulf (4)
- OMAN
- 19 Down: "The Desert Fox" (6)
- ROMMEL
- 23 Down: Young salmon (4)
- PARR
- 24 Down: Jet plane's speed unit (4)
- MACH
- 25 Down: English county (5)
- SHIRE
- 26 Down: Embarrassing newspaper note (10)
- CORRECTION
- 27 Down: Class in Calcutta (5)
- CASTE
- 29 Down: "___ the Lord my soul to keep" (5)
- IPRAY
- 30 Down: Hazard asea or on land (4)
- MIST
- 31 Down: Far East unit of weight (4)
- TAEL
- 35 Down: Kind of price (6)
- ASKING
- 36 Down: Like smugglers' goods (7)
- ILLEGAL
- 37 Down: Active one (4)
- DOER
- 38 Down: Kojak (4)
- THEO
- 44 Down: Roman general and statesman (6)
- POMPEY
- 45 Down: Baker's aide (4)
- ICER
- 47 Down: Laundry cycle (5)
- RINSE
- 48 Down: Yearn for (5)
- CRAVE
- 49 Down: "From ___ to riches" (4)
- RAGS
- 50 Down: Wide of the mark (4)
- AWRY
- 51 Down: Jewish month (4)
- ADAR
- 52 Down: Checked out, visually (4)
- EYED
- 53 Down: Transmit (4)
- SEND
- 54 Down: Home, to Priam (4)
- TROY
- 56 Down: N.B.A. player (3)
- NET
- 57 Down: Cut down a tree (3)
- AXE
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