Tuesday Crossword — June 26, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/26/1979. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Item sometimes taken from the horse's mouth (3)
BIT
4 Across: Bakery delicacy (5)
WAFER
9 Across: Goya's "Woman with ___" (4)
AFAN
13 Across: Yearn (4)
ACHE
15 Across: Superior to (5)
ABOVE
16 Across: In the flesh (4)
LIVE
17 Across: Bracken, for one (4)
FERN
18 Across: Turned suddenly (5)
SLUED
19 Across: Oscar winner in 1958 (4)
IVES
20 Across: MacMurray (4)
FRED
21 Across: "He was ___ man . . . " (3)
HER
22 Across: Villains' vile looks (5)
LEERS
23 Across: Magdeburg's river (4)
ELBE
25 Across: Duds (6)
LEMONS
28 Across: The north wind, personified (6)
BOREAS
30 Across: English essayist (4)
ELIA
31 Across: Do handwork (3)
TAT
34 Across: Sea or stew (5)
IRISH
35 Across: Glaswegian's child (5)
BAIRN
36 Across: "___ my brother's keeper?" (3)
AMI
37 Across: Spanish notables (4)
DONS
38 Across: Big and strong (5)
HEFTY
39 Across: Field yield (4)
CROP
40 Across: Eur. land (3)
ENG
41 Across: Higher power in "Star Wars" (5)
FORCE
42 Across: Not genuine (5)
BOGUS
43 Across: "Gunsmoke" character (3)
DOC
44 Across: Biblical brother (4)
ABEL
45 Across: N.Y.C. section in an 1892 song (6)
BOWERY
46 Across: Entirely (6)
INTOTO
48 Across: Mr. Glendower (4)
OWEN
49 Across: Lively frolic (5)
SPREE
51 Across: Word with Bismarck or Hindenburg (3)
VON
53 Across: Do farm work (4)
REAP
56 Across: Type size (4)
PICA
57 Across: Instrument (5)
AGENT
59 Across: For that reason (4)
ERGO
60 Across: Asian river (4)
AMUR
61 Across: Stupor: Comb. form (5)
NARCO
62 Across: Mild expletive (4)
DARN
63 Across: News service (4)
TASS
64 Across: "Hedda Gabler" playwright (5)
IBSEN
65 Across: "___ on, Macduff" (3)
LAY

Down Answers

1 Down: Duffer's golf stroke (4)
BAFF
2 Down: Food-preserving device (4)
ICER
3 Down: Symbol of confusion and profusion (15)
THREERINGCIRCUS
4 Down: Thin coats of watercolors (6)
WASHES
5 Down: Simian space traveler: 1959 (4)
ABLE
6 Down: Good-luck bringers (15)
FOURLEAFCLOVERS
7 Down: Time of day, poetically (3)
EVE
8 Down: Kind of salmon or herring (3)
RED
9 Down: Outlander (5)
ALIEN
10 Down: Top of the brass (15)
FIVESTARGENERAL
11 Down: Make an unequivocal statement (4)
AVER
12 Down: Early TV hero (4)
NESS
14 Down: Infinite (7)
ENDLESS
22 Down: Bank decision (4)
LOAN
24 Down: Exclamation of disgust (3)
BAH
26 Down: The best (5)
ELITE
27 Down: Like a morass (4)
MIRY
28 Down: Tarried (5)
BIDED
29 Down: New England college town (5)
ORONO
32 Down: Chanson subject (5)
AMOUR
33 Down: Not fit to drive (5)
TIPSY
35 Down: Le Havre hat (5)
BERET
38 Down: Footloose fellow (4)
HOBO
39 Down: Shrank in fear (7)
COWERED
41 Down: Kismet (4)
FATE
42 Down: Crécy weapon: 1346 (3)
BOW
45 Down: Stylishness (6)
BONTON
47 Down: Approaches (5)
NEARS
49 Down: Honeymoon spoiler (4)
SPAT
50 Down: Arizona Indian (4)
PIMA
52 Down: "___ in Love with Amy" (4)
ONCE
54 Down: Taj Mahal city (4)
AGRA
55 Down: ___ up (pay) (4)
PONY
57 Down: Tropical bird (3)
ANI
58 Down: Chatter (3)
GAB

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