Tuesday Crossword — April 11, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 4/11/1978. By Kathryn Righter.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Snorri Sturluson work (4)
EDDA
5 Across: Part of Indira's wardrobe (5)
SARIS
10 Across: Spouts (4)
JETS
14 Across: Homophone for lane (4)
LAIN
15 Across: Make very proud (5)
ELATE
16 Across: Bluish green (4)
AQUA
17 Across: Cut short, as rhythm (10)
SYNCOPATED
19 Across: Gathered collar (4)
RUFF
20 Across: Declare (6)
ASSERT
21 Across: Leave the Old Sod for new sod (8)
EMIGRATE
23 Across: Blighted urban area (4)
SLUM
25 Across: She wrote "The Sun Is My Undoing" (5)
STEEN
26 Across: Abstracts (8)
EPITOMES
30 Across: Shade of blue (6)
INDIGO
33 Across: Relative of neon (5)
XENON
34 Across: "Robinson Crusoe" author (5)
DEFOE
36 Across: Gangster group (3)
MOB
37 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
38 Across: Memorize (5)
LEARN
39 Across: Plant cultivated for grain (4)
MILO
40 Across: Conducted (3)
LED
41 Across: Calabrian staple (5)
PASTA
42 Across: Vicki Baum's was "Grand" (5)
HOTEL
43 Across: Abounded (6)
TEEMED
45 Across: Roget compilation (8)
SYNONYMS
47 Across: Berths for liners (5)
QUAYS
49 Across: Vaccines (4)
SERA
50 Across: Coal buckets (8)
SCUTTLES
53 Across: Examinee's statement (6)
ANSWER
57 Across: Chesterfield (4)
COAT
58 Across: Like some highways (10)
INTERSTATE
60 Across: Prefix with cede or date (4)
ANTE
61 Across: Scoundrel (5)
KNAVE
62 Across: Russian form of John (4)
IVAN
63 Across: Roebuck (4)
DEER
64 Across: Avid (5)
EAGER
65 Across: Breton or Briton (4)
CELT

Down Answers

1 Down: Lanchester or Maxwell (4)
ELSA
2 Down: "The Last ___ of Pompeii" (4)
DAYS
3 Down: Clamors (4)
DINS
4 Down: Progenitor (8)
ANCESTOR
5 Down: Dividing membrane (6)
SEPTUM
6 Down: Chicken ___ king (3)
ALA
7 Down: Pace (4)
RATE
8 Down: List components (5)
ITEMS
9 Down: Any act promoting rebellion (8)
SEDITION
10 Down: Shaken (6)
JARRED
11 Down: Evenness of temper (10)
EQUANIMITY
12 Down: Small clump (4)
TUFT
13 Down: Peteman's target (4)
SAFE
18 Down: Synthetic fabric (5)
ORLON
22 Down: Heredity factor (4)
GENE
24 Down: Natives of Ecbatana (5)
MEDES
26 Down: Glorify (5)
EXALT
27 Down: Martinique volcano (5)
PELEE
28 Down: Unable to make the grade (10)
INADEQUATE
29 Down: Old Vic equipment (5)
SEATS
31 Down: Automaton (5)
GOLEM
32 Down: Ferry fares for Charon (5)
OBOLS
35 Down: Wears away by usage, as cloth (5)
FRAYS
38 Down: Befitting a woman of refinement (8)
LADYLIKE
39 Down: Benedictine or Franciscan (8)
MONASTIC
41 Down: Marsh product (4)
PEAT
42 Down: Cuckold's headgear (5)
HORNS
44 Down: Grumble (6)
MUTTER
46 Down: "___, My God, to Thee" (6)
NEARER
48 Down: Medicinal herb (5)
SENNA
50 Down: Tropical fish (4)
SCAD
51 Down: Geometric solid (4)
CONE
52 Down: For men only (4)
STAG
54 Down: Fluctuate (4)
WAVE
55 Down: Useful tag-on from Latin (4)
ETAL
56 Down: Tear (4)
RENT
59 Down: Poetic time of day (3)
EVE

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