Tuesday Crossword — December 20, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/20/1977. By Ruth N. Schultz.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Agt.'s cut (3)
- PCT
- 4 Across: Priest's garment (3)
- ALB
- 7 Across: ___ as a wet hen (5)
- ASMAD
- 12 Across: Scratch (4)
- CLAW
- 13 Across: Name meaning "hairy" (4)
- ESAU
- 14 Across: Aristotle's teacher (5)
- PLATO
- 15 Across: Kind of Soc. Sec. (4)
- OASI
- 16 Across: Co-author of "Nice Guys Finish Last" (4)
- LINN
- 17 Across: Avid (5)
- EAGER
- 18 Across: Does some wheeling and dealing (13)
- PITCHESACURVE
- 21 Across: Flow (6)
- STREAM
- 22 Across: Contents of a windrow (3)
- HAY
- 23 Across: Sequential letters (3)
- LMN
- 26 Across: Within: Prefix (3)
- ESO
- 27 Across: Don't be one, said Polonius (6)
- LENDER
- 30 Across: Jai ___ (4)
- ALAI
- 31 Across: Pounds' companions (5)
- PENCE
- 32 Across: Coast Guard group (5)
- SPARS
- 33 Across: Outwits (15)
- BEATSTOTHEPUNCH
- 38 Across: ___ once (suddenly) (5)
- ALLAT
- 39 Across: "Iolanthe" chorus members (5)
- EARLS
- 40 Across: Dull and drab (4)
- BLAH
- 41 Across: Military attack (6)
- SORTIE
- 43 Across: Labor org. (3)
- AFL
- 46 Across: Sound receiver (3)
- EAR
- 47 Across: Hairdo (3)
- SET
- 48 Across: Make a snide remark (6)
- NEEDLE
- 50 Across: Tries an evasive trick (13)
- MAKESANENDRUN
- 54 Across: Actress Ekberg (5)
- ANITA
- 56 Across: Zoo feature (4)
- EMEU
- 57 Across: "Erik ___," book by Ben Hecht (4)
- DORN
- 58 Across: Cézanne contemporary (5)
- MONET
- 59 Across: Bacillus (4)
- GERM
- 60 Across: Flippant (4)
- AIRY
- 61 Across: Viewpoint (5)
- ANGLE
- 62 Across: "Sail ___ Ship of State!" (3)
- ONO
- 63 Across: Porcine abode (3)
- STY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Braids (6)
- PLAITS
- 2 Down: He converted Cuba (6)
- CASTRO
- 3 Down: Bis (5)
- TWICE
- 4 Down: Tag on a sale item (4)
- ASIS
- 5 Down: Turner (4)
- LANA
- 6 Down: Nobelist for Peace: 1950 (6)
- BUNCHE
- 7 Down: Parrot's forte (5)
- APERY
- 8 Down: Tito, e.g. (4)
- SLAV
- 9 Down: Discoverer of the Marianas: 1521 (8)
- MAGELLAN
- 10 Down: Consumed (3)
- ATE
- 11 Down: Buzzing insect (3)
- DOR
- 12 Down: Thicket (5)
- COPSE
- 13 Down: Gold or silver (7)
- ELEMENT
- 19 Down: Most hearty (6)
- HALEST
- 20 Down: Former Egypt-Syria initials (3)
- UAR
- 24 Down: Playwright Connelly (4)
- MARC
- 25 Down: Yugoslav city (4)
- NISH
- 28 Down: Cpl. or sgt. (3)
- NCO
- 29 Down: Inhibit (5)
- DETER
- 30 Down: Constellation (4)
- APUS
- 31 Down: Chief Egyptian god (4)
- PTAH
- 32 Down: Ill temper (6)
- SPLEEN
- 33 Down: Ruth (4)
- BABE
- 34 Down: Governor Grasso (4)
- ELLA
- 35 Down: Scary (8)
- ALARMING
- 36 Down: Caubeen, e.g. (3)
- HAT
- 37 Down: Abnormal leaf growth (7)
- ERINEUM
- 41 Down: Understand (3)
- SEE
- 42 Down: Cooperstown's lake (6)
- OTSEGO
- 43 Down: Skillful (6)
- ADROIT
- 44 Down: Ado (6)
- FLURRY
- 45 Down: Dustin Hoffman role (5)
- LENNY
- 47 Down: Pass lightly (over) (5)
- SKATE
- 49 Down: Two Icelandic literary works (5)
- EDDAS
- 51 Down: Defective: Prefix (4)
- ATEL
- 52 Down: Word of assent (4)
- AMEN
- 53 Down: Fiddler or pianist (4)
- NERO
- 54 Down: Japanese woman diver (3)
- AMA
- 55 Down: ___ compos mentis (3)
- NON
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