Saturday Crossword — July 7, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/7/1979. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Log used for forming a slideway (4)
SKID
5 Across: Isolated (5)
APART
10 Across: Reprographic item (4)
STAT
14 Across: Ooze (4)
MIRE
15 Across: Windshield adjunct (5)
WIPER
16 Across: Tom, Dick and Harry (4)
TRIO
17 Across: Larynx feature (10)
ADAMSAPPLE
19 Across: Pealed (4)
RUNG
20 Across: In a straightforward manner (8)
SQUARELY
21 Across: Parental imperatives (5)
DONTS
22 Across: Rubicund (5)
RUDDY
23 Across: ___ off (repel) (4)
FEND
24 Across: Pronoun for the Pequod (3)
SHE
27 Across: Lehár's "___ Rastelbinder" (3)
DER
28 Across: Discordant sounds (7)
JANGLES
31 Across: Maneuver for takeoff (4)
TAXI
33 Across: Bearing (10)
DEPORTMENT
35 Across: Portrayer of Charlie Chan (5)
OLAND
37 Across: Word with can or tray (3)
ASH
38 Across: Black or gloomy (5)
SABLE
39 Across: Brainy ringleader (10)
MASTERMIND
42 Across: At hand (4)
NEAR
43 Across: Phases (7)
ASPECTS
44 Across: Neighbor of Kan. (3)
NEB
46 Across: Hullabaloo (3)
DIN
47 Across: Actress Sommer (4)
ELKE
48 Across: Asiatic starling (5)
MYNAH
50 Across: Sandburg and Jung (5)
CARLS
52 Across: Place a medal upon a hero (8)
DECORATE
55 Across: Lobes on moss leaves (4)
ALAE
56 Across: Jellify (10)
GELATINIZE
58 Across: U.S.A. reserve group (4)
ROTC
59 Across: Call forth (5)
EVOKE
60 Across: Schumann's teacher (4)
DORN
61 Across: "La Bohème" first-act finale (4)
DUET
62 Across: Ore producers (5)
MINES
63 Across: Nylon woe (4)
SNAG

Down Answers

1 Down: Wee, in Dundee (3)
SMA
2 Down: Small fry (4)
KIDS
3 Down: Baghdad is its capital (4)
IRAQ
4 Down: Take exception (5)
DEMUR
5 Down: Bestowed (7)
AWARDED
6 Down: Fantasies (10)
PIPEDREAMS
7 Down: Put to use (5)
APPLY
8 Down: Bank (on) (4)
RELY
9 Down: A crowd, in Roma (3)
TRE
10 Down: Atlas (9)
STRONGMAN
11 Down: Relative of a rollaway (10)
TRUNDLEBED
12 Down: Solecist's word (4)
AINT
13 Down: Duds (4)
TOGS
18 Down: King of the Meccans: 1953–64 (4)
SAUD
21 Down: Dimples, in a way (5)
DENTS
23 Down: Widely (3)
FAR
24 Down: Leaf opening (5)
STOMA
25 Down: "Papa Bear" of Chicago (5)
HALAS
26 Down: Enrage (10)
EXASPERATE
28 Down: Corn bread (10)
JOHNNYCAKE
29 Down: Chou ___ (5)
ENLAI
30 Down: Unyielding (5)
STERN
32 Down: Mind (9)
INTELLECT
34 Down: Greek letter (3)
PSI
36 Down: Some are stacked (5)
DECKS
40 Down: Abbr. on a road map (3)
RTE
41 Down: Means (7)
DENOTES
45 Down: Adriatic port (4)
BARI
48 Down: Casaba (5)
MELON
49 Down: "___ Across the Table," 1934 song (5)
HANDS
50 Down: King or queen (4)
CARD
51 Down: Mattie of diamond fame (4)
ALOU
52 Down: Hindu mother-goddess (4)
DEVI
53 Down: Noun ending (4)
TION
54 Down: Pound, the poet (4)
EZRA
56 Down: Cameo (3)
GEM
57 Down: Neighbor of Ire. (3)
ENG

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