Saturday Crossword — April 7, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/7/1979. By Cornelia Warriner.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: More recent (5)
- LATER
- 6 Across: Resort (3)
- SPA
- 9 Across: Lariat (5)
- RIATA
- 14 Across: Divert (5)
- AMUSE
- 15 Across: Stats re Louis, Ali et al. (3)
- KOS
- 16 Across: Available (5)
- ONTAP
- 17 Across: Trick + paths (9)
- CONTRAILS
- 19 Across: Community standards (5)
- ETHOS
- 20 Across: Inventor Whitney (3)
- ELI
- 21 Across: Diamond call + court call (6)
- OUTLET
- 23 Across: Being (4)
- ESSE
- 24 Across: About + halloo (6)
- RECALL
- 26 Across: Singer Kay (5)
- STARR
- 28 Across: Honorary degree held by Betty Ford (3)
- LLD
- 29 Across: Place to swim + place to dream (6)
- SEABED
- 33 Across: Burns and Allen Ginsberg (5)
- POETS
- 36 Across: Expert + sleuth + peak (9)
- PROTECTOR
- 39 Across: Shield border (4)
- ORLE
- 40 Across: Rent (5)
- LEASE
- 41 Across: Bluefin (4)
- TUNA
- 42 Across: Precipice + circles (9)
- SCARRINGS
- 44 Across: Timid soul (5)
- SISSY
- 45 Across: Pelt dresser (6)
- TANNER
- 46 Across: Finnish novelist: 1861–1921 (3)
- AHO
- 47 Across: Fibrous Philippine plant (5)
- ABACA
- 50 Across: Demesne abodes (6)
- MANORS
- 54 Across: Delay (4)
- WAIT
- 57 Across: Mineo + a Kennedy (6)
- SALTED
- 59 Across: Item tossed into a ring (3)
- HAT
- 60 Across: On the move (5)
- ASTIR
- 62 Across: Norm + heir + years (9)
- PARSONAGE
- 64 Across: Sifter (5)
- SIEVE
- 65 Across: Greek letter (3)
- ETA
- 66 Across: Telegrapher or electrician (5)
- WIRER
- 67 Across: Scraped (5)
- PARED
- 68 Across: Radiation unit (3)
- REM
- 69 Across: Part of a black suit (5)
- SPADE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Employee in a football plant (5)
- LACER
- 2 Down: Root used as soap in Mexico (5)
- AMOLE
- 3 Down: Hauberk (5)
- TUNIC
- 4 Down: Superlative ending (3)
- EST
- 5 Down: Anent + drumbeats (7)
- REROLLS
- 6 Down: Parody (4)
- SKIT
- 7 Down: Election Day meccas (5)
- POLLS
- 8 Down: While + coterie (5)
- ASSET
- 9 Down: Fish eggs (3)
- ROE
- 10 Down: Bury + deed (11)
- INTERACTION
- 11 Down: Sportsmen: Abbr. (4)
- ATHS
- 12 Down: Site of Kit Carson's house (4)
- TAOS
- 13 Down: Choir loft (4)
- APSE
- 18 Down: Old: Scot. (4)
- AULD
- 22 Down: Savor (5)
- TASTE
- 25 Down: Change + indigenous (11)
- ALTERNATIVE
- 27 Down: Pawnee's cousin (3)
- REE
- 30 Down: Heat units: Abbr. (4)
- BTUS
- 31 Down: Ages upon ages (4)
- EONS
- 32 Down: Delivery cart (4)
- DRAY
- 33 Down: Mail (4)
- POST
- 34 Down: Killer whale (4)
- ORCA
- 35 Down: Zest (4)
- ELAN
- 36 Down: Write (3)
- PEN
- 37 Down: Cheap magazine (3)
- RAG
- 38 Down: Strategic org. of W.W. II (3)
- OSS
- 40 Down: Money in Ankara (5)
- LIRAS
- 43 Down: Confederate (3)
- REB
- 44 Down: Fish + howls (7)
- SHADOWS
- 46 Down: Central Iowa city (4)
- AMES
- 48 Down: Antic (5)
- CAPER
- 49 Down: Winged (5)
- ALATE
- 51 Down: Author of "The Lockwood Concern" (5)
- OHARA
- 52 Down: Stormed (5)
- RAGED
- 53 Down: Cubic meter (5)
- STERE
- 54 Down: Vespiary denizen (4)
- WASP
- 55 Down: Huge land area (4)
- ASIA
- 56 Down: Roman way (4)
- ITER
- 58 Down: Collier's vehicle (4)
- TRAM
- 61 Down: Scarlet (3)
- RED
- 63 Down: Pinch (3)
- NIP
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