Thursday Crossword — April 12, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/12/1979. By Dana Gross.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Forefront (3)
- VAN
- 4 Across: Docile person (4)
- LAMB
- 8 Across: Type of history (4)
- ORAL
- 12 Across: In a line (4)
- AROW
- 14 Across: Place of an action, in law (5)
- VENUE
- 15 Across: A lot of money (4)
- PILE
- 16 Across: Tree native to the southern U.S. (4)
- TITI
- 17 Across: Concern of Soviet officials (10)
- EMIGRATION
- 19 Across: Atmospheric pollutant (7)
- AEROSOL
- 21 Across: Liqueur and condiment flavor (5)
- ANISE
- 22 Across: Birthplace of the limerick (4)
- ERIN
- 23 Across: Located at or in the ear (4)
- OTIC
- 24 Across: Insect-eating mammal of Madagascar (6)
- TENREC
- 27 Across: Washington Monument, e.g. (7)
- OBELISK
- 30 Across: Part of the psyche (3)
- EGO
- 31 Across: Caliban, to Prospero (5)
- SLAVE
- 33 Across: Jack Horner, for one (5)
- EATER
- 35 Across: Signs of Rialto success (4)
- SROS
- 37 Across: Rejoice (5)
- EXULT
- 39 Across: Captain in a Verne novel (4)
- NEMO
- 40 Across: Doctrine (5)
- TENET
- 42 Across: Epic of the Trojan War (5)
- ILIAD
- 44 Across: Like a teacher's pet (3)
- APT
- 45 Across: Able to withstand stress (7)
- TENSILE
- 47 Across: "There is no ___ but life": Ruskin (6)
- WEALTH
- 49 Across: Wood and coal derivatives (4)
- TARS
- 50 Across: Almost invisible biter (4)
- GNAT
- 51 Across: Blazing (5)
- AFIRE
- 53 Across: Mouth of a clam (7)
- ORIFICE
- 56 Across: G.I. sent elsewhere (10)
- TRANSFEREE
- 58 Across: Frat's next of kin (4)
- DORM
- 60 Across: Make goo-goo eyes (4)
- OGLE
- 61 Across: Complete (5)
- UTTER
- 62 Across: Beat out barely (4)
- EDGE
- 63 Across: Candidate's concern (4)
- POLL
- 64 Across: Word between stop and listen (4)
- LOOK
- 65 Across: The time of many billions of lives (3)
- EON
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Wine vessel (3)
- VAT
- 2 Down: "The Toreador Song," e.g. (4)
- ARIA
- 3 Down: Observe (4)
- NOTE
- 4 Down: Winning manager in 1978 World Series (5)
- LEMON
- 5 Down: Dye (4)
- ANIL
- 6 Down: Drinking utensil (3)
- MUG
- 7 Down: Criticize sharply (6)
- BERATE
- 8 Down: Spectacles are his specialty (8)
- OPTICIAN
- 9 Down: Social reformer: 1849–1914 (4)
- RIIS
- 10 Down: Succulent plant (4)
- ALOE
- 11 Down: Author Deighton (3)
- LEN
- 13 Down: Building artisan (5)
- WIRER
- 14 Down: Blister (7)
- VESICLE
- 18 Down: Old-womanish (5)
- ANILE
- 20 Down: Ilmenite and chalcopyrite (4)
- ORES
- 23 Down: Printers' daggers (5)
- OBELI
- 24 Down: Acid ___ (4)
- TEST
- 25 Down: Bird known for its valuable plumes (5)
- EGRET
- 26 Down: Caldwell's "___ Hears" (5)
- NOONE
- 27 Down: Part of a seed plant (5)
- OVULE
- 28 Down: Peculate (5)
- STEAL
- 29 Down: Trim (5)
- KEMPT
- 32 Down: Branch or leaf angles (5)
- AXILS
- 34 Down: He wrote "Portnoy's Complaint" (4)
- ROTH
- 36 Down: Possible watcher on the Rhine (8)
- SENTINEL
- 38 Down: More like a lion's pelt (7)
- TAWNIER
- 41 Down: Autocrats (5)
- TSARS
- 43 Down: Unwilling to listen (4)
- DEAF
- 46 Down: Angry (6)
- IREFUL
- 48 Down: "There is ___ in the affairs of men . . . " (5)
- ATIDE
- 50 Down: Socrates or Isocrates (5)
- GREEK
- 51 Down: Jason's ship (4)
- ARGO
- 52 Down: Collapse (4)
- FALL
- 53 Down: Hamlet's "___ take arms . . . " (4)
- ORTO
- 54 Down: Word with area or zip (4)
- CODE
- 55 Down: Hence, to Hadrian (4)
- ERGO
- 56 Down: Kind of billing (3)
- TOP
- 57 Down: Ike's post in W.W. II (3)
- ETO
- 59 Down: Pieces for Fischer (3)
- MEN
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