Tuesday Crossword — June 27, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/27/1978. By Joy L. Wouk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Covered shopping area (6)
ARCADE
7 Across: Kind of flight (4)
SOLO
11 Across: D.C. institution (3)
GWU
14 Across: Measured precisely (6)
GAUGED
15 Across: Fellow (4)
CHAP
16 Across: Operated (3)
RAN
17 Across: Near future (6)
OFFING
18 Across: Wolfe's "Look ___, Angel" (8)
HOMEWARD
20 Across: Jason's prize (6)
FLEECE
22 Across: An Indian accepted his Oscar (6)
BRANDO
23 Across: Bubble or blister (4)
BLEB
24 Across: ___, amas, amat (3)
AMO
26 Across: Forest in "As You Like It" (5)
ARDEN
27 Across: Baba or Pasha (3)
ALI
28 Across: Newspapers (5)
PRESS
30 Across: English coast sight (4)
DENE
31 Across: "Moonlight" or "Kreutzer" (6)
SONATA
34 Across: Likewise (5)
DITTO
36 Across: Maladroit (7)
AWKWARD
38 Across: Chief officer (7)
PREFECT
42 Across: More suitable (5)
APTER
44 Across: Neither just nor honest (6)
UNFAIR
45 Across: Chastity's mother (4)
CHER
48 Across: Leavening for dough (5)
YEAST
50 Across: Pen (3)
STY
51 Across: Wrests (5)
RENDS
53 Across: Wire measure (3)
MIL
54 Across: Location (4)
SITE
56 Across: Double quartets (6)
OCTETS
58 Across: Home of the Bolshoi Ballet (6)
MOSCOW
60 Across: Armoire (8)
WARDROBE
62 Across: Cosell or Baker (6)
HOWARD
65 Across: Zeta follower (3)
ETA
66 Across: Where Persepolis is (4)
IRAN
67 Across: Aside, in Avila (6)
APARTE
68 Across: Sheriff's asst. (3)
DEP
69 Across: Confined (4)
PENT
70 Across: Repairman (6)
MENDER

Down Answers

1 Down: Past (3)
AGO
2 Down: British fliers (3)
RAF
3 Down: Sleeve adornment (8)
CUFFLINK
4 Down: Nimble (5)
AGILE
5 Down: Huge star in Cygnus (5)
DENEB
6 Down: Trim the rim (4)
EDGE
7 Down: Conspired (7)
SCHEMED
8 Down: Expression of surprise (3)
OHO
9 Down: Mary's inseparable companion (4)
LAMB
10 Down: "Peter Grimes" is one (5)
OPERA
11 Down: Rio ___ (6)
GRANDE
12 Down: Lewis E. Lawes was one (6)
WARDEN
13 Down: Ruined (6)
UNDONE
19 Down: Avert (7)
WARDOFF
21 Down: De Soto or Hudson (3)
CAR
23 Down: Thwack (4)
BLOW
25 Down: Poet Mandelstam (4)
OSIP
27 Down: Third king of Judah (3)
ASA
28 Down: Stag or tea follower (5)
PARTY
29 Down: Emulate a majorette (5)
STRUT
32 Down: Granted (7)
AWARDED
33 Down: Spigot (3)
TAP
35 Down: Valley of ___ Thousand Smokes, Alaska (3)
TEN
37 Down: Judge (4)
DEEM
39 Down: Into the sunrise (8)
EASTWARD
40 Down: Mention (4)
CITE
41 Down: Melt down, as lard (3)
TRY
43 Down: Vesture (7)
RAIMENT
45 Down: Boasted (6)
CROWED
46 Down: Six-armed goddess (6)
HECATE
47 Down: Catch (6)
ENTRAP
49 Down: Road sign (3)
SLO
52 Down: Kind of mine (5)
STRIP
54 Down: Room for action (5)
SCOPE
55 Down: Sioux City resident (5)
IOWAN
57 Down: Sensitive (4)
SORE
59 Down: Spurious (4)
SHAM
61 Down: Forbid (3)
BAN
63 Down: St. or ave. (3)
RTE
64 Down: "___ Rosenkavalier" (3)
DER

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