Tuesday Crossword — March 20, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/20/1979. By Gurner.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cadence (4)
- LILT
- 5 Across: Gets ready for an exam (5)
- PREPS
- 10 Across: Irish port (4)
- COBH
- 14 Across: Portico in Athens (4)
- STOA
- 15 Across: White oak (5)
- ROBLE
- 16 Across: Eye part (4)
- UVEA
- 17 Across: Blondie's breadwinner (15)
- DAGWOODBUMSTEAD
- 20 Across: Calms down (7)
- SEDATES
- 21 Across: Utah range (5)
- UINTA
- 22 Across: Electric-current regulator, for short (4)
- RHEO
- 23 Across: Harold of old comics (4)
- TEEN
- 25 Across: ___ bicarbonate (6)
- SODIUM
- 28 Across: Famed painter of N.M. ranch hands (4)
- HURD
- 29 Across: Jeff Davis's org. (3)
- CSA
- 32 Across: ___ in one's bonnet (4)
- ABEE
- 33 Across: Dictator's action against dissidents (5)
- PURGE
- 34 Across: Capek's classic (3)
- RUR
- 35 Across: Capp's strip within a strip (15)
- FEARLESSFOSDICK
- 39 Across: Land mass: Abbr. (3)
- ISL
- 40 Across: "I loved ___": G. Wither (5)
- ALASS
- 41 Across: Ahab's father (4)
- OMRI
- 42 Across: ___ Moines (3)
- DES
- 43 Across: Showy flower (4)
- LILY
- 44 Across: Dirty kid in "Peanuts" (6)
- PIGPEN
- 46 Across: Largest of the Marianas (4)
- GUAM
- 47 Across: Tar's nightcap (4)
- GROG
- 48 Across: Fragment (5)
- SCRAP
- 51 Across: Life preserver (7)
- MAEWEST
- 54 Across: Hans or Fritz (15)
- KATZENJAMMERKID
- 58 Across: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 59 Across: Asian fiber (5)
- RAMIE
- 60 Across: Character in Faulkner's "The Town" (4)
- EULA
- 61 Across: Church rite (4)
- MASS
- 62 Across: Better (5)
- AMEND
- 63 Across: Wood strip (4)
- LATH
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Dangerous drug (3)
- LSD
- 2 Down: "Play ___ It Lays": Didion (4)
- ITAS
- 3 Down: Theater section (4)
- LOGE
- 4 Down: More meretricious (8)
- TAWDRIER
- 5 Down: For the time being (6)
- PROTEM
- 6 Down: Western jamboree (5)
- RODEO
- 7 Down: Wanes (4)
- EBBS
- 8 Down: Prefix with perfect (3)
- PLU
- 9 Down: Theol. institute (3)
- SEM
- 10 Down: Local interruption on TV (5)
- CUTIN
- 11 Down: Baker's station (4)
- OVEN
- 12 Down: Throb (4)
- BEAT
- 13 Down: "Old MacDonald ___ Farm" (4)
- HADA
- 18 Down: Honolulu's island (4)
- OAHU
- 19 Down: Leathers (6)
- SUEDES
- 23 Down: Slabs of peat (5)
- TURFS
- 24 Down: Therefore (4)
- ERGO
- 25 Down: ___ Rud, river in Iran (5)
- SAFID
- 26 Down: Chubby (5)
- OBESE
- 27 Down: Gives out cards (5)
- DEALS
- 28 Down: Brazen female (5)
- HUSSY
- 29 Down: Put a wave in (5)
- CRIMP
- 30 Down: Bolivian co-capital (5)
- SUCRE
- 31 Down: One of the Alans (5)
- ARKIN
- 33 Down: Sacred poem (5)
- PSALM
- 36 Down: "Queen of Latin Song" (6)
- LALUPE
- 37 Down: Kazan (4)
- ELIA
- 38 Down: Poetaster's product (8)
- DOGGEREL
- 44 Down: College track, for short (6)
- PREMED
- 45 Down: "___ Russia $1200": Bob Hope (4)
- IOWE
- 46 Down: Looks intently (5)
- GAZES
- 47 Down: Urchin (5)
- GAMIN
- 48 Down: Glide along above a surface (4)
- SKIM
- 49 Down: Each: Sp. (4)
- CADA
- 50 Down: Highways: Abbr. (4)
- RTES
- 51 Down: "Put the Blame on ___" (4)
- MAME
- 52 Down: Arctic bird (4)
- SKUA
- 53 Down: Pinball no-no (4)
- TILT
- 55 Down: Blue Eagle letters (3)
- NRA
- 56 Down: Tie-up (3)
- JAM
- 57 Down: Morse code word (3)
- DAH
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