Friday Crossword — June 15, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 6/15/1979. By Dorothea E. Shipp.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Baggage item (4)
- GRIP
- 5 Across: Ali follower (4)
- BABA
- 9 Across: Distort (4)
- SKEW
- 13 Across: Send payment (5)
- REMIT
- 15 Across: Operatic prince (4)
- IGOR
- 16 Across: Mascara recipient (4)
- LASH
- 17 Across: Of coots, loons, etc. (5)
- AVINE
- 18 Across: She wrote "The Black Prince" (4)
- GRAU
- 19 Across: Palindromic first name (4)
- OTTO
- 20 Across: Material for a bride (3)
- NET
- 21 Across: Miss Kett (4)
- ETTA
- 23 Across: Court figure (6)
- LAWYER
- 25 Across: Unarmed scouting plane (11)
- GRASSHOPPER
- 28 Across: Actor Duilio ___ Prete (3)
- DEL
- 29 Across: Palazzo d'___, in Varese (4)
- ESTE
- 30 Across: Be vertiginous (4)
- REEL
- 31 Across: Injures (5)
- MAIMS
- 33 Across: Stew (6)
- SEETHE
- 35 Across: Relative of an oryx (5)
- ELAND
- 37 Across: Reds or Redskins (4)
- TEAM
- 39 Across: One behind the times (4)
- DODO
- 40 Across: Sword or swordsman (5)
- BLADE
- 41 Across: His hand is out for handouts (6)
- CADGER
- 45 Across: Everglades denizen (5)
- EGRET
- 47 Across: Nicola Pagett role on TV (4)
- ANNA
- 50 Across: With "Dies," a famous hymn (4)
- IRAE
- 51 Across: Macaw (3)
- ARA
- 52 Across: N.A. tree (11)
- HONEYLOCUST
- 55 Across: Capitol Hill interim (6)
- RECESS
- 57 Across: Dillinger's nemeses (4)
- GMEN
- 58 Across: Wheeler-dealer, to a G.I. (3)
- BTO
- 59 Across: Four-flusher (4)
- FAKE
- 60 Across: Word with year or frog (4)
- LEAP
- 62 Across: Live coal (5)
- EMBER
- 64 Across: Addict (4)
- USER
- 65 Across: Dweller near Leningrad (4)
- ESTH
- 66 Across: Regarding (5)
- ANENT
- 67 Across: Apollo's mother (4)
- LETO
- 68 Across: Dr. Mina ___, U.S. scientist (4)
- REES
- 69 Across: Tout's vital statistics (4)
- ODDS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Farmers' associations (7)
- GRANGES
- 2 Down: Setback (7)
- REVERSE
- 3 Down: Ape (7)
- IMITATE
- 4 Down: Brooch (3)
- PIN
- 5 Down: Hallux (6)
- BIGTOE
- 6 Down: "Peel me ___," memorable Mae West line (6)
- AGRAPE
- 7 Down: Neckpiece (3)
- BOA
- 8 Down: As ___ (usually) (5)
- ARULE
- 9 Down: Road sign (4)
- SLOW
- 10 Down: Logger's pair of wheels (7)
- KATYDID
- 11 Down: Value highly (6)
- ESTEEM
- 12 Down: Fingerprint markings (6)
- WHORLS
- 14 Down: North Sea feeder (4)
- TEES
- 22 Down: Filament (6)
- THREAD
- 24 Down: Loser at sea in 1588 (6)
- ARMADA
- 26 Down: Pay a bill (6)
- SETTLE
- 27 Down: Implored (4)
- PLED
- 32 Down: Ascending (6)
- ANODIC
- 34 Down: Tracts of wasteland (6)
- HEATHS
- 36 Down: Site (6)
- LOCALE
- 38 Down: Nasty (4)
- MEAN
- 40 Down: I.R.S. category (7)
- BRACKET
- 42 Down: Dug up by the roots (7)
- GRUBBED
- 43 Down: Industrial section of London (7)
- EASTEND
- 44 Down: Lab vessels (7)
- RETORTS
- 45 Down: Outpouring of gossip (6)
- EARFUL
- 46 Down: Broadway musical (6)
- GREASE
- 48 Down: Deny or annul (6)
- NEGATE
- 49 Down: Oceanides (6)
- NYMPHS
- 53 Down: Canadian physician: 1849–1919 (5)
- OSLER
- 54 Down: Draft status (4)
- ONEA
- 56 Down: Saarinen (4)
- EERO
- 61 Down: Vane letters (3)
- ESE
- 63 Down: Alphabetic trio (3)
- MNO
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