Thursday Crossword — August 30, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/30/1979. By John Finch.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: ___ fide (4)
- BONA
- 5 Across: Ace, deuce, ___ (4)
- TREY
- 9 Across: Kind of winds or magazines (5)
- TRADE
- 14 Across: First shepherd (4)
- ABEL
- 15 Across: Emerson's "___ bridge" (4)
- RUDE
- 16 Across: Young Montague (5)
- ROMEO
- 17 Across: Mozart (15)
- WOLFGANGAMADEUS
- 20 Across: Colonial leader in N.Y.C. (8)
- DELANCEY
- 21 Across: Feeble-minded person (5)
- AMENT
- 22 Across: Lions and tigers (4)
- CATS
- 23 Across: Patron saint of sailors (4)
- ELMO
- 24 Across: Sounds of owls and unhappy audiences (5)
- HOOTS
- 26 Across: Appendage to a circus (8)
- SIDESHOW
- 30 Across: These sometimes fail us (5)
- WORDS
- 31 Across: Erasmus lived here: 1521 (5)
- BASEL
- 32 Across: Be in debt (3)
- OWE
- 33 Across: Fencing sword (4)
- EPEE
- 34 Across: Composer of musicals (5)
- ARLEN
- 35 Across: Kind of school (4)
- PREP
- 36 Across: Health resort (3)
- SPA
- 37 Across: Antigone's uncle (5)
- CREON
- 38 Across: Detective famous for a "last case" (5)
- TRENT
- 39 Across: American dance pioneer (8)
- TEDSHAWN
- 41 Across: Ponies (5)
- CRIBS
- 42 Across: Traffic tickets (4)
- TAGS
- 43 Across: One-eighth of an ounce (4)
- DRAM
- 44 Across: Ecdysiast Ann (5)
- CORIO
- 46 Across: Painter of "Madonna of the Rocks" (8)
- LEONARDO
- 50 Across: Bach (15)
- JOHANNSEBASTIAN
- 52 Across: "What ___!" (5)
- ALIFE
- 53 Across: Get a new film into shape (4)
- EDIT
- 54 Across: Isabella d'___, poser for 46 Across (4)
- ESTE
- 55 Across: Jeered (5)
- BOOED
- 56 Across: Makes lace (4)
- TATS
- 57 Across: Homophone for seize (4)
- SEES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Doll Tearsheet, for one (4)
- BAWD
- 2 Down: Double-reed instrument (4)
- OBOE
- 3 Down: Gwyn or Quickly (4)
- NELL
- 4 Down: Alphabet for the military (8)
- ALFACODE
- 5 Down: Religious pamphlets (6)
- TRACTS
- 6 Down: Ancient letters (5)
- RUNES
- 7 Down: Jittery (4)
- EDGY
- 8 Down: Affirmative vote (3)
- YEA
- 9 Down: MacBeth's "___ up the consequence" (7)
- TRAMMEL
- 10 Down: Western jamborees (6)
- RODEOS
- 11 Down: End of a hymn (4)
- AMEN
- 12 Down: Between Num. and Josh. (4)
- DEUT
- 13 Down: Dawn goddess (3)
- EOS
- 18 Down: Picnic pests (5)
- GNATS
- 19 Down: "Streets of San Francisco" star (6)
- MALDEN
- 23 Down: Iron, in the Ruhr (5)
- EISEN
- 24 Down: Billiards champ of yore (5)
- HOPPE
- 25 Down: Mountain nymph (5)
- OREAD
- 26 Down: Annual French art show (5)
- SALON
- 27 Down: Moses' mountain (5)
- HOREB
- 28 Down: Hero of 1936 Olympics (5)
- OWENS
- 29 Down: Antony's "Caesar hath ___" (4)
- WEPT
- 30 Down: Mae or Nathanael (4)
- WEST
- 31 Down: Drinks for witches (5)
- BREWS
- 34 Down: Dadaist poet (6)
- ARAGON
- 35 Down: Apes, monkeys or men (8)
- PRIMATES
- 37 Down: Fettered (7)
- CHAINED
- 38 Down: ___-Siberian Railroad (5)
- TRANS
- 40 Down: Censure savagely (6)
- STRAFE
- 41 Down: Zagreb natives (6)
- CROATS
- 43 Down: Entry on the left-hand side (5)
- DEBIT
- 44 Down: State south of Wyo. (4)
- COLO
- 45 Down: Canton is here (4)
- OHIO
- 46 Down: Clytemnestra's mother (4)
- LEDA
- 47 Down: Shine's partner (4)
- RISE
- 48 Down: Blind or double follower (4)
- DATE
- 49 Down: Two add up to two (4)
- ONES
- 50 Down: One of Ali's specialties (3)
- JAB
- 51 Down: Scenery (3)
- SET
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