Friday Crossword — December 14, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 12/14/1979. By C. J. Angio.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Jungfrau is one (3)
- ALP
- 4 Across: River in Czechoslovakia (4)
- OPPA
- 8 Across: Floral tidbit (5)
- SPRIG
- 13 Across: ___ Pea, Popeye's adoptee (4)
- SWEE
- 14 Across: Costume for Lakmé (4)
- SARI
- 15 Across: Buffalo's ___Theater (5)
- ARENA
- 16 Across: Boone threw the dice (9)
- PATROLLED
- 18 Across: Triangular insert (5)
- GODET
- 19 Across: Carney goes to market (8)
- ARTSHOPS
- 20 Across: Notre Dame niches (5)
- APSES
- 21 Across: Button for a bowler (5)
- RESET
- 22 Across: "Men ___ angels": Browning (6)
- ARENOT
- 25 Across: Siouan Sooners (6)
- OSAGES
- 28 Across: Vet on the wet (4)
- SALT
- 31 Across: Sunken part (3)
- SAG
- 34 Across: Least furnished (6)
- BAREST
- 35 Across: Site of many eerie mishaps (4)
- ERIE
- 36 Across: Frogs, chicks or voyeurs (7)
- PEEPERS
- 38 Across: One of the men behind bars (7)
- TAPSTER
- 40 Across: Where Vulcan forged (4)
- ETNA
- 41 Across: Strike out (6)
- DELETE
- 43 Across: Dowson's "Non ___ Qualis Eram" (3)
- SUM
- 44 Across: British target on D-day (4)
- CAEN
- 45 Across: Seasons (6)
- INURES
- 46 Across: O. Henry's "The ___ of Red Chief" (6)
- RANSOM
- 48 Across: Scoutmaster's charges (5)
- TROOP
- 53 Across: One of the Bahamas (5)
- ABACO
- 55 Across: Windbag buys a gun (8)
- BOREARMS
- 58 Across: Type of print, for short (5)
- LITHO
- 59 Across: O'Toole comments on a turkey (9)
- PETERPANS
- 60 Across: Curved moldings (5)
- OGEES
- 61 Across: It might be cast or wrought (4)
- IRON
- 62 Across: "___ a Song Go . . . " (4)
- ILET
- 63 Across: Oldfangled (5)
- PASSE
- 64 Across: Basic verb for Virgil (4)
- ESSE
- 65 Across: Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts (3)
- DES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sentient (5)
- AWARE
- 2 Down: Latvians who sound willing (5)
- LETTS
- 3 Down: Intrinsically (5)
- PERSE
- 4 Down: City about the size of Boston (4)
- OSLO
- 5 Down: Lobster's feeler (4)
- PALP
- 6 Down: Foretell (7)
- PRESAGE
- 7 Down: Partner of abet (3)
- AID
- 8 Down: He wrote "The Dragons of Eden" (5)
- SAGAN
- 9 Down: Tom Watson becomes a model (8)
- PROPOSES
- 10 Down: Skelton makes his debut (9)
- REDSTARTS
- 11 Down: Arrow poison (4)
- INEE
- 12 Down: The mob's erasers (4)
- GATS
- 13 Down: U.S.C.G. member (4)
- SPAR
- 17 Down: "___ in England . . . ": Browning (6)
- OHTOBE
- 23 Down: Kid napping (6)
- RESTER
- 24 Down: Villa (6)
- ESTATE
- 26 Down: Capital of ancient Lydia (6)
- SARDIS
- 27 Down: Insecticide ingredient: Comb. form (6)
- ARSENO
- 29 Down: Stead (4)
- LIEU
- 30 Down: Six years in the Senate (4)
- TERM
- 31 Down: Guesswork, for short (4)
- SPEC
- 32 Down: Group on Bataan (4)
- AETA
- 33 Down: Littler ranks high (9)
- GENERATES
- 37 Down: Greek god is in pain (8)
- PANACHES
- 39 Down: What nudniks do (6)
- PESTER
- 42 Down: Moves heavily and noisily (7)
- LUMBERS
- 47 Down: Part of a springe (5)
- NOOSE
- 49 Down: Expeditious (5)
- RAPID
- 50 Down: Cape for John Paul II (5)
- ORALE
- 51 Down: All: Stage dir. (5)
- OMNES
- 52 Down: Attention-getting sound (4)
- PSST
- 53 Down: Skewed (4)
- ALOP
- 54 Down: Track nickname (4)
- BIGA
- 56 Down: Group in Nebraska (4)
- OTOS
- 57 Down: Tenor Kollo (4)
- RENE
- 59 Down: Bird allied to a jay (3)
- PIE
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