Thursday Crossword — April 26, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/26/1979. By Alfio Micci.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Made off (4)
FLED
5 Across: Hindu prince (5)
RAJAH
10 Across: Stravinsky ballet (4)
AGON
14 Across: Vesuvian matter (4)
LAVA
15 Across: Zola (5)
EMILE
16 Across: Ore deposit (4)
LODE
17 Across: Oft-split item (4)
ATOM
18 Across: Roof worker (5)
TILER
19 Across: Believe, old style (4)
TROW
20 Across: Bizet opera (15)
THEPEARLFISHERS
23 Across: Woolf's "___ Dalloway" (3)
MRS
24 Across: Monogram of a great inventor (3)
TAE
25 Across: Smeared (6)
DAUBED
29 Across: ___ personae (8)
DRAMATIS
34 Across: West German city (5)
ESSEN
35 Across: Rum quaff (4)
GROG
36 Across: "___ was saying . . . " (3)
ASI
37 Across: Strauss favorite (15)
BLUEDANUBEWALTZ
41 Across: Spanish relative (3)
TIA
42 Across: Zoo unit (4)
CAGE
43 Across: Élève's milieu (5)
ECOLE
44 Across: Film-editing devices (8)
SPLICERS
47 Across: Wailed like a banshee (6)
KEENED
48 Across: "___ as a Stranger": Thompson (3)
NOT
49 Across: Air current: Abbr. (3)
WND
50 Across: Percy Grainger favorite (15)
MOLLYONTHESHORE
59 Across: Water for a niño (4)
AGUA
60 Across: Water wheel (5)
NORIA
61 Across: Frenzied (4)
AMOK
62 Across: Abominable Snowman (4)
YETI
63 Across: African game (5)
ELAND
64 Across: Alaskan city (4)
NOME
65 Across: Germ (4)
SEED
66 Across: Tire grooves (5)
SIPES
67 Across: Prod (4)
GOAD

Down Answers

1 Down: Musical sign (4)
FLAT
2 Down: Plaster backer (4)
LATH
3 Down: Bacchanalian cry (4)
EVOE
4 Down: Dewy or dull (4)
DAMP
5 Down: Slow down (6)
RETARD
6 Down: Moslem princes (5)
AMIRS
7 Down: Jack's partner (4)
JILL
8 Down: Hebrew letter (4)
ALEF
9 Down: Legacy (8)
HERITAGE
10 Down: Gibson of tennis fame (6)
ALTHEA
11 Down: Vidal (4)
GORE
12 Down: Reputation (4)
ODOR
13 Down: TV feature (4)
NEWS
21 Down: Correct (5)
EMEND
22 Down: Spade or Levenson (3)
SAM
25 Down: Red-ink items (5)
DEBTS
26 Down: "There's many ___ . . . " (5)
ASLIP
27 Down: Customary (5)
USUAL
28 Down: Social gathering (3)
BEE
29 Down: F.D.A. concern (5)
DRUGS
30 Down: Douglas's "The ___": 1942 (4)
ROBE
31 Down: Claw (5)
TALON
32 Down: Tropical fiber (5)
ISTLE
33 Down: Estimated, with "up" (5)
SIZED
35 Down: Growl (4)
GNAR
38 Down: Flammable liquids (8)
ACETONES
39 Down: Gardener's bane (5)
WEEDS
40 Down: King topper (3)
ACE
45 Down: Like mosaic tiles (6)
INLAID
46 Down: Affectedly devious (3)
COY
47 Down: Works on dough (6)
KNEADS
49 Down: Pule (5)
WHINE
50 Down: Baseball's Willie (4)
MAYS
51 Down: Molding (4)
OGEE
52 Down: Stringed instrument (4)
LUTE
53 Down: ___ me tangere (4)
NOLI
54 Down: Catch off guard (4)
TRAP
55 Down: Pend (4)
HANG
56 Down: Melville title (4)
OMOO
57 Down: "Arrivederci ___" (4)
ROMA
58 Down: Stretched out, as a budget (4)
EKED

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