Friday Crossword — March 23, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/23/1979. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Minus (4)
- LESS
- 5 Across: Like a rimrock (5)
- STEEP
- 10 Across: Medical applicator (4)
- SWAB
- 14 Across: Nautical term (4)
- ALEE
- 15 Across: "What ___ mood I'm in . . . " (5)
- ARARE
- 16 Across: Subdued (4)
- TAME
- 17 Across: Russian-born author ("Ada") (15)
- VLADIMIRNABOKOV
- 20 Across: Like some mortgages (9)
- ASSUMABLE
- 21 Across: Corundum (5)
- EMERY
- 22 Across: Was interested (5)
- CARED
- 23 Across: Zucchetto (3)
- CAP
- 24 Across: "Arabian Nights" enchantress (6)
- FATIMA
- 27 Across: Dark (4)
- EBON
- 29 Across: Little, in Aberdeen (3)
- SMA
- 32 Across: Mediterranean port (4)
- ORAN
- 33 Across: Threefold (5)
- TRINE
- 34 Across: Expose (3)
- AIR
- 35 Across: Italian author ("L'Esclusa") (15)
- LUIGIPIRANDELLO
- 39 Across: ___-Saud (3)
- IBN
- 40 Across: Grooms' gear (5)
- COMBS
- 41 Across: British nursemaid (4)
- NANA
- 42 Across: Morsel for Affirmed (3)
- OAT
- 43 Across: "Able was I ___ . . . " (4)
- EREI
- 44 Across: Paper-plant worker (6)
- PADDER
- 46 Across: Lb. or oz. (3)
- AMT
- 47 Across: Neptune's discoverer (5)
- GALLE
- 49 Across: Remove a mustache (5)
- SHAVE
- 52 Across: Pleasant (9)
- AGREEABLE
- 56 Across: French painter ("Dante et Virgile") (15)
- EUGENEDELACROIX
- 58 Across: Elbe tributary (4)
- EGER
- 59 Across: Anglers' gear (5)
- LURES
- 60 Across: Sicilian resort (4)
- ENNA
- 61 Across: Piquantly stimulating (4)
- PERT
- 62 Across: Intervening, in law (5)
- MESNE
- 63 Across: Classify after reflection (4)
- DEEM
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pumice source (4)
- LAVA
- 2 Down: Letter-shaped joints (4)
- ELLS
- 3 Down: Ross and Ionian (4)
- SEAS
- 4 Down: Casanovanic activity (8)
- SEDUCING
- 5 Down: Fruit of the maple (6)
- SAMARA
- 6 Down: Creek or Crow (5)
- TRIBE
- 7 Down: U.S. writer ("The Black Camel") (15)
- EARLDERRBIGGERS
- 8 Down: Marine eagle (4)
- ERNE
- 9 Down: Legume (3)
- PEA
- 10 Down: Jazz dance (5)
- STOMP
- 11 Down: Island between Guam and Hawaii (4)
- WAKE
- 12 Down: Topic for Ovid (4)
- AMOR
- 13 Down: Collection of belles or quails (4)
- BEVY
- 18 Down: Moslem prayer leader (4)
- IMAM
- 19 Down: Hit on the noggin (6)
- BEANED
- 23 Down: Twice-beaten Joe Louis challenger (4)
- CONN
- 24 Down: Page number (5)
- FOLIO
- 25 Down: Oranjestad's island (5)
- ARUBA
- 26 Down: Besmirch (5)
- TAINT
- 28 Down: Prejudice (4)
- BIAS
- 29 Down: Mixed greens (5)
- SALAD
- 30 Down: Mr. Pim's creator (5)
- MILNE
- 31 Down: Like Churchill Downs at Derby time (5)
- AROAR
- 33 Down: Use a stopwatch (4)
- TIME
- 36 Down: Vestigial vendors (6)
- ICEMEN
- 37 Down: Said, for one (4)
- PORT
- 38 Down: Caused to be highly regarded (8)
- ENDEARED
- 44 Down: Crosby hit (6)
- PLEASE
- 45 Down: "The Early Years of ___ Waugh" (4)
- ALEC
- 46 Down: What good fencers do (5)
- AVERT
- 48 Down: Writer Michael ("The Green Hat") (5)
- ARLEN
- 49 Down: Ooze (4)
- SEEP
- 50 Down: Gargantuan (4)
- HUGE
- 51 Down: Antiquing agent (4)
- AGER
- 52 Down: Together, in music (4)
- ADUE
- 53 Down: Radius or femur (4)
- BONE
- 54 Down: Queue (4)
- LINE
- 55 Down: Quiz or test (4)
- EXAM
- 57 Down: Shade producer (3)
- ELM
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