Monday Crossword — May 14, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/14/1979. By Gaarder.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pierce (4)
STAB
5 Across: People who change their religion (5)
VERTS
10 Across: Atop (4)
UPON
14 Across: Water source (4)
WELL
15 Across: Obliterate (5)
ERASE
16 Across: Appoint (4)
NAME
17 Across: She, in Paris (4)
ELLE
18 Across: Water nymph (5)
NAIAD
19 Across: Sketched (4)
DREW
20 Across: Straightened (6)
ALINED
22 Across: Used cars (8)
TRADEINS
24 Across: Most lustful (8)
RANDIEST
26 Across: Craggy hill (3)
TOR
27 Across: Cécile or Agathe: Abbr. (3)
STE
28 Across: Perceived by sight, smell, etc. (7)
SENSATE
32 Across: Kind of bean (4)
LIMA
36 Across: Faithful (4)
TRUE
38 Across: More ominous (5)
DIRER
39 Across: Rearranging, as in 22, 24, 50 and 55 Across (15)
ANAGRAMMATIZING
42 Across: ___ Zagora, Bulgarian city (5)
STARA
43 Across: Wine: Comb. form (4)
OENO
44 Across: Highway sign (4)
EATS
45 Across: Followed a signal to its source (7)
HOMEDIN
47 Across: Judge's domain: Abbr. (3)
CRT
49 Across: An, in Bonn (3)
EIN
50 Across: Leaves a Pullman (8)
DETRAINS
55 Across: Exerted oneself (8)
STRAINED
59 Across: Item in a garage (6)
OILCAN
60 Across: Bedouin (4)
ARAB
61 Across: Grand duke of Moscow: 1328–41 (5)
IVANI
63 Across: Prefix for scope or meter (4)
PERI
64 Across: Earth (4)
SOIL
65 Across: He wrote "The Barrel Organ" (5)
NOYES
66 Across: Colored (4)
HUED
67 Across: Famous alter ego (4)
HYDE
68 Across: "Beau ___" (5)
GESTE
69 Across: Church section (4)
APSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Curse (5)
SWEAR
2 Down: "I cannot ___ lie" (5)
TELLA
3 Down: Exhausted (5)
ALLIN
4 Down: Mixture (5)
BLEND
5 Down: Blood feud (8)
VENDETTA
6 Down: Diamond stat. (3)
ERA
7 Down: Bonnie or John (5)
RAITT
8 Down: Despot (4)
TSAR
9 Down: Calm (6)
SEDATE
10 Down: Small (9)
UNDERSIZE
11 Down: Equal: Comb. form (4)
PARI
12 Down: Sign (4)
OMEN
13 Down: Word with cast or paper (4)
NEWS
21 Down: Ice, in Berlin (3)
EIS
23 Down: Comic strip by Irwin Hasen (5)
DONDI
25 Down: Church speech (6)
SERMON
28 Down: Rap session of a sort (6)
SEANCE
29 Down: Met fare (4)
ARIA
30 Down: Kind of caterpillar (4)
TENT
31 Down: Work units (4)
ERGS
32 Down: Whip (4)
LASH
33 Down: Involved with (4)
INTO
34 Down: Sir's counterpart (4)
MAAM
35 Down: Cooperative or pleasant (9)
AGREEABLE
37 Down: Japanese apricot (3)
UME
40 Down: Spokes (5)
RADII
41 Down: Terrapin (8)
TORTOISE
46 Down: One of nine (6)
INNING
48 Down: Between bi and quadri (3)
TRI
50 Down: Operation-launching times (5)
DDAYS
51 Down: Greek letter (5)
ALPHA
52 Down: Freeze over (5)
ICEUP
53 Down: Nostrils (5)
NARES
54 Down: Disparaging in a sly way (5)
SNIDE
55 Down: Dress accessory (4)
SASH
56 Down: Agamemnon's conquest (4)
TROY
57 Down: Air or panty follower (4)
RAID
58 Down: Bacchanalian cry (4)
EVOE
62 Down: Divider at Wimbledon (3)
NET

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