Saturday Crossword — March 17, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/17/1979. By McElroy.
Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.
Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle
Across Answers
- 1 Across: Companions of bacon (4)
- EGGS
- 5 Across: Shoe nail (4)
- BRAD
- 9 Across: Ignore (4)
- SNUB
- 13 Across: Neighbor of Galway (5)
- CLARE
- 14 Across: Word with check or coat (4)
- RAIN
- 15 Across: Manage (4)
- COPE
- 16 Across: Greens of sport and song (15)
- HUBERTANDADOLPH
- 19 Across: Robert ___ (4)
- ELEE
- 20 Across: Douglas ___, first president of Eire (4)
- HYDE
- 21 Across: A Tara O'Hara (5)
- ELLEN
- 22 Across: Scottish "no" (3)
- NAE
- 24 Across: What waiters take (6)
- ORDERS
- 25 Across: "___ of America": Reich (11)
- THEGREENING
- 31 Across: Sensory stimuli (5)
- AURAE
- 32 Across: Lorne Greene's Adama on TV (4)
- ROLE
- 33 Across: Actor Joel (4)
- GREY
- 37 Across: Dross (4)
- SLAG
- 38 Across: Gallico's Mrs. ___ (5)
- ARRIS
- 39 Across: Kind of review (4)
- RAVE
- 40 Across: Artist Greenaway (4)
- KATE
- 41 Across: Where a shamrock is a trifoglio (4)
- ROMA
- 42 Across: Kentucky college town (5)
- BEREA
- 43 Across: Romaine and cos (11)
- SALADGREENS
- 45 Across: Jules ___, film director (6)
- DASSIN
- 49 Across: Yankees' Guidry (3)
- RON
- 50 Across: Kind of bucket (5)
- OAKEN
- 51 Across: Curved molding (4)
- OGEE
- 54 Across: Reuner, for short (4)
- GRAD
- 58 Across: Greens of locale and authorship (15)
- GRETNAANDGERALD
- 61 Across: Fortress feature (4)
- MOAT
- 62 Across: Crow (4)
- BRAG
- 63 Across: He played Parnell (5)
- DONAT
- 64 Across: March 17, ___ Domini 1979 (4)
- ANNO
- 65 Across: "___ go marching . . . " (4)
- ASWE
- 66 Across: "The ___," Grace Kelly film (4)
- SWAN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Jewish month (4)
- ELUL
- 2 Down: Kaplan of TV (4)
- GABE
- 3 Down: Rumer Godden's "The ___ Summer" (9)
- GREENGAGE
- 4 Down: Indian weight (3)
- SER
- 5 Down: County Wicklow seaside resort (4)
- BRAY
- 6 Down: McNally partner (4)
- RAND
- 7 Down: Helper (4)
- AIDE
- 8 Down: Nucleic acid (3)
- DNA
- 9 Down: Berate (5)
- SCOLD
- 10 Down: ___ prosequi (5)
- NOLLE
- 11 Down: Kind of berth (5)
- UPPER
- 12 Down: Novelist Aphra and family (5)
- BEHNS
- 13 Down: Guevara (3)
- CHE
- 17 Down: Quaker pronoun (4)
- THEE
- 18 Down: Sacred lake in Donegal (4)
- DERG
- 23 Down: "The Campbells ___ coming" (3)
- ARE
- 24 Down: Handy greenbacks (4)
- ONES
- 25 Down: Kind of force (4)
- TASK
- 26 Down: Hilo dance (4)
- HULA
- 27 Down: Part of Q.E.D. (4)
- ERAT
- 28 Down: Flynn (5)
- ERROL
- 29 Down: Shearer (5)
- NORMA
- 30 Down: Epic poem (5)
- ILIAD
- 33 Down: "___ the Lilacs" (9)
- GREENGROW
- 34 Down: Steak order (4)
- RARE
- 35 Down: Word with tide or song (4)
- EVEN
- 36 Down: Opponents of nays (4)
- YEAS
- 38 Down: ___ Islands, in Galway Bay (4)
- ARAN
- 42 Down: Monastic abbr. (3)
- BRO
- 43 Down: ___ Fein, Irish political movement (4)
- SINN
- 44 Down: Mr. Peck, to friends (4)
- GREG
- 45 Down: Teachings (5)
- DOGMA
- 46 Down: Hank of home-run fame (5)
- AARON
- 47 Down: Old Irish hunting knife (5)
- SKEAN
- 48 Down: Sullivan vs. Kilrain: 1889 (5)
- SETTO
- 51 Down: Currach adjuncts (4)
- OARS
- 52 Down: Nibble (4)
- GNAW
- 53 Down: Advantage (4)
- EDGE
- 55 Down: Genus of frogs (4)
- RANA
- 56 Down: Hale, King or Arkin (4)
- ALAN
- 57 Down: Pest killer (3)
- DDT
- 59 Down: Arab garment (3)
- ABA
- 60 Down: McMahon et al. (3)
- EDS
Ready to play?
Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.