Thursday Crossword — October 4, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 10/4/1979. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Kind of car or sandwich (4)
- CLUB
- 5 Across: Former Iranian ruler (4)
- SHAH
- 9 Across: Hiatus or gulf (5)
- CHASM
- 14 Across: Queue (4)
- LINE
- 15 Across: Sugar producer (4)
- CUBA
- 16 Across: Corporeal channel (5)
- AORTA
- 17 Across: Sib (4)
- AKIN
- 18 Across: He wrote "Marjorie Morningstar" (10)
- HERMANWOUK
- 20 Across: Vituperate (6)
- REVILE
- 22 Across: Surrounded by (4)
- AMID
- 23 Across: Compass point (3)
- NNE
- 24 Across: Former (7)
- ONETIME
- 26 Across: Assam silkworm (4)
- ERIA
- 28 Across: Box-office giant (13)
- ROBERTREDFORD
- 33 Across: Western alliance initials (3)
- OAS
- 35 Across: Edible corm of the taro (4)
- EDDO
- 36 Across: Horror movie, e.g. (6)
- SCARER
- 37 Across: Diligent one (5)
- PLIER
- 39 Across: Lander at Ararat (3)
- ARK
- 41 Across: ___ Triomphe (5)
- ARCDE
- 42 Across: Starry (6)
- ASTRAL
- 44 Across: Look to be (4)
- SEEM
- 46 Across: Mason's tool (3)
- HOD
- 47 Across: Baltimore institution founded in 1852 (13)
- LOYOLACOLLEGE
- 50 Across: Stimulate (4)
- SPUR
- 51 Across: Gave it careful study (7)
- PERUSED
- 54 Across: Killy playground (3)
- ALP
- 57 Across: Sutherland vehicle (4)
- ARIA
- 59 Across: ___ d'armes (fencing teacher) (6)
- MAITRE
- 60 Across: Area at Oxford (10)
- QUADRANGLE
- 63 Across: Kind of kick or shot (4)
- DROP
- 64 Across: Darkened (5)
- UNLIT
- 65 Across: Happy look (4)
- GRIN
- 66 Across: Facility (4)
- EASE
- 67 Across: Opposite of ecstasy (5)
- AGONY
- 68 Across: A way to go (4)
- EAST
- 69 Across: Seattle ___ (4)
- SLEW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Light, mild cigar (5)
- CLARO
- 2 Down: Draw an analogy (5)
- LIKEN
- 3 Down: Learning center (10)
- UNIVERSITY
- 4 Down: Adolf's ally (6)
- BENITO
- 5 Down: Took part in a cabal (7)
- SCHEMED
- 6 Down: Shade (3)
- HUE
- 7 Down: Narrow pass in the Southwest (4)
- ABRA
- 8 Down: U.S.S.R. symbol (6)
- HAMMER
- 9 Down: Funt's device (12)
- CANDIDCAMERA
- 10 Down: Start of many a title (3)
- HOW
- 11 Down: Steinbeck character (4)
- ARON
- 12 Down: Hit with a haymaker (4)
- STUN
- 13 Down: "___ the World Go Away," 1965 song (4)
- MAKE
- 19 Down: Buenos ___ (5)
- AIRES
- 21 Down: Gladstone's group (12)
- LIBERALPARTY
- 25 Down: "Das Rheingold" role (4)
- ERDA
- 27 Down: Out yonder (4)
- AFAR
- 29 Down: Anatomist's word (5)
- TORSO
- 30 Down: Describing some concerts (10)
- ORCHESTRAL
- 31 Down: Give a face lift to (4)
- REDO
- 32 Down: Stowe novel (4)
- DRED
- 33 Down: Stone for Jimmy Carter (4)
- OPAL
- 34 Down: Moreover (4)
- ALSO
- 38 Down: Desire (4)
- EROS
- 40 Down: Iodine source (4)
- KELP
- 43 Down: Author Hobson (5)
- LAURA
- 45 Down: Neon or silver (7)
- ELEMENT
- 48 Down: Fawn (6)
- CRINGE
- 49 Down: Cicerones (6)
- GUIDES
- 52 Down: Jagged (5)
- EROSE
- 53 Down: Chauncey ___: 1834–1928 (5)
- DEPEW
- 54 Down: With 55 Down, diver's gear (4)
- AQUA
- 55 Down: See 54 Down (4)
- LUNG
- 56 Down: ___ Alto (4)
- PALO
- 58 Down: Indian tourist site (4)
- AGRA
- 61 Down: Hubbub (3)
- DIN
- 62 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3)
- LIS
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