Saturday Crossword — March 24, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/24/1979. By Jean Reed.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bright as ___ penny (4)
- ANEW
- 5 Across: Took 40 winks (5)
- DOZED
- 10 Across: Islamic spirit (4)
- DJIN
- 14 Across: Branches (4)
- RAMI
- 15 Across: "It came ___ midnight clear" (5)
- UPONA
- 16 Across: Uncouth (4)
- RUDE
- 17 Across: No problem (10)
- CHILDSPLAY
- 19 Across: Holly plant (4)
- ILEX
- 20 Across: ___ work (toiling earnestly) (6)
- HARDAT
- 21 Across: Rights fighter (8)
- ACTIVIST
- 23 Across: French fuzz (4)
- FLIC
- 25 Across: "When I put out ___": Tennyson (5)
- TOSEA
- 26 Across: Atmosphere or milieu (8)
- AMBIENCE
- 30 Across: She sewed for the poor (6)
- DORCAS
- 33 Across: Bar orders (5)
- SOURS
- 34 Across: Leah's father (5)
- LABAN
- 36 Across: Letters for Victoria (3)
- HIM
- 37 Across: Abdominal flab (4)
- TIRE
- 38 Across: Mervyn of movies (5)
- LEROY
- 39 Across: ___ en scène (4)
- MISE
- 40 Across: After north or post (3)
- ERN
- 41 Across: Cracker (5)
- WAFER
- 42 Across: ___ spade a spade (5)
- CALLA
- 43 Across: Lorenzo or Mellon (6)
- PATRON
- 45 Across: Breach of the peace (8)
- DISORDER
- 47 Across: Horse followers (5)
- CARTS
- 49 Across: That: Fr. (4)
- CELA
- 50 Across: Take ___ (like) (8)
- ASHINETO
- 53 Across: ___ acid (aqua fortis) (6)
- NITRIC
- 57 Across: Tiant of the Yankees (4)
- LUIS
- 58 Across: Name of fame in banking (10)
- ROTHSCHILD
- 60 Across: Before graph or scope (4)
- TELE
- 61 Across: Vikings (5)
- NORSE
- 62 Across: Atop (4)
- OVER
- 63 Across: Jimmy the Greek's specialty (4)
- ODDS
- 64 Across: What the leopard can't alter (5)
- SPOTS
- 65 Across: Headland (4)
- NESS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sight at St. Louis (4)
- ARCH
- 2 Down: Okinawan seaport (4)
- NAHA
- 3 Down: Arab prince (4)
- EMIR
- 4 Down: Sweeping conflagration (8)
- WILDFIRE
- 5 Down: Hoffman or Farnum (6)
- DUSTIN
- 6 Down: Contrary: Abbr. (3)
- OPP
- 7 Down: Author of "J'accuse" (4)
- ZOLA
- 8 Down: Vote into law (5)
- ENACT
- 9 Down: One way to live (8)
- DAYTODAY
- 10 Down: Ryan O'Neal film (6)
- DRIVER
- 11 Down: Cook on TV (10)
- JULIACHILD
- 12 Down: June 13, e.g., to Cicero (4)
- IDES
- 13 Down: Baldwin's "The Fire ___ Time" (4)
- NEXT
- 18 Down: Evans and Carnegie (5)
- DALES
- 22 Down: "When the frost ___ the punkin": Riley (4)
- ISON
- 24 Down: Symbol in music (5)
- CCLEF
- 26 Down: ___ in the right direction (5)
- ASTEP
- 27 Down: Shearer of ballet (5)
- MOIRA
- 28 Down: Fire dreader, according to Ben Jonson (10)
- BURNTCHILD
- 29 Down: Word with dog or lop (5)
- EARED
- 31 Down: Where outstretched legs are hazards (5)
- AISLE
- 32 Down: Slander (5)
- SMEAR
- 35 Down: ___ acid (mild antiseptic) (5)
- BORIC
- 38 Down: Feast of ___, in Chinatown (8)
- LANTERNS
- 39 Down: Annual Boston event (8)
- MARATHON
- 41 Down: Threadbare (4)
- WORN
- 42 Down: Mulligrubs (5)
- COLIC
- 44 Down: Brings up (6)
- RAISES
- 46 Down: Meanings (6)
- SENSES
- 48 Down: Small porch (5)
- STOOP
- 50 Down: Band instrument, for short (4)
- ALTO
- 51 Down: Appropriate rhyme for wooed (4)
- SUED
- 52 Down: Another, in Avila (4)
- OTRO
- 54 Down: Wrench open (4)
- RIVE
- 55 Down: ___ du Vent (Windward Islands) (4)
- ILES
- 56 Down: Officers under an adm. (4)
- CDRS
- 59 Down: Merle Miller subj. (3)
- HST
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