Thursday Crossword — December 27, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 12/27/1979. By Hallie & Gerald Parsons.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Vivacious or audacious (4)
- PERT
- 5 Across: Technique practiced by trouters (4)
- CAST
- 9 Across: Lucian's forte (6)
- SATIRE
- 11 Across: Uses a blender (6)
- PUREES
- 13 Across: Stop sign (7)
- OCTAGON
- 14 Across: Cuban province (7)
- ORIENTE
- 16 Across: Average (3)
- PAR
- 17 Across: Changed (7)
- ALTERED
- 19 Across: "___ when!" (3)
- SAY
- 20 Across: Goddess of discord (4)
- ERIS
- 22 Across: People who sound inviting (5)
- LETTS
- 23 Across: Locus (4)
- SITE
- 24 Across: Parts of violins (5)
- NECKS
- 26 Across: Tourist's concern: Abbr. (3)
- RTE
- 27 Across: Whimpered (5)
- PULED
- 28 Across: Proficiency (5)
- SKILL
- 30 Across: Wrathful (7)
- ANGERED
- 32 Across: John Ciardi is one (4)
- POET
- 34 Across: Letter opener (4)
- DEAR
- 35 Across: Harmony (7)
- RAPPORT
- 38 Across: Lock (5)
- TRESS
- 41 Across: Embankment (5)
- LEVEE
- 42 Across: Type of jet engine (3)
- ION
- 44 Across: Gate part (5)
- LATCH
- 46 Across: Declare (4)
- AVER
- 47 Across: Small shoot (5)
- SPRIG
- 49 Across: Trouter's artificial fly (4)
- LURE
- 50 Across: Member of Cong. (3)
- SEN
- 51 Across: "The ___," by Sholem Asch (7)
- APOSTLE
- 53 Across: Word with pot or party (3)
- TEA
- 54 Across: Bickered (7)
- HAGGLED
- 56 Across: Did pirouettes (7)
- ROTATED
- 58 Across: Fall fallers (6)
- LEAVES
- 59 Across: Merited (6)
- EARNED
- 60 Across: Surveyor's nail (4)
- SPAD
- 61 Across: Kind of drop or gas (4)
- TEAR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Saint whose original name was Sucat (7)
- PATRICK
- 2 Down: Between zeta and theta (3)
- ETA
- 3 Down: Russian-dominated gulf (4)
- RIGA
- 4 Down: One way to fish (5)
- TROLL
- 5 Down: Tans, in a way (5)
- CURES
- 6 Down: Nonproductive (4)
- ARID
- 7 Down: Call, in poker (3)
- SEE
- 8 Down: Stretchable (7)
- TENSILE
- 9 Down: Causes jitters (6)
- SCARES
- 10 Down: Enlist (5)
- ENTER
- 11 Down: Bode (7)
- PORTEND
- 12 Down: Said (6)
- STATED
- 13 Down: Kind of door or house (4)
- OPEN
- 15 Down: Gave the once-over (4)
- EYED
- 18 Down: Singer James (4)
- ETTA
- 21 Down: Ship's master (7)
- SKIPPER
- 23 Down: Bizarre, as a work of art (7)
- SURREAL
- 25 Down: Incline (5)
- SLOPE
- 27 Down: Bailey or White (5)
- PEARL
- 29 Down: Zodiac sign (3)
- LEO
- 31 Down: Obtain (3)
- GET
- 33 Down: Three-legged supports (7)
- TRIPODS
- 35 Down: Bare (6)
- REVEAL
- 36 Down: Evens the score (7)
- AVENGES
- 37 Down: Rocky pinnacles (4)
- TORS
- 39 Down: Speech impediment (7)
- STUTTER
- 40 Down: Diatribe (6)
- SCREED
- 41 Down: Back or whip follower (4)
- LASH
- 43 Down: British import (5)
- NITRE
- 45 Down: Where your occiput is (4)
- HEAD
- 47 Down: Jehu's delight (5)
- SPEED
- 48 Down: Survey with self-satisfaction (5)
- GLOAT
- 51 Down: Edison's middle name (4)
- ALVA
- 52 Down: Parisian's basic verb (4)
- ETRE
- 55 Down: Hiatus (3)
- GAP
- 57 Down: Anthology (3)
- ANA
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