Tuesday Crossword — February 28, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/28/1978. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Antlered animal (4)
STAG
5 Across: Military equipment (5)
ARMOR
10 Across: Leg part (4)
CALF
14 Across: One sound of contentment (4)
PURR
15 Across: "___ Street Blues," 1916 song (5)
BEALE
16 Across: Cupid (4)
AMOR
17 Across: Rose lover (4)
ABIE
18 Across: River of song (10)
BLUEDANUBE
20 Across: Cheap whisky (6)
REDEYE
22 Across: Tampered with (8)
DOCTORED
23 Across: Capitol Hill rejections (4)
NAYS
25 Across: Keep away from (4)
SHUN
26 Across: Intervenes (7)
STEPSIN
29 Across: "Hedda Gabler" playwright (5)
IBSEN
32 Across: Suffixes with gang or young (5)
STERS
33 Across: Time of day (4)
NOON
35 Across: Hugo's "___ Blas" (3)
RUY
37 Across: Not strict (4)
EASY
38 Across: Spanish gunboat (5)
BARCA
39 Across: All-inclusive (4)
WIDE
40 Across: Building section (3)
ELL
41 Across: Shade of green (4)
LIME
42 Across: Retrieves and returns (5)
SHAGS
43 Across: Letter on a key (5)
KAPPA
46 Across: Crisp cracker (7)
SALTINE
48 Across: Varnishes (4)
LACS
50 Across: Spick-and-span (4)
NEAT
51 Across: Critic or iconoclast (8)
DEBUNKER
55 Across: "Men ___ angels": Browning (6)
ARENOT
59 Across: Cabinetmaker's material (10)
ORANGEWOOD
61 Across: Rikki-tikki-___ (Kipling mongoose) (4)
TAVI
62 Across: Bell sound (4)
DING
63 Across: "For as you sow, ___ like to reap": Butler (5)
YEARE
64 Across: First czar (4)
IVAN
65 Across: Formerly (4)
ONCE
66 Across: Fluff (5)
ERROR
67 Across: Very hard to handle (4)
EELY

Down Answers

1 Down: Box (4)
SPAR
2 Down: Inner ___ (4)
TUBE
3 Down: Like the Gobi (4)
ARID
4 Down: Verdure (8)
GREENERY
5 Down: Monasteries or convents (6)
ABBEYS
6 Down: Electrical unit (3)
REL
7 Down: Muller of a Whittier poem (4)
MAUD
8 Down: Grocery items (5)
OLEOS
9 Down: Asian land (8)
REDCHINA
10 Down: Church laws (6)
CANONS
11 Down: Sino-Russian river (4)
AMUR
12 Down: Rounded part (4)
LOBE
13 Down: Mr. Flintstone (4)
FRED
19 Down: "Three men in ___" (4)
ATUB
21 Down: Kennel sounds (4)
YAPS
24 Down: Commandments mount (5)
SINAI
26 Down: Stride loftily (5)
STALK
27 Down: Electrical inventor (5)
TESLA
28 Down: Standards (5)
NORMS
30 Down: Of a Great Lake (5)
ERIAN
31 Down: Push slightly (5)
NUDGE
32 Down: Call on (3)
SEE
34 Down: Vast quantity (5)
OCEAN
36 Down: Affirmative (3)
YES
38 Down: "Shiner" (8)
BLACKEYE
39 Down: Formal attire (8)
WHITETIE
42 Down: Asterisk (4)
STAR
44 Down: Splurge at the track (6)
PLUNGE
45 Down: Relative of a twinge (4)
PANG
47 Down: Straw boss (6)
LEADER
49 Down: Drain (5)
SEWER
51 Down: Bygone bird (4)
DODO
52 Down: Green land (4)
ERIN
53 Down: Judge's bench (4)
BANC
54 Down: Stadium sound (4)
ROAR
56 Down: Apse's neighbor (4)
NAVE
57 Down: Bathtub shape (4)
OVAL
58 Down: Lilliputian (4)
TINY
60 Down: Genovese gold (3)
ORO

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