Saturday Crossword — December 1, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 12/1/1979. By Dorothea E. Shipp.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sellers, in Spain (5)
- PEDRO
- 6 Across: Safari blind (4)
- BOMA
- 10 Across: He succeeded H.C.H. (3)
- FDR
- 13 Across: Become a member (5)
- ENROL
- 14 Across: Vizier's superior (4)
- EMIR
- 15 Across: Bumpkin or lumpkin (4)
- LOUT
- 17 Across: Airplane hazard (5)
- STALL
- 18 Across: Chutzpah (4)
- GALL
- 19 Across: Shells, for short (4)
- AMMO
- 20 Across: Expression involving an ultimatum (15)
- TAKEITORLEAVEIT
- 23 Across: Munchausen's specialty (3)
- LIE
- 24 Across: "___ your heart out" (3)
- EAT
- 25 Across: Word with tag or rear (3)
- END
- 26 Across: Scottish precipitation (3)
- SNA
- 27 Across: Star of "Born Free" (4)
- ELSA
- 29 Across: Deposed (6)
- STATED
- 31 Across: Such, in Sevilla (3)
- TAL
- 32 Across: Grounds (5)
- BASES
- 34 Across: Skirt accents (5)
- SLITS
- 36 Across: Lack of an alternative (13)
- HOBSONSCHOICE
- 40 Across: Join securely (5)
- RIVET
- 41 Across: Prefix with act or form (5)
- TRANS
- 42 Across: Habit (3)
- USE
- 43 Across: ___ favorite (6)
- ODDSON
- 46 Across: " . . . What Am I Doing in the ___?" (4)
- PITS
- 50 Across: Middle: Abbr. (3)
- CTR
- 51 Across: Sturgeon product (3)
- ROE
- 52 Across: Cooking pan, Chinese style (3)
- WOK
- 54 Across: Command to a canine (3)
- SIT
- 55 Across: Duo in a disagreeable decision (15)
- HORNSOFADILEMMA
- 59 Across: Northern waterway (4)
- ERIE
- 60 Across: ___ animo (with evil intent) (4)
- MALO
- 61 Across: Mystery-story ingredient (5)
- ALIBI
- 62 Across: Tastes (4)
- SIPS
- 63 Across: Ratite bird (4)
- EMEU
- 64 Across: Forty follower (5)
- NINER
- 65 Across: This, in Tours (3)
- CET
- 66 Across: Skillful (4)
- DEFT
- 67 Across: They have a sense re coming events (5)
- SEERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Mortar's sidekick (6)
- PESTLE
- 2 Down: Involve necessarily (6)
- ENTAIL
- 3 Down: Play ducks and ___ with (squander) (6)
- DRAKES
- 4 Down: Part (4)
- ROLE
- 5 Down: Dragon with Kukla and Fran (5)
- OLLIE
- 6 Down: Bred (8)
- BEGOTTEN
- 7 Down: Poet translated by FitzGerald (4)
- OMAR
- 8 Down: Painter of "The Gleaners" (6)
- MILLET
- 9 Down: Hollywood Dahl (6)
- ARLENE
- 10 Down: Yellow: Comb. form (4)
- FLAV
- 11 Down: Maid or cook (8)
- DOMESTIC
- 12 Down: Ponder (8)
- RUMINATE
- 16 Down: Wrecks, as a car (6)
- TOTALS
- 21 Down: Italian poet: 1544–95 (5)
- TASSO
- 22 Down: Appends (6)
- ADDSON
- 28 Down: Xavier's former spouse (4)
- ABBE
- 30 Down: What many a prin. needs (5)
- ASSTS
- 33 Down: Family of the 400 (6)
- ASTORS
- 35 Down: Talk like some tots (4)
- LISP
- 36 Down: Adjective for the Boston Massacre (8)
- HISTORIC
- 37 Down: Mushy or decadent (8)
- OVERRIPE
- 38 Down: Leave no room for (8)
- CROWDOUT
- 39 Down: Vietnam's capital (5)
- HANOI
- 40 Down: Blouse decorations (6)
- RUCHES
- 44 Down: Fated (6)
- DOOMED
- 45 Down: Malign (6)
- DEFAME
- 47 Down: "What is yours ___ . . . ": Plautus (6)
- ISMINE
- 48 Down: Lumberjack's cry (6)
- TIMBER
- 49 Down: Good exit in a hotel fire (6)
- STAIRS
- 53 Down: Chapters for hoods with hoods (5)
- KLANS
- 56 Down: Jay's home (4)
- NEST
- 57 Down: Hebrew letter (4)
- ALEF
- 58 Down: Faure or Nadelman (4)
- ELIE
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