Tuesday Crossword — January 2, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/2/1979. By Jacobs.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sufficiently skilled (4)
- ABLE
- 5 Across: ___ Islands, in the Philippines (5)
- BATAN
- 10 Across: Squash, e.g. (4)
- PEPO
- 14 Across: Poet famed for limericks (4)
- LEAR
- 15 Across: Instruct (5)
- EDIFY
- 16 Across: Astringent (4)
- ALUM
- 17 Across: They fight for breath (15)
- MARATHONRUNNERS
- 20 Across: Diving bird (3)
- AUK
- 21 Across: Like a sentry (4)
- WARY
- 22 Across: ___ Mountains, in Missouri (5)
- OZARK
- 23 Across: Jazz jargon (4)
- JIVE
- 24 Across: Title (4)
- NAME
- 26 Across: Car's "home" (6)
- GARAGE
- 29 Across: Fipple flute (8)
- RECORDER
- 33 Across: Not up and around (4)
- ABED
- 34 Across: Short, in Toledo (5)
- CORTO
- 35 Across: Queen before Sophia (3)
- ENA
- 36 Across: They fight Friedan, Steinem, etc. (15)
- MALECHAUVINISTS
- 40 Across: Function (3)
- USE
- 41 Across: Dear relative (5)
- AUNTY
- 42 Across: Predecessor of crackle and pop (4)
- SNAP
- 43 Across: "___ of Abdyos": Byron (8)
- THEBRIDE
- 45 Across: Ailment (6)
- MALADY
- 47 Across: Not fooled by (4)
- ONTO
- 48 Across: Nat or Natalie (4)
- COLE
- 49 Across: Colosseum center (5)
- ARENA
- 52 Across: Irish Republic, formerly (4)
- EIRE
- 53 Across: Saratoga, e.g. (3)
- SPA
- 56 Across: They uphold indefensible causes (15)
- DEVILSADVOCATES
- 60 Across: Polish copy (4)
- EDIT
- 61 Across: Aconcagua's range (5)
- ANDES
- 62 Across: Shindig of a sort (4)
- BASH
- 63 Across: Kind of flight (4)
- SOLO
- 64 Across: Be a spendthrift (5)
- WASTE
- 65 Across: Priam's domain (4)
- TROY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: ___ mater (4)
- ALMA
- 2 Down: Suitor (4)
- BEAU
- 3 Down: Happy bird (4)
- LARK
- 4 Down: Epoch (3)
- ERA
- 5 Down: Act (6)
- BEHAVE
- 6 Down: Love (5)
- ADORE
- 7 Down: Minute (4)
- TINY
- 8 Down: Tanzania's cont. (3)
- AFR
- 9 Down: Washington Sq. campus (3)
- NYU
- 10 Down: Kind of division or tank (6)
- PANZER
- 11 Down: Birthplace of Zeno (4)
- ELEA
- 12 Down: Run smoothly (4)
- PURR
- 13 Down: City in Siberia (4)
- OMSK
- 18 Down: Shoot (4)
- TWIG
- 19 Down: "No sun—___": T. Hood (6)
- NOMOON
- 23 Down: Make weary (4)
- JADE
- 24 Down: Displaying chutzpah (5)
- NERVY
- 25 Down: Play opener (4)
- ACTI
- 26 Down: Range (5)
- GAMUT
- 27 Down: Discomfit (5)
- ABASH
- 28 Down: Book by D. S. Freeman (5)
- RELEE
- 29 Down: Trajectory (5)
- ROUTE
- 30 Down: It joins the Dnieper near Kiev (5)
- DESNA
- 31 Down: Toward the center (5)
- ENTAD
- 32 Down: Grating (5)
- RASPY
- 34 Down: Seabees' motto (5)
- CANDO
- 37 Down: Of the flesh (6)
- CARNAL
- 38 Down: Dinner time for many Parisians (4)
- HUIT
- 39 Down: Atoll (4)
- ISLE
- 44 Down: Mackerellike fish (6)
- BONITO
- 45 Down: Gloomy (6)
- MOROSE
- 46 Down: Guinness (4)
- ALEC
- 48 Down: Mongoose's cousin (5)
- CIVET
- 49 Down: Aids for the parched (4)
- ADES
- 50 Down: Change, as wallpaper (4)
- REDO
- 51 Down: Wickedness (4)
- EVIL
- 52 Down: High degrees for school administrators (4)
- EDDS
- 53 Down: Astronomer's interest (4)
- STAR
- 54 Down: Cuban coin (4)
- PESO
- 55 Down: Pale (4)
- ASHY
- 57 Down: Adage (3)
- SAW
- 58 Down: Reminiscences in writing (3)
- ANA
- 59 Down: Browning's "___ Vogler" (3)
- ABT
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