Saturday Crossword — December 15, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/15/1979. By Jean J. Davison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Nick Charles's dog (4)
- ASTA
- 5 Across: Slightly open (4)
- AJAR
- 9 Across: Wager (3)
- BET
- 12 Across: Fissure (5)
- CLEFT
- 14 Across: Chromosome part (4)
- GENE
- 15 Across: Kid (4)
- JOSH
- 16 Across: More domesticated (5)
- TAMER
- 17 Across: One acre, e.g. (4)
- AREA
- 18 Across: Arm bone (4)
- ULNA
- 19 Across: Spoil (6)
- IMPAIR
- 21 Across: Describing wild horses (8)
- UNRIDDEN
- 23 Across: Baden-Baden, e.g. (3)
- SPA
- 24 Across: Carved slab (5)
- STELA
- 25 Across: Mail (4)
- POST
- 28 Across: "The Princess on the ___" (3)
- PEA
- 30 Across: Dreary (6)
- DISMAL
- 34 Across: Chorus section (4)
- ALTO
- 35 Across: Unemployed (4)
- IDLE
- 37 Across: Z's Greek counterpart (5)
- OMEGA
- 38 Across: Gladly, to Shakespeare (4)
- LIEF
- 39 Across: Regimens (5)
- DIETS
- 41 Across: Particle (4)
- ATOM
- 42 Across: Scourges (5)
- EVILS
- 44 Across: Feds (4)
- TMEN
- 45 Across: Part of T.L.C. (4)
- CARE
- 46 Across: Negates (6)
- DENIES
- 48 Across: Half a fly (3)
- TSE
- 49 Across: Garbed (4)
- CLAD
- 50 Across: Jan Steen's style (5)
- GENRE
- 52 Across: Stat on a sports page (3)
- ERA
- 54 Across: Place for a medicine cabinet (8)
- BATHROOM
- 57 Across: Mob (6)
- RABBLE
- 61 Across: Neglect (4)
- OMIT
- 62 Across: Skeptical interjection (4)
- UMPH
- 64 Across: One of Pauline's adventures (5)
- PERIL
- 65 Across: Eye part (4)
- LENS
- 66 Across: Anklebones (4)
- TALI
- 67 Across: Polished (5)
- SUAVE
- 68 Across: Pismire (3)
- ANT
- 69 Across: Dirk of yore (4)
- SNEE
- 70 Across: Flower part (4)
- STEM
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Beginning of a drama (4)
- ACTI
- 2 Down: This may be grand or little (4)
- SLAM
- 3 Down: Weather forecast abbr. (4)
- TEMP
- 4 Down: What Hanukkah is (14)
- AFEASTOFLIGHTS
- 5 Down: Khan (3)
- AGA
- 6 Down: Its rededication is celebrated at Hanukkah (15)
- JERUSALEMTEMPLE
- 7 Down: Concerning (5)
- ANENT
- 8 Down: Raised (6)
- REARED
- 9 Down: Brazen (4)
- BOLD
- 10 Down: Feudal slave (4)
- ESNE
- 11 Down: Word with other or rather (4)
- THAN
- 13 Down: Wanderlust appeaser (4)
- TRIP
- 15 Down: Hanukkah hero (14)
- JUDASMACCABEUS
- 20 Down: ___ transit (5)
- RAPID
- 22 Down: Pelvic bone: Comb. form (4)
- ILIO
- 25 Down: Whitened (5)
- PALED
- 26 Down: Skin color (5)
- OLIVE
- 27 Down: She wrote "Three Lives" (5)
- STEIN
- 29 Down: Revise (4)
- EDIT
- 31 Down: Brass or lead, e.g. (5)
- METAL
- 32 Down: Where oboli were spent (5)
- AGORA
- 33 Down: Crippled (5)
- LAMED
- 36 Down: Summers, in Nice (4)
- ETES
- 40 Down: Scoff (5)
- SNEER
- 43 Down: Prophet (4)
- SEER
- 47 Down: Noses (6)
- SNOUTS
- 51 Down: Type of type (5)
- ROMAN
- 53 Down: Conversations: Slang (4)
- RAPS
- 54 Down: Gaucho's weapon (4)
- BOLA
- 55 Down: Last word (4)
- AMEN
- 56 Down: Slight color (4)
- TINT
- 58 Down: Churlish child (4)
- BRAT
- 59 Down: First word of motto of N.H. (4)
- LIVE
- 60 Down: Type of sch. (4)
- ELEM
- 63 Down: Shake a leg (3)
- HIE
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