Monday Crossword — April 9, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/9/1979. By Arnold Moss.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Smart (4)
CHIC
5 Across: Met mezzo-soprano (5)
DALIS
10 Across: Cars of the 20's (4)
REOS
14 Across: Actor from N.Y.C. (4)
COCO
15 Across: Mrs. Bunker (5)
EDITH
16 Across: Dresden's river (4)
ELBE
17 Across: Full extent or reach (4)
SPAN
18 Across: Hell's neighbor (5)
LIMBO
19 Across: Contended (4)
VIED
20 Across: Oscar-award phrase, with "The" (14)
ENVELOPEPLEASE
23 Across: Mundane and Vulgar (4)
ERAS
24 Across: Reliever (5)
EASER
25 Across: Oscar winner Bancroft (4)
ANNE
27 Across: ___ metabolism (5)
BASAL
30 Across: Mitch Miller's first love (4)
OBOE
31 Across: Benefits (6)
AVAILS
33 Across: Empty talk (3)
GAS
36 Across: Oscar-award phrase (15)
FIRSTLETMETHANK
39 Across: Not masc. or neut. (3)
FEM
40 Across: Changed an author's text (6)
EDITED
41 Across: All: Prefix (4)
OMNI
42 Across: Nationalist Timothy ___ of Ireland: 1885–1931 (5)
HEALY
43 Across: Eye part (4)
UVEA
44 Across: Trapshooting (5)
SKEET
47 Across: It goes with sukiyaki (4)
SAKE
49 Across: Oscar-award phrase (14)
ANDTHEWINNERIS
55 Across: Greenish plum (4)
GAGE
56 Across: Caribbean volcano (5)
PELEE
57 Across: Where Isfahan is (4)
IRAN
59 Across: Always (4)
EVER
60 Across: Oscar winner Tatum (5)
ONEAL
61 Across: Number of Oscar awards in 1926 (4)
NONE
62 Across: Modify (4)
REDO
63 Across: Feed a fire (5)
STOKE
64 Across: What rodents do (4)
GNAW

Down Answers

1 Down: Prescription amt. (3)
CCS
2 Down: Frequent emcee for Oscar awards (4)
HOPE
3 Down: "Possom" to Pompey (4)
ICAN
4 Down: Meets (8)
CONVENES
5 Down: Singer Reese (5)
DELLA
6 Down: "So long" in San Juan (5)
ADIOS
7 Down: Like a wet rag (4)
LIMP
8 Down: "Let ___," Beatles hit (4)
ITBE
9 Down: Boutique (4)
SHOP
10 Down: Dislose (6)
REVEAL
11 Down: Poet Lieberman (5)
ELIAS
12 Down: Overweight (5)
OBESE
13 Down: Passover service (5)
SEDER
21 Down: Before, to Marlowe (3)
ERE
22 Down: Minimal (5)
LEAST
25 Down: Hero of Nichols's long-run play (4)
ABIE
26 Down: Average (4)
NORM
27 Down: Bonkers (5)
BATTY
28 Down: Beloved: Fr. (4)
AIME
29 Down: Winter item (4)
SLED
30 Down: Not working (3)
OFF
31 Down: Pierce in "M*A*S*H" (4)
ALDA
32 Down: Bride's covering (4)
VEIL
33 Down: Musical chairs, e.g. (4)
GAME
34 Down: Oscar winner Magnani (4)
ANNA
35 Down: Compete in a dauerlauf (3)
SKI
37 Down: Bicuspids (5)
TEETH
38 Down: Hanging about (8)
HOVERING
42 Down: Different: Prefix (6)
HETERO
43 Down: Kona instrument (3)
UKE
44 Down: Wiser (5)
SAGER
45 Down: Jack (5)
KNAVE
46 Down: Bordered (5)
EDGED
47 Down: Kind of preview (5)
SNEAK
48 Down: Anoint, old style (5)
ANELE
50 Down: Heroic poetry (4)
EPOS
51 Down: Left (4)
WENT
52 Down: Former Congolese prime minister (4)
ILEO
53 Down: "The ___ Duke" (Wellington) (4)
IRON
54 Down: Capital of Yemen (4)
SANA
58 Down: ___ Bedford, Mass. (3)
NEW

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