Monday Crossword — April 23, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 4/23/1979. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Modest (6)
DEMURE
7 Across: Bible-translation king (6)
JAMESI
13 Across: Source (6)
ORIGIN
14 Across: "___ the public" (6)
OPENTO
15 Across: First line of an ode to secretaries (13)
WITHOUTHERAID
17 Across: Badminton item (3)
NET
18 Across: Triplet (4)
TRIN
19 Across: Friendly farewell (4)
TATA
22 Across: "___ no kick . . . ": Porter (4)
IGET
23 Across: Cronyn, to Tandy (7)
COACTOR
26 Across: Second line of verse (15)
OURBUSINESSHERO
30 Across: Thai or Burmese (5)
ASIAN
31 Across: Cape Cod military base (4)
OTIS
32 Across: Trepidation (4)
FEAR
33 Across: Smoker's trail (5)
ASHES
35 Across: Soigné (4)
CHIC
39 Across: Mine: Fr. (4)
AMOI
40 Across: Hat with a high crown and plume (5)
SHAKO
41 Across: Third line of verse (15)
WOULDOFTENTIMES
47 Across: Most like a certain evergreen (7)
PINIEST
48 Across: Perdition (4)
RUIN
49 Across: Alda or Bates (4)
ALAN
50 Across: Irish name for 7 Down (4)
SEAN
51 Across: In the ___ of luxury (3)
LAP
54 Across: Last line of verse (13)
BEBATTINGZERO
59 Across: Hardy's partner (6)
LAUREL
60 Across: Stops (6)
CEASES
61 Across: Worker: Comb. form (6)
ERGATO
62 Across: Truex or Borgnine (6)
ERNEST

Down Answers

1 Down: Word with stairs or town (4)
DOWN
2 Down: Albany-Buffalo canal (4)
ERIE
3 Down: Glove for Chambliss (4)
MITT
4 Down: Sound of disdain (3)
UGH
5 Down: Anti-insurrection weapon (7)
RIOTGUN
6 Down: Accustoms (6)
ENURES
7 Down: Law or Locke (4)
JOHN
8 Down: Mammal for Hooton's study (3)
APE
9 Down: "La ___," Debussy opus (3)
MER
10 Down: Spain's queen before Sofia (3)
ENA
11 Down: Do some sewing (6)
STITCH
12 Down: Medicinal salt (6)
IODATE
16 Down: S.A. monkey (4)
TITI
20 Down: Peak (3)
TOR
21 Down: Nigerian native (3)
ARO
22 Down: Steel beam (4)
IBAR
23 Down: Whale (4)
CETE
24 Down: Medical suffix (4)
OSIS
25 Down: Blockhead (3)
ASS
26 Down: Lummox (3)
OAF
27 Down: Function (3)
USE
28 Down: Estuary, to Esteban (3)
RIA
29 Down: ___, no-run game (5)
NOHIT
33 Down: Freeman Gosden's radio role (4)
AMOS
34 Down: Flaccid (4)
SOFT
35 Down: Gab (4)
CHIN
36 Down: Mugger (3)
HAM
37 Down: Mamie's man (3)
IKE
38 Down: Romaine's cousin (3)
COS
39 Down: George's drink? (3)
ADE
40 Down: Wasp's weapon (7)
STINGER
41 Down: Agcy. once headed by Harry Hopkins (3)
WPA
42 Down: Russian shipment to Cuba (3)
OIL
43 Down: Incompetent (6)
UNABLE
44 Down: Kind of equation (6)
LINEAR
45 Down: Middle of a well-known palindrome (4)
EREI
46 Down: Subtlety (6)
NUANCE
50 Down: French town on the Vire (4)
STLO
51 Down: ___-majesté (4)
LESE
52 Down: Hera's young hawk (4)
ARES
53 Down: Word after lamp or parcel (4)
POST
55 Down: Eavesdrop, in a way (3)
BUG
56 Down: Parseghian (3)
ARA
57 Down: Hanoi holiday (3)
TET
58 Down: Zeus, to the Dorians (3)
ZAN

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