Monday Crossword — April 16, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/16/1979. By Samuel K. Fliegner.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Kind of tennis or bowling (4)
LAWN
5 Across: La Fontaine opus (5)
FABLE
10 Across: Scissors or trousers (4)
PAIR
14 Across: Biblical dupe (4)
ESAU
15 Across: Noncitizen (5)
ALIEN
16 Across: Prefix with culture (4)
AGRI
17 Across: Cannes ___ Festival (4)
FILM
18 Across: Highway intersection arrangement (10)
CLOVERLEAF
20 Across: Gifted people (7)
TALENTS
22 Across: "___ auf Naxos," Strauss opera (7)
ARIADNE
23 Across: Cold, in Buenos Aires (4)
FRIO
24 Across: Hairnet (5)
SNOOD
25 Across: West Coast shrub (5)
SALAL
27 Across: Travel by air (3)
JET
28 Across: Squabbles (5)
TIFFS
32 Across: Graham Greene's "The Fallen ___" (4)
IDOL
33 Across: ___ Tuesday (Mardi Gras) (3)
FAT
34 Across: Tenfold (6)
DENARY
35 Across: Agate (3)
TAW
36 Across: Either of a dancing duo (7)
PARTNER
38 Across: Russian village (3)
MIR
39 Across: Odd (6)
UNEVEN
41 Across: Sound heard from the herd (3)
LOW
42 Across: Capital of Timor (4)
DILI
43 Across: Read carefully, with "over" (5)
PORED
44 Across: "Oedipus ___," Stravinsky opera (3)
REX
45 Across: ___ boner (goof) (5)
PULLA
46 Across: Consumer activist (5)
NADER
48 Across: Indiana steel center (4)
GARY
49 Across: "___ Paris," 1932 song (7)
APRILIN
52 Across: Legislative chambers (7)
SENATES
55 Across: Spontaneous populist movement (10)
GRASSROOTS
57 Across: "This ___ is none of mine": Shak. (4)
BRAT
58 Across: Desdemona's accuser (4)
IAGO
59 Across: Lollobrigida et al. (5)
GINAS
60 Across: Dodecanese island: It. (4)
LERO
61 Across: Harbinger (4)
OMEN
62 Across: Poetry Muse (5)
ERATO
63 Across: Bark (4)
YELP

Down Answers

1 Down: Bank on the Seine (4)
LEFT
2 Down: Where the Gobi is (4)
ASIA
3 Down: Shy one at a dance (10)
WALLFLOWER
4 Down: Roman or Arabic item (7)
NUMERAL
5 Down: Ipso ___ (5)
FACTO
6 Down: "___ right with the world": Browning (4)
ALLS
7 Down: Sci. course (3)
BIO
8 Down: Oscar, the memorable musical wit (6)
LEVANT
9 Down: It starts when diciembre ends (5)
ENERO
10 Down: Richard Boone's early TV role (7)
PALADIN
11 Down: Like Methuselah (4)
AGED
12 Down: Khomeini's land (4)
IRAN
13 Down: Abounding (4)
RIFE
19 Down: Lawless dissident (6)
RIOTER
21 Down: Nothing (3)
NIL
24 Down: Colonist (7)
SETTLER
25 Down: ___ and take notice (5)
SITUP
26 Down: John Hersey's bell town (5)
ADANO
27 Down: Leyden or Mason (3)
JAR
29 Down: Genealogy representation (10)
FAMILYTREE
30 Down: Furbelow (5)
FRILL
31 Down: Assad's country (5)
SYRIA
33 Down: Buff (3)
FAN
34 Down: Word between honey and melon (3)
DEW
36 Down: Tricycle parts (6)
PEDALS
37 Down: Night goddess (3)
NOX
40 Down: Moose flesh (7)
VENISON
42 Down: In a lasting manner (7)
DURABLY
44 Down: Monet contemporary (6)
RENOIR
45 Down: Criticize (3)
PAN
47 Down: Sad song (5)
DIRGE
48 Down: Plaster of paris (5)
GESSO
49 Down: Exchange premium (4)
AGIO
50 Down: Baby buggy (4)
PRAM
51 Down: Fad (4)
RAGE
52 Down: Photocopy (4)
STAT
53 Down: Warren or Butz (4)
EARL
54 Down: Octagonal road sign (4)
STOP
56 Down: "___ Clear Day . . . " (3)
ONA

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