Tuesday Crossword — January 30, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/30/1979. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Business place (4)
SHOP
5 Across: Golden Horde tribesman (5)
TATAR
10 Across: ___ Major (army staff) (4)
ETAT
14 Across: Preside at a tea table (4)
POUR
15 Across: Palette pigment (5)
OCHRE
16 Across: Como or Garda (4)
LAGO
17 Across: Taj Mahal town (4)
AGRA
18 Across: Great fear (5)
DREAD
19 Across: Concoction (4)
BREW
20 Across: Plant growth caused by fungi (6)
MILDEW
22 Across: Baker's ___ (5)
DOZEN
23 Across: O'Gorman opus (5)
MURAL
24 Across: Pontiac was one (6)
OTTAWA
27 Across: Aristophanes' forte (6)
SATIRE
28 Across: ___ of Orleans (4)
MAID
29 Across: Be off guard (3)
NOD
32 Across: Adjusted exactly (5)
TRUED
33 Across: Literary sketch (5)
CAMEO
34 Across: Shipment to Bethlehem (3)
ORE
35 Across: Name of film fame (3)
AVA
36 Across: Given a thrashing (5)
CANED
37 Across: Portly (3)
FAT
38 Across: Thicken (3)
GEL
39 Across: Martina's rival (5)
CHRIS
40 Across: Dull finish (5)
MATTE
42 Across: Imaginary being (3)
ELF
43 Across: Collect a check legitimately (4)
EARN
44 Across: Thin slice of bacon (6)
RASHER
45 Across: Drafted again (6)
REDREW
47 Across: Eastern tribe (5)
ERIES
48 Across: Village high point (5)
SPIRE
50 Across: Castro's favorite companion (6)
HAVANA
52 Across: Grocery item (4)
OLEO
53 Across: Slyly spiteful (5)
SNIDE
55 Across: ___ dixit (4)
IPSE
58 Across: Banks do this (4)
LEND
59 Across: What "phage" means (5)
EATER
60 Across: Closefisted (4)
NEAR
61 Across: Miami's county (4)
DADE
62 Across: Insurance salesman (5)
AGENT
63 Across: Italian family of note (4)
ESTE

Down Answers

1 Down: Belgian city (3)
SPA
2 Down: Grab everything (3)
HOG
3 Down: Dickens novel (15)
OURMUTUALFRIEND
4 Down: Cooper's "The ___" (7)
PRAIRIE
5 Down: Walk like a 2-year old (6)
TODDLE
6 Down: Port near Haifa (4)
ACRE
7 Down: Mystery novel by Wilkie Collins (15)
THEWOMANINWHITE
8 Down: Heavenly Altar (3)
ARA
9 Down: "The ___ Badge of Courage" (3)
RED
10 Down: Jostle (5)
ELBOW
11 Down: Novel by Burroughs (15)
TARZANOFTHEAPES
12 Down: Prize-winning U.S. author (4)
AGEE
13 Down: Grover's Corners, e.g. (4)
TOWN
21 Down: Garnish (4)
LARD
22 Down: Pedestal part (4)
DADO
23 Down: Comics captain (6)
MARVEL
25 Down: Domesticates (5)
TAMES
26 Down: Fit to be ___ (4)
TIED
27 Down: Western bandit's target (5)
STAGE
30 Down: Declaims (6)
ORATES
31 Down: Hinder (5)
DETER
33 Down: St.-Lô square (5)
CARRE
36 Down: Burn (4)
CHAR
39 Down: Hand over (4)
CEDE
40 Down: Naomi's chosen name: Ruth 1:20 (4)
MARA
41 Down: Foolish (7)
ASININE
44 Down: Go back (6)
REVERT
46 Down: What storms do to riverbanks (5)
ERODE
48 Down: Merchandise tag (4)
SOLD
49 Down: ___ bargaining (4)
PLEA
51 Down: Capital of South Yemen (4)
ADEN
53 Down: Vast amount (3)
SEA
54 Down: Find fault persistently (3)
NAG
56 Down: Had a powwow (3)
SAT
57 Down: Rather than, to Hamlet (3)
ERE

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