Monday Crossword — September 17, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/17/1979. By N. M. Meyer.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Chatter (3)
GAB
4 Across: Consommé (5)
BROTH
9 Across: Penny-ante ante (4)
CENT
13 Across: Operatic solo (4)
ARIA
15 Across: Tropical vine (5)
LIANA
16 Across: Surface unit (4)
AREA
17 Across: Moderate (15)
MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
20 Across: Constituents (8)
ELEMENTS
21 Across: Cozy retreats (5)
NESTS
22 Across: Bonifaces' places (4)
INNS
23 Across: Necrological notice (4)
OBIT
25 Across: Scotch drink (6)
ROBROY
28 Across: Excited (4)
AGOG
29 Across: "___ live and breathe!" (3)
ASI
32 Across: Large land mass (4)
ASIA
33 Across: Hotfoot it away (5)
SCRAM
34 Across: Nabokov novel (3)
DAR
35 Across: One way to sit on the range (15)
TALLINTHESADDLE
39 Across: Coop find (3)
EGG
40 Across: Customs (5)
MORES
41 Across: Ardor (4)
ELAN
42 Across: View (3)
SEE
43 Across: ___ Piper (4)
PIED
44 Across: Say O.K. (6)
ACCEDE
46 Across: ___ gun (machine pistol) (4)
BURP
47 Across: Muse of history (4)
CLIO
48 Across: Brilliant acclaim (5)
ECLAT
51 Across: Most majestic (8)
GRANDEST
55 Across: Infection fighters (15)
WHITEBLOODCELLS
58 Across: Shamrock land (4)
EIRE
59 Across: Ornamental (5)
FANCY
60 Across: Predatory bird (4)
SKUA
61 Across: Expedited (4)
SPED
62 Across: Tries to ferret out (5)
SEEKS
63 Across: Blunder (3)
ERR

Down Answers

1 Down: Safari quarry (4)
GAME
2 Down: Seed covering (4)
ARIL
3 Down: ___ one's time (4)
BIDE
4 Down: Long fish (6)
BLENNY
5 Down: Street disorders (5)
RIOTS
6 Down: Clumsy ones (4)
OAFS
7 Down: High explosive (3)
TNT
8 Down: Exclamation of surprise (3)
HAH
9 Down: Proofreader's mark (5)
CARET
10 Down: God of love (4)
EROS
11 Down: Tidy (4)
NEAT
12 Down: Small boys (4)
TADS
14 Down: Drake was one (7)
ADMIRAL
18 Down: Soft, meshed fabric (4)
LENO
19 Down: Puzzle (6)
ENIGMA
23 Down: Monsters (5)
OGRES
24 Down: Long scarves (4)
BOAS
25 Down: Charges (5)
RATES
26 Down: Indian tribe (5)
OSAGE
27 Down: Lower part of a ship's hold (5)
BILGE
28 Down: Was painful (5)
ACHED
29 Down: Confuse (5)
ADDLE
30 Down: Greens mixture (5)
SALAD
31 Down: Dunne or Papas (5)
IRENE
33 Down: ___ throat (5)
STREP
36 Down: Attribute to another, as a fault (6)
IMPUTE
37 Down: Pinot ___ (a red wine) (4)
NOIR
38 Down: Solves a cryptogram (7)
DECODES
44 Down: " . . . love, first learned in ___ eyes": Shak. (6)
ALADYS
45 Down: Pres. title (4)
CINC
46 Down: Lessened (5)
BATED
47 Down: Earthenware pot or jar (5)
CROCK
48 Down: Members of a fold (4)
EWES
49 Down: Poker counter (4)
CHIP
50 Down: Italian money (4)
LIRE
51 Down: Start of a Mitchell title (4)
GONE
52 Down: Sommer from Berlin (4)
ELKE
53 Down: Cause of many a duel (4)
SLUR
54 Down: Russian monarch (4)
TSAR
56 Down: "___ Daughter," Marquand novel (3)
BFS
57 Down: Neighbor of Port Moresby (3)
LAE

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