Tuesday Crossword — April 4, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 4/4/1978. By Kathryn Righter.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fad (5)
CRAZE
6 Across: Examines minutely (5)
SCANS
11 Across: Destined to a sad fate (6)
DOOMED
12 Across: Ports (6)
HAVENS
14 Across: Port (7)
REDWINE
15 Across: Copies published simultaneously (7)
EDITION
17 Across: Famous Pilgrim (5)
ALDEN
18 Across: Essentials (5)
NEEDS
20 Across: Work at (3)
PLY
21 Across: Convent room (4)
CELL
22 Across: Tall or short item (5)
STORY
23 Across: Dulles biographer (4)
BEAL
24 Across: French season (3)
ETE
25 Across: Sounds of anguish (5)
MOANS
26 Across: Polo (5)
MARCO
27 Across: Esteems (8)
RESPECTS
29 Across: Reduce (6)
LESSEN
30 Across: George or Victoria (4)
LAKE
31 Across: Piedmont town, southeast of Milan (4)
LODI
32 Across: Dupes (6)
CHEATS
35 Across: Seasoned liquid used in cooking (8)
MARINADE
39 Across: Talks wildly (5)
RANTS
40 Across: Pertaining to atmospheric weight (5)
BARIC
41 Across: These, in Tours (3)
CES
42 Across: Five geological periods (4)
ERAS
43 Across: Buds of onions, lilies, etc. (5)
BULBS
44 Across: Port (4)
LEFT
45 Across: Recede (3)
EBB
46 Across: Hearty enjoyment (5)
GUSTO
47 Across: ___ Antoinette (5)
MARIE
48 Across: Tracts reclaimed by dams or dikes (7)
POLDERS
50 Across: Fauna (7)
ANIMALS
52 Across: Change, as a title (6)
RENAME
53 Across: Interact realistically (6)
RELATE
54 Across: Teasdale et al. (5)
SARAS
55 Across: Manufacturer of the first steel plow (5)
DEERE

Down Answers

1 Down: Pampers (7)
CODDLES
2 Down: Spur part (5)
ROWEL
3 Down: Idi (4)
AMIN
4 Down: Mahayana movement (3)
ZEN
5 Down: Toothless (8)
EDENTATE
6 Down: Moves obliquely, with "off" (6)
SHEERS
7 Down: Small can for tea (5)
CADDY
8 Down: Rara ___ (4)
AVIS
9 Down: Kind of profit (3)
NET
10 Down: Those who shoot from ambush (7)
SNIPERS
11 Down: Cancel out (6)
DELETE
13 Down: Comfort (6)
SOLACE
14 Down: Athlete in a crash helmet (5)
RACER
16 Down: Synthetic material (5)
NYLON
19 Down: Many millenniums (4)
EONS
22 Down: Argyles (5)
SOCKS
23 Down: Washbowl (5)
BASIN
25 Down: Supermarket section (5)
MEATS
26 Down: "M*A*S*H" man (5)
MEDIC
28 Down: Maps (5)
PLATS
29 Down: Nocturnal lemur (5)
LORIS
31 Down: Port (8)
LARBOARD
32 Down: Inch along (5)
CREEP
33 Down: Port (6)
HARBOR
34 Down: Makes possible (7)
ENABLES
35 Down: Germinated grain (4)
MALT
36 Down: Needle-shaped (7)
ACERATE
37 Down: Taint (6)
DEFILE
38 Down: ___ Park, Colo. (5)
ESTES
40 Down: Kisses (6)
BUSSES
43 Down: Asian country (5)
BURMA
44 Down: Missouri town, birthplace of H.S.T. (5)
LAMAR
46 Down: Machine part (4)
GEAR
47 Down: "And he walked a crooked ___" (4)
MILE
49 Down: Class of nucleic acids (3)
DNA
51 Down: Born (3)
NEE

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