Monday Crossword — October 29, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/29/1979. By N. M. Meyer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Vipers (4)
- ASPS
- 5 Across: Boutique (4)
- SHOP
- 9 Across: Propensity (4)
- BENT
- 13 Across: Classify (4)
- SORT
- 14 Across: Twist (4)
- CURL
- 15 Across: Marketplace (5)
- AGORA
- 17 Across: Kind of sale (9)
- CLEARANCE
- 19 Across: ___ classicus (standard passage) (5)
- LOCUS
- 20 Across: Trojan hero (6)
- HECTOR
- 21 Across: Sailor's ration (8)
- HARDTACK
- 23 Across: Was in front (3)
- LED
- 24 Across: Instance (4)
- CASE
- 25 Across: Like a squid (4)
- INKY
- 26 Across: Musical work (4)
- OPUS
- 28 Across: Argonne and Sherwood (7)
- FORESTS
- 30 Across: Cushion (3)
- PAD
- 31 Across: Monetary pool (4)
- FUND
- 32 Across: He wrote "Grant Moves South" (6)
- CATTON
- 36 Across: Predacious polyp (7)
- ANEMONE
- 38 Across: Item discussed in SALT talks (7)
- MISSILE
- 39 Across: Wound (6)
- LESION
- 40 Across: Friar (4)
- MONK
- 41 Across: New: Prefix (3)
- NEO
- 42 Across: Servant's supervisor on an estate (7)
- STEWARD
- 44 Across: Religious image (4)
- ICON
- 45 Across: Matchless (4)
- BEST
- 48 Across: For fear that (4)
- LEST
- 49 Across: Explosive (3)
- TNT
- 50 Across: Large open areas (8)
- EXPANSES
- 52 Across: Nonchalant (6)
- CASUAL
- 55 Across: Delivered an address (5)
- SPOKE
- 56 Across: Conversely (9)
- VICEVERSA
- 58 Across: Jewish feast (5)
- SEDER
- 59 Across: ___ the Terrible (4)
- IVAN
- 60 Across: Omicron ___ (the star Mira) (4)
- CETI
- 61 Across: Soft, meshed fabric (4)
- LENO
- 62 Across: Native of Riga (4)
- LETT
- 63 Across: See 59 Across (4)
- TSAR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Author of "Moses" (4)
- ASCH
- 2 Down: Shoe part (4)
- SOLE
- 3 Down: Makes impossible (9)
- PRECLUDES
- 4 Down: Twenty-two divisions of India (6)
- STATES
- 5 Down: Cicatrix (4)
- SCAR
- 6 Down: Attila the ___ (3)
- HUN
- 7 Down: Chekhov's "The Cherry ___" (7)
- ORCHARD
- 8 Down: Gratify (6)
- PLEASE
- 9 Down: Hairless (4)
- BALD
- 10 Down: Self-centered ones (8)
- EGOTISTS
- 11 Down: "___ do" (humorous refusal) (5)
- NOCAN
- 12 Down: Teamster's vehicle (5)
- TRUCK
- 16 Down: "A sea of lead, ___ of slate": Symons (4)
- ASKY
- 18 Down: Surveyor's measure (3)
- ROD
- 22 Down: Abolish; cancel (7)
- RESCIND
- 24 Down: Ice-cream holder (4)
- CONE
- 26 Down: Semiprecious gem (4)
- OPAL
- 27 Down: Window glass (4)
- PANE
- 28 Down: Steamship smokestacks (7)
- FUNNELS
- 29 Down: Chore (4)
- TASK
- 31 Down: Word with hill or path (4)
- FOOT
- 33 Down: Traces (9)
- TINCTURES
- 34 Down: Margarine (4)
- OLEO
- 35 Down: Illuminating gas (4)
- NEON
- 37 Down: In error (8)
- MISTAKEN
- 38 Down: Comedian Sahl (4)
- MORT
- 40 Down: Colossal (7)
- MASSIVE
- 43 Down: Beetle bad for bolls (6)
- WEEVIL
- 44 Down: Entomologist's interest (6)
- INSECT
- 45 Down: Mrs. Truman (4)
- BESS
- 46 Down: Force out (5)
- EXPEL
- 47 Down: English china (5)
- SPODE
- 49 Down: Hebrew letter (3)
- TAV
- 51 Down: Peter, the pianist (4)
- NERO
- 52 Down: Penny (4)
- CENT
- 53 Down: Nick and Nora's pet (4)
- ASTA
- 54 Down: Lion's den (4)
- LAIR
- 57 Down: Grimalkin (3)
- CAT
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