Friday Crossword — July 20, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/20/1979. By Richard Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Pinochle maneuver (4)
- MELD
- 5 Across: Musical session (3)
- JAM
- 8 Across: Mischievous (5)
- ELFIN
- 13 Across: River to the Baltic (4)
- ODER
- 14 Across: Type of survivor (4)
- SOLE
- 15 Across: Tropical climber (5)
- LIANE
- 16 Across: Team (4)
- SIDE
- 17 Across: "Could ___ Be Magic?" (1957 hit) (4)
- THIS
- 18 Across: Cons, in a way (5)
- ANTIS
- 19 Across: Substitute (7)
- STANDIN
- 21 Across: Certifies (7)
- ATTESTS
- 23 Across: Felon's abode (4)
- CELL
- 24 Across: "You Go to My ___," 1938 song (4)
- HEAD
- 25 Across: Sugar harvester's tool (7)
- MACHETE
- 28 Across: Surname of Joe Louis (6)
- BARROW
- 30 Across: House in a Poe tale (5)
- USHER
- 31 Across: Proper words, sometimes (5)
- NOUNS
- 33 Across: One-thousandth of an inch (3)
- MIL
- 35 Across: Dull sound (4)
- THUD
- 36 Across: Nasty (5)
- SNIDE
- 37 Across: Cone bearer (4)
- PINE
- 38 Across: Gumshoe (3)
- TEC
- 39 Across: "Feed ___ and starve a fever" (5)
- ACOLD
- 40 Across: Loops of hair (5)
- HANKS
- 41 Across: Paratrooper (6)
- SKYMAN
- 43 Across: " . . . tails ___" (7)
- YOULOSE
- 45 Across: False god (4)
- BAAL
- 46 Across: Companion of hearty (4)
- HALE
- 47 Across: "Faerie Queen" poet (7)
- SPENSER
- 50 Across: Elaborate speech (7)
- ORATION
- 54 Across: Opera (5)
- WORKS
- 55 Across: Otiose (4)
- IDLE
- 57 Across: Rent (4)
- TORE
- 58 Across: Jibe (5)
- AGREE
- 59 Across: Like many of 10 Down's records (4)
- GOLD
- 60 Across: Japanese outcasts (4)
- ETAS
- 61 Across: Trifled (5)
- TOYED
- 62 Across: Pig's digs (3)
- STY
- 63 Across: Something to pass (4)
- SALT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Forest carpet (4)
- MOSS
- 2 Down: Emulate Horace Greeley (4)
- EDIT
- 3 Down: Woman in a Shelley poem (4)
- LEDA
- 4 Down: Soaked (8)
- DRENCHED
- 5 Down: Rock-and-roll great (10)
- JOHNLENNON
- 6 Down: Liston's conqueror (3)
- ALI
- 7 Down: Tableland (4)
- MESA
- 8 Down: Beetles (7)
- ELATERS
- 9 Down: Horizontal, in music (6)
- LINEAR
- 10 Down: "Blueberry Hill" man (10)
- FATSDOMINO
- 11 Down: Monogram unit: Abbr. (4)
- INIT
- 12 Down: Monster's locale (4)
- NESS
- 14 Down: Wading bird (5)
- STILT
- 20 Down: Stag (4)
- DEER
- 22 Down: Macbeth's earned position (5)
- THANE
- 25 Down: Mongrel (4)
- MUTT
- 26 Down: Contents of a silent butler (5)
- ASHES
- 27 Down: "Sweet Little Sixteen" man (10)
- CHUCKBERRY
- 28 Down: Memorable hiccuping rock-and-roller (10)
- BUDDYHOLLY
- 29 Down: Nictitates (5)
- WINKS
- 32 Down: Middle Eastern asset (3)
- OIL
- 34 Down: ___-majesté (4)
- LESE
- 36 Down: Do-to-do progression (5)
- SCALE
- 37 Down: Artists' needs (8)
- PALETTES
- 39 Down: Heaped up (7)
- AMASSED
- 40 Down: Luau entertainment (4)
- HULA
- 42 Down: "___ Rose," 1926 song (6)
- YANKEE
- 44 Down: Rowed (5)
- OARED
- 47 Down: Ruth's sultanate (4)
- SWAT
- 48 Down: Lake Okefenokeean (4)
- POGO
- 49 Down: Tackles (4)
- RIGS
- 51 Down: Little bit (4)
- IOTA
- 52 Down: Viva-voce (4)
- ORAL
- 53 Down: Cozy place (4)
- NEST
- 56 Down: Period (3)
- DOT
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