Saturday Crossword — September 22, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/22/1979. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Twitches (4)
- TICS
- 5 Across: ___ myrtle (flowering shrub) (5)
- CRAPE
- 10 Across: Replicas, for short (4)
- FACS
- 14 Across: Melville novel (4)
- OMOO
- 15 Across: Son or brother of Osiris (5)
- HORUS
- 16 Across: Yearn (4)
- ACHE
- 17 Across: Legislative body (10)
- PARLIAMENT
- 19 Across: Catface (4)
- SCAR
- 20 Across: Part of V.I.P. (9)
- IMPORTANT
- 21 Across: Pungent (5)
- ACERB
- 22 Across: Tuscan commune (5)
- SIENA
- 23 Across: River of Albania (4)
- DRIN
- 24 Across: The Queen's pilots (3)
- RAF
- 27 Across: Thus, in Dundee (3)
- SAE
- 28 Across: Amounts; portions (6)
- QUANTA
- 30 Across: Saucers, maybe (4)
- UFOS
- 32 Across: Strong, spicy Irish cordial (10)
- USQUEBAUGH
- 35 Across: Alphabetizes, e.g. (5)
- SORTS
- 37 Across: On the ___ vive (3)
- QUI
- 38 Across: Oft heard (5)
- STALE
- 39 Across: Nicknames (10)
- SOBRIQUETS
- 42 Across: Vous ___ (4)
- ETES
- 43 Across: Informal alliance (6)
- LEAGUE
- 44 Across: Meth. or Pres. (3)
- CHR
- 46 Across: Schedule abbr. (3)
- ETA
- 47 Across: Karenina (4)
- ANNA
- 48 Across: Wedge-shaped piece (5)
- CLEAT
- 50 Across: Counterfeit (5)
- FORGE
- 52 Across: Gave ear to (9)
- HEARKENED
- 56 Across: Leaf angle (4)
- AXIL
- 57 Across: Willful (10)
- DELIBERATE
- 58 Across: Word on the wall (4)
- MENE
- 59 Across: Prepare a cannon for firing (5)
- PRIME
- 60 Across: Ooze (4)
- MIRE
- 61 Across: M.I.T. grads (4)
- ENGS
- 62 Across: Prosit or skoal (5)
- TOAST
- 63 Across: Luge, e.g. (4)
- SLED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pith helmet (4)
- TOPI
- 2 Down: Moslem leader (4)
- IMAM
- 3 Down: Business abbr. (4)
- CORP
- 4 Down: Strains for single singers (5)
- SOLOS
- 5 Down: Mansion (7)
- CHATEAU
- 6 Down: Style of architecture (10)
- ROMANESQUE
- 7 Down: Where the action is (5)
- ARENA
- 8 Down: Fourth-down play (4)
- PUNT
- 9 Down: Atlanta's time (3)
- EST
- 10 Down: Allure (9)
- FASCINATE
- 11 Down: Stress (10)
- ACCENTUATE
- 12 Down: Carbonize (4)
- CHAR
- 13 Down: Montenegrin (4)
- SERB
- 18 Down: Spring bloomer (4)
- IRIS
- 21 Down: Qaddafi and Sadat (5)
- ARABS
- 23 Down: Scheduled (3)
- DUE
- 24 Down: Singer Columbo (4)
- RUSS
- 25 Down: "___ and his money . . . " (5)
- AFOOL
- 26 Down: Patient under provocation (10)
- FORBEARING
- 28 Down: Relinquishment documents (10)
- QUITCLAIMS
- 29 Down: Lace end (5)
- AGLET
- 31 Down: Garrotes (9)
- STRANGLES
- 33 Down: Neighbor of Ont. (3)
- QUE
- 34 Down: "For ___ jolly good . . . " (4)
- HESA
- 36 Down: Hasso from Stockholm (5)
- SIGNE
- 40 Down: In the capacity of (3)
- QUA
- 41 Down: Dessert (7)
- SHERBET
- 45 Down: Libertine (4)
- RAKE
- 48 Down: Virtuous wife in Jonson's "Volpone" (5)
- CELIA
- 49 Down: Come to ___ (agree at last) (5)
- TERMS
- 50 Down: Kudos (4)
- FAME
- 51 Down: Covered-wagon team (4)
- OXEN
- 52 Down: Demigod (4)
- HERO
- 53 Down: Sparable, e.g. (4)
- NAIL
- 54 Down: Peut-___ (Parisian's "perhaps") (4)
- ETRE
- 55 Down: Accomplishment (4)
- DEED
- 57 Down: Cabinet section: Abbr. (3)
- DPT
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