Friday Crossword — August 31, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/31/1979. By Judson G. Trent.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: It's sometimes intercepted (4)
- PASS
- 5 Across: Point; apex (4)
- CUSP
- 9 Across: Former U.N. head (5)
- THANT
- 14 Across: Choir voice (4)
- ALTO
- 15 Across: Fairy-tale starter (4)
- ONCE
- 16 Across: Book by D. S. Freeman (5)
- RELEE
- 17 Across: Part of a vending machine (4)
- SLOT
- 18 Across: Othello, for one (4)
- MOOR
- 19 Across: Kind of renewal (5)
- URBAN
- 20 Across: Commit youthful follies (15)
- SOWONESWILDOATS
- 23 Across: Winker (6)
- EYELID
- 24 Across: Plod (4)
- SLOG
- 25 Across: Place for dumbbells (3)
- GYM
- 27 Across: Eliminate (6)
- DELETE
- 32 Across: Universal remedy propounded by Paracelsus (5)
- AZOTH
- 36 Across: "He's ___ Picker," 1914 Berlin song (4)
- ARAG
- 39 Across: Final notice (4)
- OBIT
- 40 Across: Start an austerity program (15)
- TIGHTENONESBELT
- 43 Across: Rounded moldings (4)
- TORI
- 44 Across: Express (4)
- VENT
- 45 Across: The Japanese call it Chosen (5)
- KOREA
- 46 Across: "Intellectual arm" of a worldwide org. (6)
- UNESCO
- 48 Across: Prefix with center or dermis (3)
- EPI
- 50 Across: Slangy approval (4)
- OKEH
- 53 Across: Author of "Comin' thro' the Rye": 1875 (6)
- REEVES
- 58 Across: Look out for No. 1 (15)
- FEATHERONESNEST
- 63 Across: Athlete under a dome (5)
- ASTRO
- 64 Across: Component (4)
- UNIT
- 65 Across: Theater group letters (4)
- ANTA
- 66 Across: Complete (5)
- UTTER
- 67 Across: ___ Neuf, across the Seine (4)
- PONT
- 68 Across: Oriental weight (4)
- TAEL
- 69 Across: Quintet plus quartet (5)
- NONET
- 70 Across: Salver (4)
- TRAY
- 71 Across: Besides (4)
- ELSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Old hat (5)
- PASSE
- 2 Down: Bronze, e.g. (5)
- ALLOY
- 3 Down: Vt. ski center (5)
- STOWE
- 4 Down: Plant resembling the yucca (5)
- SOTOL
- 5 Down: Neil Simon's forte (6)
- COMEDY
- 6 Down: Some, in Seville (4)
- UNOS
- 7 Down: Lighters' kin (5)
- SCOWS
- 8 Down: Pauline's predicament (5)
- PERIL
- 9 Down: Long, tiring walk (6)
- TRUDGE
- 10 Down: Protagonist, usually (4)
- HERO
- 11 Down: Spanish duke (4)
- ALBA
- 12 Down: Spruce (4)
- NEAT
- 13 Down: "Hamiltons" (4)
- TENS
- 21 Down: "It Happened One ___" (5)
- NIGHT
- 22 Down: Inn (5)
- LODGE
- 26 Down: Leonine locks (4)
- MANE
- 28 Down: Timber wolf (4)
- LOBO
- 29 Down: Great-grandson of Shem (4)
- EBER
- 30 Down: Ornamental ceramic (4)
- TILE
- 31 Down: Singer James from L.A. (4)
- ETTA
- 32 Down: Island near Bering Sea (4)
- ATTU
- 33 Down: National park in Utah (4)
- ZION
- 34 Down: Folklore fiend (4)
- OGRE
- 35 Down: "Let ___ cup pass . . . ": Matt. (4)
- THIS
- 37 Down: Guidry or Santo (3)
- RON
- 38 Down: Prefix with date or chamber (4)
- ANTE
- 41 Down: Summon (5)
- EVOKE
- 42 Down: "Blue ___," 1927 hit song (5)
- SKIES
- 47 Down: Sidekick (6)
- COHORT
- 49 Down: Like a cover girl (6)
- PRETTY
- 51 Down: What active volcanoes do (5)
- ERUPT
- 52 Down: Item to count, in bridge (5)
- HONOR
- 54 Down: Related on mother's side (5)
- ENATE
- 55 Down: Like Judas (5)
- VENAL
- 56 Down: Noted writer of children's books (5)
- ESTES
- 57 Down: Flat (5)
- STALE
- 58 Down: Goatlike creature (4)
- FAUN
- 59 Down: "___ Perpetua," Idaho motto (4)
- ESTO
- 60 Down: Business letter abbr. (4)
- ATTN
- 61 Down: Eucalyptus or gingko (4)
- TREE
- 62 Down: "Strange Interlude" heroine (4)
- NINA
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