Monday Crossword — August 13, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/13/1979. By Herb L. Risteen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Tell it not in ___" (4)
- GATH
- 5 Across: Defeat (5)
- WORST
- 10 Across: Flower or river follower (3)
- BED
- 13 Across: South Seas novel (4)
- OMOO
- 14 Across: As ___ (usually) (5)
- ARULE
- 15 Across: Barcelona bull (4)
- TORO
- 16 Across: Sign of pity or fear (15)
- LUMPINTHETHROAT
- 19 Across: Liberates (5)
- FREES
- 20 Across: What casts do (8)
- REHEARSE
- 21 Across: Lacking brightness (4)
- DRAB
- 24 Across: Van Buren had but one (4)
- TERM
- 25 Across: Ginger (3)
- PEP
- 28 Across: Burroughs beasts (4)
- APES
- 30 Across: Eliot classic: 1863 (6)
- ROMOLA
- 34 Across: Beverage (3)
- ALE
- 35 Across: City in 7 Down (5)
- ESSEN
- 37 Across: Always (4)
- EVER
- 38 Across: Terrify (15)
- CURDLEONESBLOOD
- 42 Across: Entertainer Adams (4)
- EDIE
- 43 Across: "Annie Hall," for one (5)
- MOVIE
- 44 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
- INE
- 45 Across: She wrote "Bad Girl" (6)
- DELMAR
- 48 Across: Jewelry item (4)
- RING
- 49 Across: Place to hole up (3)
- DEN
- 50 Across: Arabian sultanate (4)
- OMAN
- 52 Across: If ___ be (4)
- NEED
- 54 Across: Small dogs (8)
- SCOTTIES
- 58 Across: Oil centeer (5)
- TULSA
- 62 Across: Looks lovingly (15)
- MAKESSHEEPSEYES
- 65 Across: Roman writer (4)
- OVID
- 66 Across: Poetry Muse (5)
- ERATO
- 67 Across: Kind of toad or frog (4)
- TREE
- 68 Across: "___ whiz!" (3)
- GEE
- 69 Across: Stupid one (5)
- DUNCE
- 70 Across: Immunizing agents (4)
- SERA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "A good walk spoiled": Twain (4)
- GOLF
- 2 Down: Asian river (4)
- AMUR
- 3 Down: "It's Greek ___!" (4)
- TOME
- 4 Down: Was optimistic (5)
- HOPED
- 5 Down: Lacking force or color (3)
- WAN
- 6 Down: Women's group sponsoring voc. ed. (3)
- ORT
- 7 Down: Rhine region (4)
- RUHR
- 8 Down: Weather word (5)
- SLEET
- 9 Down: Fasten (6)
- TETHER
- 10 Down: Uncouth chap (4)
- BOOR
- 11 Down: Periods (4)
- ERAS
- 12 Down: Be overly fond (4)
- DOTE
- 15 Down: Impede or confine (7)
- TRAMMEL
- 17 Down: Lebanon's southern neighbor (6)
- ISRAEL
- 18 Down: Leander's lass (4)
- HERO
- 22 Down: Recess in a cathedral (4)
- APSE
- 23 Down: Twiggy broom (5)
- BESOM
- 25 Down: Walked like an expectant father (5)
- PACED
- 26 Down: Baffle (5)
- ELUDE
- 27 Down: What the fearless face without flinching (5)
- PERIL
- 29 Down: Man from Morelos (5)
- SENOR
- 31 Down: Egg-shaped (5)
- OVOID
- 32 Down: Sierra ___ (5)
- LEONE
- 33 Down: English forest (5)
- ARDEN
- 36 Down: "The Rosary" composer (5)
- NEVIN
- 39 Down: Kicked downstairs (7)
- DEMOTED
- 40 Down: Mathematical ratio (4)
- SINE
- 41 Down: Causes to exist (6)
- BEGETS
- 46 Down: Quantities: Abbr. (4)
- AMTS
- 47 Down: Like a dais or podium (6)
- RAISED
- 51 Down: Mrs. Gandhi's father (5)
- NEHRU
- 53 Down: Concert numbers (5)
- DUETS
- 54 Down: Urban problem (4)
- SMOG
- 55 Down: The Blue Grotto, at Capri (4)
- CAVE
- 56 Down: Wandering worker of the bad old days (4)
- OKIE
- 57 Down: O'Casey or O'Faoláin (4)
- SEAN
- 59 Down: Music maker that doesn't sound true (4)
- LYRE
- 60 Down: Farsighted fellow (4)
- SEER
- 61 Down: On the deep (4)
- ASEA
- 63 Down: Common abbr. (3)
- ETC
- 64 Down: "Ulalume" poet (3)
- POE
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