Tuesday Crossword — December 19, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/19/1978. By Russell.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Regions (5)
AREAS
6 Across: Late anthropologist (4)
MEAD
10 Across: Good earth (4)
SOIL
14 Across: Psychologist May (5)
ROLLO
15 Across: Exciting experience (9)
ADVENTURE
17 Across: Shirley MacLaine vehicle (15)
TWOFORTHESEESAW
19 Across: Upper House (6)
SENATE
20 Across: Pollen producer (7)
RAGWEED
21 Across: Encore (3)
BIS
24 Across: Choler (3)
IRE
25 Across: Friend of Pompey (4)
CATO
29 Across: Japanese salad green (3)
UDO
30 Across: Familiar Latin phrase (5)
IDEST
34 Across: "The bird ___ the Wing" (4)
ISON
35 Across: Black-footed weasel (6)
FERRET
38 Across: Actress Meriwether (3)
LEE
39 Across: Joanne Woodward vehicle, with "The" (15)
THREEFACESOFEVE
42 Across: Dawn goddess (3)
EOS
43 Across: Valuables (6)
ASSETS
44 Across: Augury (4)
OMEN
45 Across: Relative of 35 Across (5)
STOAT
47 Across: Meadow barley (3)
RIE
48 Across: Like evergreen forests (4)
PINY
49 Across: "Quiet, please" (3)
SSH
51 Across: Kyoto currency (3)
YEN
52 Across: Adorn (7)
FESTOON
56 Across: Kravchenko's "___ Freedom" (6)
ICHOSE
62 Across: Jason Robards vehicle (15)
ATHOUSANDCLOWNS
65 Across: Site of Vulcan's forge (9)
MOUNTETNA
66 Across: Exhausted (5)
ALLIN
67 Across: Nine: Comb. form (4)
ENNE
68 Across: Swallow (4)
DOWN
69 Across: Villa ___, at Tivoli (5)
DESTE

Down Answers

1 Down: "The ___ babblative and scribblative": Southey (4)
ARTS
2 Down: English dramatist Nicholas ___ (4)
ROWE
3 Down: College in N.C. (4)
ELON
4 Down: Code word for A (4)
ALFA
5 Down: Problem for Santa (4)
SOOT
6 Down: Tangle (3)
MAT
7 Down: Old English letter (3)
EDH
8 Down: Say with conviction (4)
AVER
9 Down: New Delhi V.I.P. (5)
DESAI
10 Down: Plastered (6)
STEWED
11 Down: Yorkshire river (4)
OUSE
12 Down: Dies ___ (4)
IRAE
13 Down: Lascivious (4)
LEWD
16 Down: Dwarfish native of the Philippines (7)
NEGRITO
18 Down: Snubs (7)
REBUFFS
22 Down: Images (5)
IDEAS
23 Down: Voodoo (7)
SORCERY
25 Down: Summons to court (5)
CITES
26 Down: "___ in the Dark": Sellers movie (5)
ASHOT
27 Down: Human trunk (5)
TORSO
28 Down: "___ Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (3)
ONE
31 Down: Varnish resin (5)
ELEMI
32 Down: "___ Days In May" (5)
SEVEN
33 Down: Wee (5)
TEENY
36 Down: Knot again (5)
RETIE
37 Down: Like cenobites of the second century (7)
ESSENIC
40 Down: Dines at a restaurant (7)
EATSOUT
41 Down: Macaroni (3)
FOP
46 Down: "___ for Danny Fisher": Robbins (6)
ASTONE
50 Down: Watered the lawn (5)
HOSED
52 Down: Renown (4)
FAME
53 Down: Jacket or collar (4)
ETON
54 Down: " . . . and ___/The frumious Bandersnatch!": Carroll (4)
SHUN
55 Down: Defense pact (4)
NATO
57 Down: Attired (4)
CLAD
58 Down: Darner's target (4)
HOLE
59 Down: Temple's team (4)
OWLS
60 Down: Angry fit (4)
SNIT
61 Down: Drudge, in medieval days (4)
ESNE
63 Down: Dir. from Paris to Calais (3)
NNW
64 Down: Newscaster Rather (3)
DAN

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