Tuesday Crossword — January 31, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/31/1978. By Evelyn Benshoof.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Top exec (4)
- BOSS
- 5 Across: Cheese or chard (5)
- SWISS
- 10 Across: Gypsy's reading matter (4)
- PALM
- 14 Across: Mine opening (4)
- ADIT
- 15 Across: Cutting machine (5)
- LATHE
- 16 Across: Entertainer Adams (4)
- EDIE
- 17 Across: Would-be thespian's quest (4)
- ROLE
- 18 Across: Tie (5)
- ASCOT
- 19 Across: Dog in "Peter Pan" (4)
- NANA
- 20 Across: Negligible portion (15)
- DROPINTHEBUCKET
- 23 Across: Former Venetian magistrate (4)
- DOGE
- 24 Across: Christina's late dad (3)
- ARI
- 25 Across: More than a misdemeanor (6)
- FELONY
- 28 Across: Unidentifiable (8)
- FACELESS
- 33 Across: Claims (5)
- AVOWS
- 34 Across: Contrary (5)
- BALKY
- 35 Across: Holiday, British style (3)
- VAC
- 36 Across: Caught between two emotions (4)
- TORN
- 37 Across: Maggiore and Como (5)
- LAKES
- 38 Across: Cake soaked in rum (4)
- BABA
- 39 Across: Supplement, with "out" (3)
- EKE
- 40 Across: Roofing material (5)
- TILES
- 41 Across: Wore (5)
- HADON
- 42 Across: Justly earned (8)
- DESERVED
- 44 Across: Fasteners for boots (6)
- LACETS
- 45 Across: Golfer's cheapest purchase (3)
- TEE
- 46 Across: Nottingham fabric (4)
- SILK
- 47 Across: Promptly (15)
- ATTHEDROPOFAHAT
- 55 Across: Mother of F.D.R. (4)
- SARA
- 56 Across: Put one's ___ (interfere) (5)
- OARIN
- 57 Across: Word with soft or hard (4)
- WARE
- 58 Across: Use a mangle (4)
- IRON
- 59 Across: Record (5)
- WRITE
- 60 Across: Puccini piece (4)
- ARIA
- 61 Across: Honor at a party (4)
- FETE
- 62 Across: Conrad of the movies (5)
- NAGEL
- 63 Across: Cry (4)
- YELL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Versifier (4)
- BARD
- 2 Down: Fume (4)
- ODOR
- 3 Down: Farm structure (4)
- SILO
- 4 Down: Resign (8)
- STEPDOWN
- 5 Down: Jargonish (6)
- SLANGY
- 6 Down: Eliot's "The ___ Land" (5)
- WASTE
- 7 Down: Hankering (4)
- ITCH
- 8 Down: Secque or brogue (4)
- SHOE
- 9 Down: Reverses (8)
- SETBACKS
- 10 Down: Crossword constructor's need (6)
- PENCIL
- 11 Down: Aleutian island (4)
- ADAK
- 12 Down: Something to drop while away (4)
- LINE
- 13 Down: Turkey or chicken (4)
- MEAT
- 21 Down: Atomic particles (4)
- IONS
- 22 Down: Discoverer of heavy hydrogen (4)
- UREY
- 25 Down: Destined (5)
- FATED
- 26 Down: Summon (5)
- EVOKE
- 27 Down: Bodies of knowledge (5)
- LORES
- 28 Down: Doctored (5)
- FAKED
- 29 Down: Drinks (4)
- ALES
- 30 Down: Play the quibbler (5)
- EVADE
- 31 Down: See 8 Down (5)
- SABOT
- 32 Down: Uses an iconoscope (5)
- SCANS
- 34 Down: Burden in "Ol' Man River" (4)
- BALE
- 37 Down: Cause a mistake to be eventually forgotten (8)
- LIVEDOWN
- 38 Down: Retreat gradually (8)
- BACKAWAY
- 40 Down: Family lineage (4)
- TREE
- 41 Down: Moiety (4)
- HALF
- 43 Down: Colorless, odorless gas (6)
- ETHANE
- 44 Down: Hampton (6)
- LIONEL
- 46 Down: Ill will (5)
- SPITE
- 47 Down: Book of poems by Ciardi (4)
- ASIF
- 48 Down: Counterweight (4)
- TARE
- 49 Down: Meadowlands event (4)
- TROT
- 50 Down: ___ avis (4)
- RARA
- 51 Down: Ancestry: Abbr. (4)
- ORIG
- 52 Down: Long-eared mammal (4)
- HARE
- 53 Down: Seed covering (4)
- ARIL
- 54 Down: Greenish blue (4)
- TEAL
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