Monday Crossword — August 20, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/20/1979. By Herb L. Risteen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Beach near Venice (4)
- LIDO
- 5 Across: Rocky slope (5)
- TALUS
- 10 Across: Nautical officer (4)
- MATE
- 14 Across: Man from Jiddah (4)
- ARAB
- 15 Across: End (5)
- OMEGA
- 16 Across: "The Story of ___ Boy": Aldrich (4)
- ABAD
- 17 Across: For all eternity (15)
- WORLDWITHOUTEND
- 20 Across: "Do the duty which lies ___ thee": Carlyle (7)
- NEAREST
- 21 Across: Alaskan locale (5)
- SITKA
- 22 Across: Sailors (4)
- TARS
- 23 Across: Stupefy (4)
- STUN
- 25 Across: Pigtails (6)
- PLAITS
- 28 Across: Excel (4)
- STAR
- 29 Across: Indian of Iowa or Oklahoma (3)
- SAC
- 32 Across: Of aircraft: Prefix (4)
- AERO
- 33 Across: Seed (5)
- SPORE
- 34 Across: Nabokov heroine (3)
- ADA
- 35 Across: Have great affection for (15)
- THINKTHEWORLDOF
- 39 Across: Young boy (3)
- TAD
- 40 Across: Forsyte bride (5)
- IRENE
- 41 Across: Bern's river (4)
- AARE
- 42 Across: Wrath (3)
- IRE
- 43 Across: ___ off (angry) (4)
- TEED
- 44 Across: Hits hard (6)
- PASTES
- 46 Across: Gang or pun follower (4)
- STER
- 47 Across: Unpaid sitter (4)
- AUNT
- 48 Across: Quebec peninsula (5)
- GASPE
- 51 Across: Scattered (7)
- STREWED
- 54 Across: Like "you and me" in a Paul Williams song (15)
- AGAINSTTHEWORLD
- 58 Across: Destroy (4)
- RUIN
- 59 Across: Drives away biddies (5)
- SHOOS
- 60 Across: Split (4)
- RIVE
- 61 Across: "Adam ___" (4)
- BEDE
- 62 Across: Haul over the coals (5)
- ROAST
- 63 Across: Speaker's post (4)
- DAIS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Burger's forte (3)
- LAW
- 2 Down: Ferrum (4)
- IRON
- 3 Down: Challenge (4)
- DARE
- 4 Down: Sacrifice (8)
- OBLATION
- 5 Down: Rises high (6)
- TOWERS
- 6 Down: Wrong (5)
- AMISS
- 7 Down: Baltic dweller (4)
- LETT
- 8 Down: Reaction to bad taste (3)
- UGH
- 9 Down: ___ Paulo, Brazil (3)
- SAO
- 10 Down: Morning prayer (5)
- MATIN
- 11 Down: Urge on (4)
- ABET
- 12 Down: What Patton often sat in (4)
- TANK
- 13 Down: Icelandic writing (4)
- EDDA
- 18 Down: Mild expletive (4)
- DRAT
- 19 Down: Extortionist of sorts (6)
- USURER
- 23 Down: Creator of Topsy (5)
- STOWE
- 24 Down: Starchy plant (4)
- TARO
- 25 Down: Opera star Adelina (5)
- PATTI
- 26 Down: "Cio-Cio" composer (5)
- LEHAR
- 27 Down: Taken for ___ (done in by the mob) (5)
- ARIDE
- 28 Down: Exhaust (5)
- SPEND
- 29 Down: Camp David conferee in 1978 (5)
- SADAT
- 30 Down: Worship (5)
- ADORE
- 31 Down: "Filling stations" (5)
- CAFES
- 33 Down: Complete (5)
- SHEER
- 36 Down: Young rabbit (6)
- KITTEN
- 37 Down: Hercules'-club is one (4)
- TREE
- 38 Down: The latest, in fashion (8)
- LASTWORD
- 44 Down: " . . . a gem of ___ ray serene": Gray (6)
- PUREST
- 45 Down: Again (4)
- ANEW
- 46 Down: Part of a cactus (5)
- SPINE
- 47 Down: A Musketeer (5)
- ATHOS
- 48 Down: Attire (4)
- GARB
- 49 Down: Chills and fever (4)
- AGUE
- 50 Down: Port ___, on the Suez Canal (4)
- SAID
- 51 Down: Greek portico (4)
- STOA
- 52 Down: Assam silkworm (4)
- ERIA
- 53 Down: Half of MCXII (4)
- DLVI
- 55 Down: World-power div. (3)
- SSR
- 56 Down: Le Duc ___ of Hanoi (3)
- THO
- 57 Down: Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts, in Paris (3)
- DES
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