Tuesday Crossword — March 14, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/14/1978. By Herb L. Risteen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Simba's abode (4)
- LAIR
- 5 Across: Item in a "Spirit of '76" painting (4)
- FLAG
- 9 Across: He said, "Candy is dandy . . . " (4)
- NASH
- 13 Across: Diminutive suffix (4)
- ETTE
- 14 Across: Wild grape vine (5)
- LIANA
- 15 Across: Grocery purchase (4)
- OLEO
- 16 Across: Autumnal event in 1781 (15)
- SIEGEOFYORKTOWN
- 19 Across: Snare for small game (7)
- SPRINGE
- 20 Across: One of the Forsytes (5)
- IRENE
- 21 Across: Heather land (4)
- MOOR
- 22 Across: Dixie fare (4)
- PONE
- 24 Across: Fondle (6)
- CARESS
- 27 Across: Partner of Jackson and Smith on TV (4)
- LADD
- 28 Across: Sunday seat (3)
- PEW
- 31 Across: Arabian sultanate (4)
- OMAN
- 32 Across: Edible mushroom (5)
- MOREL
- 33 Across: Monroe's "___ of Good Feeling" (3)
- ERA
- 34 Across: Yuletide event in 1776 (15)
- BATTLEOFTRENTON
- 38 Across: Way: Abbr. (3)
- RTE
- 39 Across: Friendliness (5)
- AMITY
- 40 Across: Washington, to Braddock, in 1755 (4)
- AIDE
- 41 Across: It flows through flues (3)
- AIR
- 42 Across: Grant from England (4)
- CARY
- 43 Across: Cake mix (6)
- BATTER
- 45 Across: Telegram (4)
- WIRE
- 46 Across: Grandiose story (4)
- SAGA
- 47 Across: Flaming (5)
- AFIRE
- 50 Across: Diet staple (7)
- PROTEIN
- 54 Across: Early loser at Saratoga: Oct. 17, 1777 (15)
- GENERALBURGOYNE
- 58 Across: Heating vessel (4)
- ETNA
- 59 Across: Suspicious (5)
- LEERY
- 60 Across: Church tribunal (4)
- ROTA
- 61 Across: Governor Winthrop, e.g. (4)
- DESK
- 62 Across: Confined (4)
- PENT
- 63 Across: Kind of sign or watch (4)
- STOP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Minus (4)
- LESS
- 2 Down: Eagerly expecting (4)
- ATIP
- 3 Down: Brain passage (4)
- ITER
- 4 Down: Group of redcoats (8)
- REGIMENT
- 5 Down: Musician in a "Spirit of '76" painting (5)
- FIFER
- 6 Down: Scott's "___ of the Last Minstrel" (3)
- LAY
- 7 Down: Enero–diciembre period (3)
- ANO
- 8 Down: Veterans' gp. founded in 1866 (3)
- GAR
- 9 Down: ___ Dame (5)
- NOTRE
- 10 Down: Century plant (4)
- ALOE
- 11 Down: Fastened, in a way (4)
- SEWN
- 12 Down: Sharpen (4)
- HONE
- 14 Down: The Word (5)
- LOGOS
- 17 Down: Biblical oldster (4)
- ENOS
- 18 Down: Stir up (6)
- KINDLE
- 22 Down: Boston Tea ___: Dec. 16, 1773 (5)
- PARTY
- 23 Down: River in central Europe (4)
- ODER
- 24 Down: Venomous snake (5)
- COBRA
- 25 Down: Fine fiddle (5)
- AMATI
- 26 Down: He makes the grade (5)
- RATER
- 27 Down: Towering (5)
- LOFTY
- 28 Down: A size of larceny (5)
- PETIT
- 29 Down: Wear away (5)
- ERODE
- 30 Down: "Big Poison" of baseball fame (5)
- WANER
- 32 Down: Watered fabric (5)
- MOIRE
- 35 Down: More open in pattern (6)
- LACIER
- 36 Down: "Cielo ___!" (Ponchielli aria) (4)
- EMAR
- 37 Down: Swimmers (8)
- NATATORS
- 43 Down: John ___, naval hero of '76 (5)
- BARRY
- 44 Down: Excited (4)
- AGOG
- 45 Down: Inflict (5)
- WREAK
- 46 Down: Jet (5)
- SPURT
- 47 Down: Like John Adams in the early 1820's (4)
- AGED
- 48 Down: Entertain (4)
- FETE
- 49 Down: Tourist havens (4)
- INNS
- 51 Down: Islet (4)
- EYOT
- 52 Down: Toward the direction of (4)
- INTO
- 53 Down: ___ tide (4)
- NEAP
- 55 Down: High mountain (3)
- ALP
- 56 Down: Light-Horse Harry of '76 (3)
- LEE
- 57 Down: Famed nickname of '76 (3)
- BEN
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