Friday Crossword — September 21, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/21/1979. By Vincent L. Osborne.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: ___ accompli (4)
- FAIT
- 5 Across: Food for livestock (4)
- MASH
- 9 Across: Patron saint of cripples (5)
- GILES
- 14 Across: ___ Domini (4)
- ANNO
- 15 Across: Lily relative (4)
- ALOE
- 16 Across: Keats's "___ Psyche" (5)
- ODETO
- 17 Across: Not mint (4)
- USED
- 18 Across: Like prepositions and conjunctions (10)
- RELATIONAL
- 20 Across: Deli offering (6)
- SALAMI
- 22 Across: Hematite constituent (4)
- IRON
- 23 Across: "Nine days ___" (3)
- OLD
- 24 Across: Son of Poseidon (6)
- TRITON
- 25 Across: Sp. miss (4)
- SRTA
- 27 Across: Adult-youth problem (13)
- GENERATIONGAP
- 33 Across: Execute a kick turn (3)
- SKI
- 35 Across: Laudanum, for one (4)
- DRUG
- 36 Across: Where the Tagus flows (6)
- IBERIA
- 37 Across: The Balance (5)
- LIBRA
- 39 Across: Goddess of dawn (3)
- EOS
- 41 Across: Tony, for one (5)
- AWARD
- 42 Across: Pewter, brass, etc. (6)
- ALLOYS
- 44 Across: Car owner's problem (4)
- RUST
- 46 Across: Epistolary afterthoughts: Abbr. (3)
- PSS
- 47 Across: "___ poor in spirit": Matt. 5:3 (13)
- BLESSEDARETHE
- 50 Across: Color of raw silk (4)
- ECRU
- 51 Across: In ___ (well off) (6)
- CLOVER
- 54 Across: D.D.S.'s group (3)
- ADA
- 57 Across: Sound of disapproval (4)
- HISS
- 59 Across: Surrender claim to: Law (6)
- REMISE
- 60 Across: A hit song of 1956 (10)
- JUSTINTIME
- 63 Across: Sponsor of the National Repertory Theater (4)
- ANTA
- 64 Across: Arabian gazelle (5)
- ARIEL
- 65 Across: Eram, eras, ___ (4)
- ERAT
- 66 Across: Turned to the right (4)
- GEED
- 67 Across: Did an assessor's job (5)
- RATED
- 68 Across: Cincinnati nine (4)
- REDS
- 69 Across: "___ Quam Videri": N.C. motto (4)
- ESSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Tragedy by Goethe (5)
- FAUST
- 2 Down: Early Moslems of Medina (5)
- ANSAR
- 3 Down: Not qualified (10)
- INELIGIBLE
- 4 Down: Until now (6)
- TODATE
- 5 Down: Bartholomeu Dias, for one (7)
- MARINER
- 6 Down: Something for a Toby (3)
- ALE
- 7 Down: Alone: Prefix (4)
- SOLI
- 8 Down: Publishing name (6)
- HEARST
- 9 Down: Earn the red badge of courage (12)
- GOINTOBATTLE
- 10 Down: Words to a court clerk (3)
- IDO
- 11 Down: Gauzy weave (4)
- LENO
- 12 Down: Catchall phrase (4)
- ETAL
- 13 Down: Auctioneer's word (4)
- SOLD
- 19 Down: Shinto temple gateway (5)
- TORII
- 21 Down: One "fair of face" (12)
- MONDAYSCHILD
- 26 Down: Afresh (4)
- ANEW
- 28 Down: Be regretful (3)
- RUE
- 29 Down: Marketplace for Xanthippe (5)
- AGORA
- 30 Down: Rumor mills (10)
- GRAPEVINES
- 31 Down: Assumed haughtiness (4)
- AIRS
- 32 Down: Apollo starting points (4)
- PADS
- 33 Down: Stele or mensa (4)
- SLAB
- 34 Down: Veto (4)
- KILL
- 38 Down: American Beauty (4)
- ROSE
- 40 Down: Big ___, Calif. (3)
- SUR
- 43 Down: Cousin of a towhee (5)
- SERIN
- 45 Down: Classified items (7)
- SECRETS
- 48 Down: Attire for a horseless carriage (6)
- DUSTER
- 49 Down: Tribute (6)
- HOMAGE
- 52 Down: Kefauver (5)
- ESTES
- 53 Down: Author of "The Cloister and the Hearth" (5)
- READE
- 54 Down: At variance (4)
- AJAR
- 55 Down: ___ mater (4)
- DURA
- 56 Down: ___ were (seemingly) (4)
- ASIT
- 58 Down: Word to Arthur (4)
- SIRE
- 61 Down: Kickoff device (3)
- TEE
- 62 Down: Like a Wonderland tea party (3)
- MAD
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