Thursday Crossword — April 19, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 4/19/1979. By Weil.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Peter, e.g. (4)
- TSAR
- 5 Across: As clear as ___ (5)
- ABELL
- 10 Across: Starchy foodstuff (4)
- SAGO
- 14 Across: Jar (4)
- OLLA
- 15 Across: Wet blankets and drips (5)
- BORES
- 16 Across: Pep, vim or vigor (4)
- ELAN
- 17 Across: Ultimate game of chance (15)
- RUSSIANROULETTE
- 20 Across: Pops the question (8)
- PROPOSES
- 21 Across: Transients in the 30's (5)
- OKIES
- 22 Across: Shoshoneans (4)
- UTES
- 23 Across: "You could hear ___ drop" (4)
- APIN
- 25 Across: Jai alai baskets (6)
- CESTAS
- 28 Across: "Christmas ___": Bach (8)
- ORATORIO
- 32 Across: "You're ___ Need," song of the 30's (4)
- ALLI
- 33 Across: Thompson or Hawkins (5)
- SADIE
- 34 Across: Cassandra's forte, in today's lingo (3)
- ESP
- 35 Across: Medieval evil one (15)
- IVANTHETERRIBLE
- 39 Across: Diary-writer Anais (3)
- NIN
- 40 Across: Corroded (5)
- EATEN
- 41 Across: Suffix with six, seven, etc. (4)
- TEEN
- 42 Across: Baltic denizen (8)
- ESTONIAN
- 44 Across: Fish dish (6)
- SMELTS
- 46 Across: Like a whooping crane (4)
- RARE
- 47 Across: Box (4)
- SPAR
- 48 Across: With force (5)
- AMAIN
- 51 Across: Air hole (8)
- SPIRACLE
- 55 Across: Bomb in a bottle (15)
- MOLOTOVCOCKTAIL
- 58 Across: Soviet river (4)
- URAL
- 59 Across: Electron tube (5)
- DIODE
- 60 Across: Siècles (4)
- ERAS
- 61 Across: Emblem of England (4)
- ROSE
- 62 Across: Passé (5)
- DATED
- 63 Across: Dried up (4)
- SERE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Missile that could destroy a destroyer: Abbr. (4)
- TORP
- 2 Down: Elide (4)
- SLUR
- 3 Down: ___-ran (4)
- ALSO
- 4 Down: Grigori Efimovich (8)
- RASPUTIN
- 5 Down: Reduces in rank or esteem (6)
- ABASES
- 6 Down: "Treasure Island" pirate (5)
- BONES
- 7 Down: Makes a fluff (4)
- ERRS
- 8 Down: Zodiac sign (3)
- LEO
- 9 Down: Baton Rouge campus (3)
- LSU
- 10 Down: "I little have, and ___ more": Dyer (6)
- SEEKNO
- 11 Down: High: Comb. form (4)
- ALTI
- 12 Down: The take (4)
- GATE
- 13 Down: Individuals (4)
- ONES
- 18 Down: Theta follower (4)
- IOTA
- 19 Down: Dawdle (6)
- LOITER
- 23 Down: "Miss Brooks" actress (5)
- ARDEN
- 24 Down: Match (4)
- PAIR
- 25 Down: Queeg's ship (5)
- CAINE
- 26 Down: Memphis idol (5)
- ELVIS
- 27 Down: Bias (5)
- SLANT
- 28 Down: Like a certain cereal (5)
- OATEN
- 29 Down: James Dean image (5)
- REBEL
- 30 Down: Key (5)
- ISLET
- 31 Down: Emulates Pandora (5)
- OPENS
- 33 Down: Bristles (5)
- SETAE
- 36 Down: Sharecropper, e.g. (6)
- TENANT
- 37 Down: Kind of net or shirt (4)
- HAIR
- 38 Down: Repeats (8)
- ITERATES
- 43 Down: Ruth, in 1914 (6)
- ORIOLE
- 44 Down: Made piquant (6)
- SPICED
- 45 Down: Beside the ___ (irrelevant) (4)
- MARK
- 47 Down: English china (5)
- SPODE
- 48 Down: Sino-Russian river (4)
- AMUR
- 49 Down: Late Italian statesman (4)
- MORO
- 50 Down: "___, Time stays, we go": Dobson (4)
- ALAS
- 51 Down: Highlander (4)
- SCOT
- 52 Down: Concern (4)
- CARE
- 53 Down: Prevaricator (4)
- LIAR
- 54 Down: Other (4)
- ELSE
- 56 Down: Strange (3)
- ODD
- 57 Down: Roman road (3)
- VIA
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