Friday Crossword — July 27, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 7/27/1979. By Floy Stryker.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Planted trees (8)
FORESTED
9 Across: Maltreated (6)
ABUSED
15 Across: Enough (8)
ADEQUATE
16 Across: Green film on copper (6)
PATINA
17 Across: Succession (8)
SEQUENCE
18 Across: Passé service person (6)
ICEMAN
19 Across: Adjusted exactly (5)
TRUED
20 Across: Traveler's bag (8)
PACKSACK
22 Across: Verb suffix, in England (3)
ISE
23 Across: Summary (5)
RECAP
24 Across: Football linemen: Abbr. (3)
RTS
25 Across: One of the D.A.'s people (4)
ASST
27 Across: Elbowed (7)
JOSTLED
29 Across: Most pilose (8)
HAIRIEST
31 Across: Obligation (4)
DEBT
34 Across: West Indies resort island (7)
ANTIGUA
35 Across: It comes with a pink slip (7)
HEAVEHO
38 Across: Dizzy, for one (4)
DEAN
39 Across: Made a selection (8)
BALLOTED
40 Across: San Francisco district (7)
NOBHILL
43 Across: See to (4)
TEND
44 Across: Place for a small dog (3)
LAP
47 Across: Wrecks (5)
RUINS
48 Across: Bowling target (3)
PIN
49 Across: Learned (8)
EDUCATED
51 Across: Henhouse feature (5)
ROOST
54 Across: Institute (6)
FOMENT
55 Across: Cinnamon stone (8)
ESSONITE
58 Across: Séance occurrence (6)
TRANCE
59 Across: Trapped again (8)
RESNARED
60 Across: Word with day or year (6)
YESTER
61 Across: Bradshaw and Swann (8)
STEELERS

Down Answers

1 Down: Speedy (4)
FAST
2 Down: Central European river (4)
ODER
3 Down: Necessity (9)
REQUISITE
4 Down: Rider (10)
EQUESTRIAN
5 Down: Leather fabric (5)
SUEDE
6 Down: Sun-bath result (3)
TAN
7 Down: Common abbr. (3)
ETC
8 Down: Most profound (7)
DEEPEST
9 Down: At the tip (6)
APICAL
10 Down: Retreat (9)
BACKPEDAL
11 Down: Western Indians (4)
UTES
12 Down: Woman's loose robe (5)
SIMAR
13 Down: Legislate (5)
ENACT
14 Down: Composer of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" (5)
DANKS
21 Down: Perform (3)
ACT
23 Down: Sub ___ (covertly) (4)
ROSA
25 Down: Villain's exclamation (3)
AHA
26 Down: Hosiery shade (4)
SAND
27 Down: Game, to Georges (3)
JEU
28 Down: Worship service (10)
DEVOTIONAL
30 Down: Illiteracy (9)
IGNORANCE
32 Down: Bugaboo (9)
BETENOIRE
33 Down: After that (4)
THEN
35 Down: "La Bohémienne" painter (4)
HALS
36 Down: Building wing (3)
ELL
37 Down: Bizarre (3)
ODD
39 Down: Notebooks (7)
BINDERS
41 Down: Bread spread (6)
BUTTER
42 Down: Make haste (3)
HIE
44 Down: Grove, for one (5)
LEFTY
45 Down: Worship (5)
ADORE
46 Down: Big cats (5)
PUMAS
48 Down: Lying facedown (5)
PRONE
50 Down: Where to see Lincoln (4)
CENT
52 Down: Suffix with young or road (4)
STER
53 Down: Mack and Williams (4)
TEDS
56 Down: Coterie (3)
SET
57 Down: Compass point (3)
SSE

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