Tuesday Crossword — July 25, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/25/1978. By Sara V. Tuckerman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Headwear (4)
TAMS
5 Across: Standoffish (5)
ALOOF
10 Across: Ship's front end (4)
PROW
14 Across: Encourage (4)
ABET
15 Across: Bacon (5)
ROGER
16 Across: Money in Milan (4)
LIRA
17 Across: S.A. capital (4)
LIMA
18 Across: Avant-___ (5)
GARDE
19 Across: "___ Old Cowhand" (4)
IMAN
20 Across: Price (8)
LEONTYNE
22 Across: Duck (6)
DONALD
24 Across: Pierre's son (4)
FILS
25 Across: Gist, as of a story (4)
MEAT
26 Across: " . . . let him first cast ___" (6)
ASTONE
29 Across: Field (8)
MARSHALL
33 Across: Mason (5)
PERRY
34 Across: Ship's hoisting device (5)
DAVIT
35 Across: Great ___, South African river (3)
KEI
36 Across: Dry (4)
ARID
37 Across: Oracular (5)
VATIC
38 Across: Cry of approval (4)
VIVA
39 Across: Gear tooth (3)
COG
40 Across: Pub servings (5)
PINTS
41 Across: Rabbit (5)
PETER
42 Across: Saint (8)
EVAMARIE
44 Across: Kitchen implements (6)
CORERS
45 Across: Therefore (4)
ERGO
46 Across: Sneezy sound (4)
CHOO
47 Across: Shostakovich (6)
DMITRI
50 Across: Wilder (8)
THORNTON
54 Across: Torn (4)
RENT
55 Across: Nostril (5)
NARIS
57 Across: Hercules' captive (4)
IOLE
58 Across: Indigo (4)
ANIL
59 Across: Castle (5)
IRENE
60 Across: Gather (4)
CULL
61 Across: Silent (4)
MUTE
62 Across: Burns's river (5)
AFTON
63 Across: Inland sea (4)
ARAL

Down Answers

1 Down: Like some stories (4)
TALL
2 Down: Nichols hero (4)
ABIE
3 Down: Reminder (4)
MEMO
4 Down: White (8)
STANFORD
5 Down: Knitting pattern (6)
ARGYLE
6 Down: Items taken from some sharks (5)
LOANS
7 Down: Fairy-tale figure (4)
OGRE
8 Down: Ref. book (3)
OED
9 Down: Belgian genre painter: 1856–1940 (8)
FREDERIC
10 Down: Pedestal base (6)
PLINTH
11 Down: "Green Mansions" heroine (4)
RIMA
12 Down: Spoken (4)
ORAL
13 Down: Conjurer's prop (4)
WAND
21 Down: Minute (4)
TINY
23 Down: Kiln (4)
OAST
25 Down: Song thrush (5)
MAVIS
26 Down: Swiftly (5)
APACE
27 Down: City near the Urals (5)
SEROV
28 Down: Ancient three-horse chariot (5)
TRIGA
29 Down: Dull finish (5)
MATTE
30 Down: "Go fly ___!" (5)
AKITE
31 Down: Crowbar (5)
LEVER
32 Down: Pseudomaniacs (5)
LIARS
34 Down: Aquarium fish (5)
DANIO
37 Down: Dare (8)
VIRGINIA
38 Down: Lake (8)
VERONICA
40 Down: Young salmon (4)
PARR
41 Down: Inferior (4)
POOR
43 Down: Spirit (6)
METTLE
44 Down: Elect (6)
CHOSEN
46 Down: Khaki-colored twill (5)
CHINO
47 Down: Small weight (4)
DRAM
48 Down: Carte (4)
MENU
49 Down: Put one's foot ___ (4)
INIT
50 Down: Weight allowance (4)
TRET
51 Down: What a cicerone conducts (4)
TOUR
52 Down: Earthenware jar (4)
OLLA
53 Down: Mrs. Jarley's friend (4)
NELL
56 Down: Kennel sound (3)
ARF

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