Tuesday Crossword — January 23, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/23/1979. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Identify (3)
TAB
4 Across: Discard (5)
SCRAP
9 Across: Type of apartment house (4)
COOP
13 Across: Exclamation of lamentation (4)
ALAS
15 Across: Burn ___ in one's pocket (5)
AHOLE
16 Across: Tolstoy heroine (4)
ANNA
17 Across: Ring fighter joins germ fighter (15)
JOELOUISPASTEUR
20 Across: Indulge in babble (7)
PRATTLE
21 Across: Not verbose (5)
TERSE
22 Across: Was a contestant (4)
VIED
23 Across: Addict (4)
USER
25 Across: Touch tenderly (6)
CARESS
28 Across: Word with fish or dust (4)
STAR
29 Across: Singer Sumac (3)
YMA
32 Across: What aeration removes from milk (4)
ODOR
33 Across: Turn one's back on (5)
SPURN
34 Across: Mind-boggling time (3)
EON
35 Across: English statesman joins French author (15)
LLOYDGEORGESAND
39 Across: "___ Kapital" (3)
DAS
40 Across: Common antiseptic: Var. (5)
IODIN
41 Across: Hornbeam, e.g. (4)
TREE
42 Across: Word with still or tight (3)
SIT
43 Across: Mammal floating on a floe (4)
SEAL
44 Across: Intimidates (6)
DAUNTS
46 Across: Mountain pool (4)
TARN
47 Across: "Sweet is the breath of ___ . . . ": Milton (4)
MORN
48 Across: Romantic involvement for Pierre (5)
AMOUR
51 Across: Beethoven offerings (7)
SONATAS
54 Across: English poet joins U.S. comedian (15)
JOHNMILTONBERLE
58 Across: Rifle, for example: Fr. (4)
ARME
59 Across: Legal paper (5)
LEASE
60 Across: ___ ex machina (4)
DEUS
61 Across: Famous flagmaker (4)
ROSS
62 Across: Brewery product (5)
LAGER
63 Across: Linkletter (3)
ART

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ Mahal (3)
TAJ
2 Down: Unevenly constructed (4)
ALOP
3 Down: Heavyweight champ: 1934 (4)
BAER
4 Down: Fries quickly (6)
SAUTES
5 Down: ___ labor (5)
CHILD
6 Down: Pinkish red (4)
ROSE
7 Down: The Zugspitze is one (3)
ALP
8 Down: Kind of soup (3)
PEA
9 Down: Provide food for a fee (5)
CATER
10 Down: Person who is sui generis (4)
ONER
11 Down: Responsibility (4)
ONUS
12 Down: Reduce (4)
PARE
14 Down: Abolitionists' target (7)
SLAVERY
18 Down: Patriot of '76 (4)
OTIS
19 Down: "A Sentimental Journey" writer (6)
STERNE
23 Down: Motoring maneuver (5)
UTURN
24 Down: Marionette man (4)
SARG
25 Down: Causes of much absenteeism (5)
COLDS
26 Down: Two-time loser to Dwight (5)
ADLAI
27 Down: Place for a hen party? (5)
ROOST
28 Down: Destroy (5)
SPOIL
29 Down: Have a craving (5)
YEARN
30 Down: Impressionist painter (5)
MONET
31 Down: Rugged range (5)
ANDES
33 Down: Type of chair (5)
SEDAN
36 Down: Make harmless (6)
DISARM
37 Down: Active one (4)
GOER
38 Down: Like Tom Thumb (7)
STUNTED
44 Down: California pass (6)
DONNER
45 Down: Arafat is one (4)
ARAB
46 Down: Berlin's specialty (5)
TUNES
47 Down: Fraternal order (5)
MOOSE
48 Down: Not in harmony (4)
AJAR
49 Down: Slain Italian leader: 1978 (4)
MORO
50 Down: Units for electricians (4)
OHMS
51 Down: Game animal (4)
STAG
52 Down: Sector (4)
AREA
53 Down: Vilification (4)
SLUR
55 Down: Unlucky (3)
ILL
56 Down: Albert ___, Minn. city (3)
LEA
57 Down: "Gallia ___ omnis divisa . . . " (3)
EST

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