Thursday Crossword — May 17, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/17/1979. By Jean J. Davison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Humdinger (3)
- PIP
- 4 Across: Prefix for theater (5)
- AMPHI
- 9 Across: Mine entrance (4)
- ADIT
- 13 Across: Ages (4)
- ERAS
- 15 Across: Traveler (5)
- FARER
- 16 Across: Tibetan monk (4)
- LAMA
- 17 Across: Stronghold (15)
- ROCKOFGIBRALTAR
- 20 Across: Endlessly energetic (8)
- UNTIRING
- 21 Across: Structural members (6)
- IBEAMS
- 22 Across: Actress Louise (4)
- TINA
- 23 Across: Roebuck (4)
- STAG
- 24 Across: Doughboy's leg covering (6)
- PUTTEE
- 27 Across: Discontinue bit by bit (8)
- PHASEOUT
- 31 Across: Coral island (5)
- ATOLL
- 32 Across: Hope's companion (5)
- FAITH
- 33 Across: DNA's counterpart (3)
- RNA
- 34 Across: Eye problem: Var. (4)
- STYE
- 35 Across: River to the Seine (5)
- MARNE
- 36 Across: News item of a kind (4)
- OBIT
- 37 Across: Hee's forerunner (3)
- TEE
- 38 Across: Cook in a little fat (5)
- SAUTE
- 39 Across: Bed and dresser, e.g. (5)
- SUITE
- 40 Across: How Romeo reacted to Juliet (8)
- ARDENTLY
- 42 Across: Tube used by a chef (6)
- BASTER
- 43 Across: Without soda (4)
- NEAT
- 44 Across: Season (4)
- SALT
- 45 Across: Scheduled (6)
- SLATED
- 48 Across: Penetrable (8)
- PERVIOUS
- 52 Across: Protective support (15)
- TOWEROFSTRENGTH
- 54 Across: At any time (4)
- EVER
- 55 Across: Remainder, in Reims (5)
- RESTE
- 56 Across: Elation (4)
- GLEE
- 57 Across: Untidiness (4)
- MESS
- 58 Across: Ernest Thompson ___, nature writer (5)
- SETON
- 59 Across: Feminine ending (3)
- ESS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Neighbor of Bolivia (4)
- PERU
- 2 Down: Kind of curtain (4)
- IRON
- 3 Down: Covenant (4)
- PACT
- 4 Down: Brother-in-law, e.g. (6)
- AFFINE
- 5 Down: ___ Carta (5)
- MAGNA
- 6 Down: Nice Nelly (4)
- PRIG
- 7 Down: Language of Isr. (3)
- HEB
- 8 Down: Annoy (8)
- IRRITATE
- 9 Down: Aver without firm evidence (6)
- ALLEGE
- 10 Down: Information (4)
- DATA
- 11 Down: Moslem religious leader (4)
- IMAM
- 12 Down: Sailors (4)
- TARS
- 14 Down: Have a game of ninepins (7)
- SKITTLE
- 18 Down: Bay window (5)
- ORIEL
- 19 Down: Disconcert (5)
- ABASH
- 23 Down: Glow (5)
- SHINE
- 24 Down: Spaghetti or ravioli (5)
- PASTA
- 25 Down: Pronounce (5)
- UTTER
- 26 Down: Trifled (5)
- TOYED
- 27 Down: Word with dress or politics (5)
- PARTY
- 28 Down: Milieu (5)
- ORBIT
- 29 Down: Join (5)
- UNITE
- 30 Down: Spud (5)
- TATER
- 32 Down: Fracture in the earth's crust (5)
- FAULT
- 35 Down: Sunday stars in Mexico (8)
- MATADORS
- 36 Down: Evicting (7)
- OUSTING
- 38 Down: Villain's expression (5)
- SNEER
- 39 Down: Ointment (5)
- SALVE
- 41 Down: Competes in a contest (6)
- ENTERS
- 42 Down: Infertile (6)
- BARREN
- 44 Down: Fray (5)
- SETTO
- 45 Down: Check (4)
- STEM
- 46 Down: Zilch, to Connors (4)
- LOVE
- 47 Down: Overwhelms an admirer (4)
- AWES
- 48 Down: Attention-getting sound (4)
- PSST
- 49 Down: Leer's relative (4)
- OGLE
- 50 Down: Shoshonean group (4)
- UTES
- 51 Down: "The Liner ___ a lady . . . ": Kipling (4)
- SHES
- 53 Down: Compensation of a sort (3)
- FEE
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