Tuesday Crossword — February 24, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/24/1976. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Vainglory (4)
POMP
5 Across: An Astaire (5)
ADELE
10 Across: Concern (4)
CARE
14 Across: Man ___ (4)
OWAR
15 Across: Up to here (5)
JADED
16 Across: One of a Kipling trio (4)
ARAG
17 Across: Disparaging (10)
PEJORATIVE
19 Across: Hitlerite (4)
NAZI
20 Across: Tokyo, of yore (3)
EDO
21 Across: Makes worse (11)
EXACERBATES
23 Across: Managed (3)
RAN
25 Across: Has effect (5)
TELLS
26 Across: Craze (7)
MADNESS
30 Across: Consumes (6)
EATSUP
34 Across: Fukien port (4)
AMOY
35 Across: "___ that tiger" (4)
HOLD
38 Across: African nation (5)
ZAIRE
39 Across: Kind of wit (3)
DIM
40 Across: Grid official (7)
REFEREE
42 Across: Infantrymen (3)
GIS
43 Across: Win by ___ (5)
ANOSE
45 Across: River duck (4)
TEAL
46 Across: Reporter's query (4)
WHAT
47 Across: Imam's milieu (6)
MOSQUE
49 Across: Side roads (7)
BYPATHS
51 Across: Beat the odds (5)
UPSET
54 Across: German pronoun (3)
UNS
55 Across: Riders of shank's mare (11)
PEDESTRIANS
60 Across: ___ out (make do) (3)
EKE
63 Across: Scope (4)
AREA
64 Across: Shuddering (10)
HORRESCENT
66 Across: Garden herb (4)
LEEK
67 Across: Utopian places (5)
EDENS
68 Across: Sevareid (4)
ERIC
69 Across: Make out (4)
ESPY
70 Across: Position again (5)
RESET
71 Across: Tallinn native (4)
ESTH

Down Answers

1 Down: British writer (4)
POPE
2 Down: Charged it (4)
OWED
3 Down: Stewards (10)
MAJORDOMOS
4 Down: Expert (3)
PRO
5 Down: Trojan War hero (4)
AJAX
6 Down: Facts (4)
DATA
7 Down: Ukase (5)
EDICT
8 Down: Pier (5)
LEVEE
9 Down: Channel swimmer of 1926 (6)
EDERLE
10 Down: Card game (7)
CANASTA
11 Down: Smell ___ (4)
ARAT
12 Down: Flatten (4)
RAZE
13 Down: Protection (4)
EGIS
18 Down: Descartes (4)
RENE
22 Down: Mark out, as a trail (5)
BLAZE
24 Down: Word with way and how (3)
ANY
26 Down: Title of respect (5)
MADAM
27 Down: ___ acid (5)
AMINO
28 Down: Female (3)
SHE
29 Down: Yielding (4)
SOFT
31 Down: Tourists (10)
SIGHTSEERS
32 Down: Heep (5)
URIAH
33 Down: Nuisances (5)
PESTS
36 Down: Shelter (3)
LEE
37 Down: Humdrum (4)
DRAB
40 Down: Enlists again (5)
REUPS
41 Down: Cathedral town of England (3)
ELY
44 Down: Needing oil (7)
SQUEAKY
46 Down: Pallid (3)
WAN
48 Down: O. T. book (6)
ESTHER
50 Down: Cat (4)
PUSS
52 Down: Wear away (5)
ERODE
53 Down: Flags (5)
TIRES
55 Down: Ashen (4)
PALE
56 Down: Start of a Soho toast (4)
ERES
57 Down: Like still waters (4)
DEEP
58 Down: English composer (4)
ARNE
59 Down: ___-ce pas? (4)
NEST
61 Down: Interweave (4)
KNIT
62 Down: Delineate (4)
ETCH
65 Down: Letter (3)
CEE

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