Tuesday Crossword — January 17, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/17/1978. By Sara V. Tuckerman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Steep slope (5)
SCARP
6 Across: Catamaran (4)
RAFT
10 Across: Viva ___ (orally) (4)
VOCE
14 Across: Ghana export (5)
COCOA
15 Across: Site of the Nobel Institute (4)
OSLO
16 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
17 Across: Dreiser's "The ___" (5)
TITAN
18 Across: Dixie (9)
SOUTHLAND
20 Across: Mariner's guide (8)
LANDMARK
22 Across: Utah range or river (5)
UINTA
23 Across: "Black gold" (3)
OIL
24 Across: Recedes (4)
EBBS
26 Across: Wait, in a way (8)
MARKTIME
31 Across: Margin of safety (6)
LEEWAY
35 Across: Entertainer Adams (4)
EDIE
36 Across: ___ alia (5)
INTER
38 Across: Presidential nickname (3)
IKE
39 Across: Old gray mare, e.g. (3)
NAG
40 Across: Interval in an athletic game (7)
TIMEOUT
42 Across: Through: Prefix (3)
DIA
43 Across: Year, in Spain (3)
ANO
44 Across: "I want ___ just like . . . " (5)
AGIRL
45 Across: Coin (4)
CENT
46 Across: Bullfighter (6)
TORERO
48 Across: Provinces (8)
OUTLANDS
51 Across: Evergreens (4)
FIRS
53 Across: Further (3)
AID
54 Across: Explode, as a bomb (5)
GOOFF
57 Across: Part of Cornwell (8)
LANDSEND
62 Across: "Till the ___," 1945 song (9)
ENDOFTIME
64 Across: Trap (5)
SNARE
66 Across: "Sour grapes can ___ make sweet wine" (4)
NEER
67 Across: Greek contest (4)
AGON
68 Across: Yellow pigment (5)
OCHER
69 Across: Starboard side when sailing north (4)
EAST
70 Across: Stood (4)
ROSE
71 Across: Union general (5)
MEADE

Down Answers

1 Down: B.S.A. member (3)
SCT
2 Down: Spiral (4)
COIL
3 Down: ___ part (pretend) (4)
ACTA
4 Down: Island off N.C. (7)
ROANOKE
5 Down: Learned man, in India (6)
PANDIT
6 Down: Ponselle (4)
ROSA
7 Down: Hebrew lyre (4)
ASOR
8 Down: Summer flounder (5)
FLUKE
9 Down: Add, with "up" (3)
TOT
10 Down: Traveling bag (6)
VALISE
11 Down: Wang's wife (4)
OLAN
12 Down: Jargon (4)
CANT
13 Down: Earth goddess (4)
ERDA
19 Down: Part of H.H.H. (6)
HUBERT
21 Down: Year in the 11th century (3)
MLI
25 Down: Cordon ___ (4)
BLEU
26 Down: "Danger: ___ Work" (5)
MENAT
27 Down: Bell town (5)
ADANO
28 Down: Hardship (5)
RIGOR
29 Down: Puccini heroine (4)
MIMI
30 Down: Febrero's predecessor (5)
ENERO
32 Down: Expand (5)
WIDEN
33 Down: Two of ___ (5)
AKIND
34 Down: Irish poet and dramatist (5)
YEATS
37 Down: S.A. balsam (4)
TOLU
40 Down: Duty (6)
TARIFF
41 Down: Stravinsky (4)
IGOR
45 Down: Rhythm (7)
CADENCE
47 Down: Exertion (6)
EFFORT
49 Down: Small boy (3)
TAD
50 Down: Nimble (6)
LISSOM
52 Down: Irish port (5)
SLIGO
54 Down: Kelly or Rayburn (4)
GENE
55 Down: ___-cat (sandlot game) (4)
ONEA
56 Down: Lyrical poems (4)
ODES
58 Down: Andy's partner (4)
AMOS
59 Down: Hawaiian goose (4)
NENE
60 Down: Okinawa's capital (4)
NAHA
61 Down: Scott (4)
DRED
63 Down: Pitch (3)
TAR
65 Down: Sonneteer's word (3)
ERE

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