Thursday Crossword — November 8, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/8/1979. By William Jarvis.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Disappear (6)
- VANISH
- 7 Across: Tramp (4)
- SLOG
- 11 Across: R. E. Lee's cause (3)
- CSA
- 14 Across: "___ of Honey" (6)
- ATASTE
- 15 Across: Travel through various lands (4)
- TOUR
- 16 Across: Alternative to R.O.T.C. (3)
- OCS
- 17 Across: More intimate (6)
- COZIER
- 18 Across: Liturgical verse (8)
- ANTIPHON
- 20 Across: "The Stagirite" (9)
- ARISTOTLE
- 22 Across: Teacher of 20 Across (5)
- PLATO
- 23 Across: Mt. Rushmore site (4)
- SDAK
- 24 Across: Part of B.T.U. (4)
- UNIT
- 25 Across: "Down with!" in Dijon (4)
- ABAS
- 29 Across: River pronounced "waz" (4)
- OISE
- 31 Across: "___ Wonderful Life," Capra film (4)
- ITSA
- 32 Across: Singles-bar rara avis (6)
- ESCORT
- 34 Across: Meat imprint (4)
- USDA
- 36 Across: Wag (7)
- FARCEUR
- 38 Across: "The Luck of ___ Camp" (7)
- ROARING
- 42 Across: Stevens of "Carmen" fame (4)
- RISE
- 43 Across: Fruit-jelly substance (6)
- PECTIN
- 44 Across: What Mrs. Sprat avoided (4)
- LEAN
- 46 Across: British wingding (4)
- BASH
- 49 Across: Beatles film (4)
- HELP
- 50 Across: Springy cadence (4)
- LILT
- 51 Across: Lows (4)
- MOOS
- 53 Across: Poet who lived before 700 B.C. (5)
- HOMER
- 55 Across: Dramatist who influenced O'Neill (9)
- AESCHYLUS
- 60 Across: Liqueur for espresso (8)
- ANISETTE
- 62 Across: Bronson Alcott's famous daughter (6)
- LOUISA
- 63 Across: Part of a salutation (3)
- SIR
- 64 Across: Christian of couture (4)
- DIOR
- 65 Across: High gloss (6)
- ENAMEL
- 66 Across: Newspaper org. (3)
- ANA
- 67 Across: G.O.P. opponents (4)
- DEMS
- 68 Across: Wences and Vargas (6)
- SENORS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Explorer Cabeza de ___ (4)
- VACA
- 2 Down: One that does: Suffix (4)
- ATOR
- 3 Down: Hakenkreuzler (4)
- NAZI
- 4 Down: Mother of Horus (4)
- ISIS
- 5 Down: Proofreaders' words (5)
- STETS
- 6 Down: "Father of History" (9)
- HERODOTUS
- 7 Down: Pursues stealthily (6)
- STALKS
- 8 Down: Like Tonto's friend (4)
- LONE
- 9 Down: Opposite of safe, sometimes (3)
- OUT
- 10 Down: Hold firmly in one's hand (4)
- GRIP
- 11 Down: Family in a Cagney film (6)
- COHANS
- 12 Down: Nova ___ (6)
- SCOTIA
- 13 Down: As like ___ (5)
- ASNOT
- 19 Down: His "Lives" influenced Shakespeare (8)
- PLUTARCH
- 21 Down: ___ Babilonia, figure-skating star (3)
- TAI
- 25 Down: W.W. I army (3)
- AEF
- 26 Down: Boys' org. (3)
- BSA
- 27 Down: Summit: Comb. form (3)
- ACR
- 28 Down: Xanthippe's philosophical mate (8)
- SOCRATES
- 30 Down: Locale of Ger., Nor., etc. (3)
- EUR
- 31 Down: Zoological suffix (4)
- IDAE
- 33 Down: Curb (4)
- REIN
- 35 Down: Great Greek tragedian (9)
- SOPHOCLES
- 37 Down: Member of 11 Across (3)
- REB
- 39 Down: Suffix with Canaan or Yemen (3)
- ITE
- 40 Down: Zero (3)
- NIL
- 41 Down: U.S. output (3)
- GNP
- 44 Down: "The ___ Winter," 1968 film (6)
- LIONIN
- 45 Down: Site of Twain's remains (6)
- ELMIRA
- 47 Down: Afghan bigwigs (6)
- AMEERS
- 48 Down: "___ your old man!" (3)
- SOS
- 50 Down: ___ apso (5)
- LHASA
- 52 Down: Was eminent (5)
- SHONE
- 54 Down: Foxx of TV (4)
- REDD
- 55 Down: Item studied by Niels Bohr (4)
- ATOM
- 56 Down: Money in Peking (4)
- YUAN
- 57 Down: Long car, for short (4)
- LIMO
- 58 Down: Addict (4)
- USER
- 59 Down: Bando and Mineo (4)
- SALS
- 61 Down: Sleeper between tracks (3)
- TIE
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