Monday Crossword — March 26, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/26/1979. By Jean Reed.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Port in Iraq (5)
- BASRA
- 6 Across: Humane org. (4)
- SPCA
- 10 Across: Opinion sample (4)
- POLL
- 14 Across: Word with banks or space (5)
- OUTER
- 15 Across: Seat of a Western art colony (4)
- TAOS
- 16 Across: Medley (4)
- OLIO
- 17 Across: In a mess, G.I. style (5)
- SNAFU
- 18 Across: A memorable Louis (9)
- ARMSTRONG
- 20 Across: Manhandle (9)
- STRONGARM
- 22 Across: "A poem lovely as ___": Kilmer (5)
- ATREE
- 23 Across: River in France and Belgium (4)
- YSER
- 24 Across: They outrank sgts. (3)
- LTS
- 25 Across: Muhammad ___ (3)
- ALI
- 26 Across: Ranch sound (3)
- MAA
- 28 Across: Europe's third-longest river (7)
- DNIEPER
- 32 Across: ___ emma (before noon, to British signalmen) (3)
- ACK
- 35 Across: ___ dozen (6)
- ADIMEA
- 38 Across: Printing process, for short (4)
- ROTO
- 39 Across: Criminal's nemesis (15)
- LONGARMOFTHELAW
- 42 Across: Environmental sci. (4)
- ECOL
- 43 Across: Indifference (6)
- APATHY
- 44 Across: Violinist Bull (3)
- OLE
- 45 Across: Japanese board games (for hotshots?) (7)
- GOBANGS
- 47 Across: Predecessor of cure or tome (3)
- EPI
- 49 Across: Dice, in Dijon (3)
- DES
- 50 Across: "Ready, ___, fire!" (3)
- AIM
- 52 Across: Funny poet (4)
- NASH
- 56 Across: Triple Crown winner: 1935 (5)
- OMAHA
- 59 Across: Bony-plated burrower (9)
- ARMADILLO
- 61 Across: Medieval soldier (9)
- MANATARMS
- 63 Across: Perfume (5)
- ATTAR
- 64 Across: Word with sad or pig (4)
- IRON
- 65 Across: Portico for Plato (4)
- STOA
- 66 Across: French interjection (5)
- TIENS
- 67 Across: Incline or take care of (4)
- TEND
- 68 Across: Bunch of bovines (4)
- HERD
- 69 Across: Main artery (5)
- AORTA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Overbearing (5)
- BOSSY
- 2 Down: Mame and Minnie (5)
- AUNTS
- 3 Down: Look hard (5)
- STARE
- 4 Down: Aim of Dorothea Dix (6)
- REFORM
- 5 Down: Make ___ for it (skedaddle) (4)
- ARUN
- 6 Down: Government, to Germans (5)
- STAAT
- 7 Down: Young salmon and young trout (5)
- PARRS
- 8 Down: D.C. agency (4)
- COMM
- 9 Down: Balaam's mount (3)
- ASS
- 10 Down: Curtain in a doorway (8)
- PORTIERE
- 11 Down: Trumpeter swan (4)
- OLOR
- 12 Down: What tourists drop (4)
- LINE
- 13 Down: Best seats in some houses (4)
- LOGE
- 19 Down: Anklebones (4)
- TALI
- 21 Down: One's Sunday best (8)
- GLADRAGS
- 25 Down: Strong curse (8)
- ANATHEMA
- 27 Down: Bond rating (3)
- AAA
- 28 Down: Skillful (4)
- DEFT
- 29 Down: Kind of pony or shirt (4)
- POLO
- 30 Down: Etc. relative (4)
- ETAL
- 31 Down: "Schoolboy" of pitching fame (4)
- ROWE
- 32 Down: Without ___ to stand on (4)
- ALEG
- 33 Down: Chanel (4)
- COCO
- 34 Down: Small hill (4)
- KNOB
- 36 Down: Little devils (4)
- IMPS
- 37 Down: Kiwi's late cousin (3)
- MOA
- 40 Down: Warm welcome (8)
- GLADHAND
- 41 Down: Part of a triangle: Abbr. (3)
- HYP
- 46 Down: Far from frowzy (4)
- NEAT
- 48 Down: Ab ___ (from the start) (6)
- INITIO
- 50 Down: Costume for a Crusader (5)
- ARMOR
- 51 Down: "Say I'm weary, say ___": Leigh Hunt (5)
- IMSAD
- 53 Down: Change (5)
- ALTER
- 54 Down: Viewpoint (5)
- SLANT
- 55 Down: Jute leader who invaded Britain (5)
- HORSA
- 56 Down: Skip (4)
- OMIT
- 57 Down: Dam (4)
- MARE
- 58 Down: Presently (4)
- ANON
- 59 Down: Skill, in Siena (4)
- ARTE
- 60 Down: Computer food (4)
- DATA
- 62 Down: Residue at a smoker (3)
- ASH
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