Friday Crossword — October 5, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 10/5/1979. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Baltimore gridder (4)
- COLT
- 5 Across: Food fish (5)
- SMELT
- 10 Across: Minstrel's repertory (4)
- LAYS
- 14 Across: Oriental servant (4)
- AMAH
- 15 Across: Skater knighted by King Haakon: 1937 (5)
- HENIE
- 16 Across: His name "led all the rest" (4)
- ABOU
- 17 Across: Horse that shows the way (10)
- PACESETTER
- 19 Across: Forum wear (4)
- TOGA
- 20 Across: Like some stocks (9)
- PREFERRED
- 21 Across: Senator from Michigan (5)
- LEVIN
- 22 Across: Small drum (5)
- TABOR
- 23 Across: Confront (4)
- FACE
- 24 Across: P.O. spot for undeliverable mail (3)
- DLO
- 27 Across: Cong. member (3)
- REP
- 28 Across: Used a rush-hour technique (7)
- ELBOWED
- 31 Across: Jacket blurb (4)
- RAVE
- 33 Across: Inquisitor whose name now means persecutor (10)
- TORQUEMADA
- 35 Across: Agenda entries (5)
- ITEMS
- 37 Across: Comedian Holtz (3)
- LOU
- 38 Across: Give access (5)
- LETIN
- 39 Across: Put into words (10)
- VERBALIZED
- 42 Across: Lorn (4)
- REFT
- 43 Across: Adepts (7)
- EXPERTS
- 44 Across: Sonny's counterpart (3)
- SIS
- 46 Across: Sandwich bread (3)
- RYE
- 47 Across: Automotive pioneer (4)
- OLDS
- 48 Across: Cakewalk (5)
- STRUT
- 50 Across: Two of Santa's features (5)
- JOWLS
- 52 Across: Bargain hunters' lures (9)
- FIRESALES
- 56 Across: "The ___ Love" (4)
- ONEI
- 57 Across: Tenochtitlán's successor (10)
- MEXICOCITY
- 58 Across: Towel word (4)
- HERS
- 59 Across: ___ the elbows (5)
- OUTAT
- 60 Across: Muscovite (4)
- IVAN
- 61 Across: Have a snack (4)
- NOSH
- 62 Across: Utopias' kin (5)
- EDENS
- 63 Across: Prefix with cast or vise (4)
- TELE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "Dogpatch" creator (4)
- CAPP
- 2 Down: Sharif (4)
- OMAR
- 3 Down: Cluny, e.g. (4)
- LACE
- 4 Down: Peculation (5)
- THEFT
- 5 Down: Dessert (7)
- SHERBET
- 6 Down: The Big Apple is one (10)
- METROPOLIS
- 7 Down: Inscribe (5)
- ENTER
- 8 Down: German song (4)
- LIED
- 9 Down: Thrice, in prescriptions (3)
- TER
- 10 Down: New arrival (9)
- LATECOMER
- 11 Down: Out of difficulty (10)
- ABOVEWATER
- 12 Down: Mr. Berra (4)
- YOGI
- 13 Down: ___ pan, Chinese abacus (4)
- SUAN
- 18 Down: Burn (4)
- SEAR
- 21 Down: Tag (5)
- LABEL
- 23 Down: Achy ailment (3)
- FLU
- 24 Down: Riverside, in N.Y.C. (5)
- DRIVE
- 25 Down: Rubber source (5)
- LATEX
- 26 Down: Subdues by force (10)
- OVERPOWERS
- 28 Down: Bellerophon was one (10)
- EQUESTRIAN
- 29 Down: Enlighten (5)
- EDIFY
- 30 Down: Alighieri (5)
- DANTE
- 32 Down: Adorn (9)
- EMBELLISH
- 34 Down: Actress Russell, to friends (3)
- ROZ
- 36 Down: Corsicans' neighbors (5)
- SARDS
- 40 Down: Officers over N.C.O.'s (3)
- LTS
- 41 Down: Steers (7)
- DIRECTS
- 45 Down: Above, to 30 Down (4)
- SUSO
- 48 Down: Fencing position or parry (5)
- SIXTE
- 49 Down: Between the lines (5)
- TACIT
- 50 Down: Garfield or Gilbert (4)
- JOHN
- 51 Down: ___ cat (ball game) (4)
- ONEO
- 52 Down: Prolonged quarrel (4)
- FEUD
- 53 Down: In the flesh (4)
- LIVE
- 54 Down: Rel. of etc. (4)
- ETAL
- 55 Down: "Auld Lang ___" (4)
- SYNE
- 57 Down: A Stooge (3)
- MOE
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