Tuesday Crossword — July 24, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/24/1979. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (4)
BACH
5 Across: Gluey stuff (3)
GEL
8 Across: Large quantity (5)
SCADS
13 Across: Where Rio Branco is (4)
ACRE
14 Across: Till item (3)
ONE
15 Across: Steam ___ (6)
SHOVEL
16 Across: " . . . drown ___ with tears": Hamlet (8)
THESTAGE
18 Across: Sometime (6)
MANANA
19 Across: Playwright's ploy (5)
ASIDE
20 Across: Puffin's cousin (3)
AUK
21 Across: Kind of dog or fish (3)
TOY
22 Across: Tribal emblem (5)
TOTEM
24 Across: F.D.R. agency (3)
NRA
26 Across: Delight (5)
ELATE
28 Across: Finial (3)
EPI
29 Across: "Heav'n's first law": Pope (5)
ORDER
31 Across: More tender (5)
SORER
32 Across: Skipper's sci. (3)
NAV
33 Across: December song (4)
NOEL
34 Across: A.P. relative (3)
UPI
35 Across: Subtitle of a 1604 tragedy (15)
THEMOOROFVENICE
41 Across: Word with shove or cast (3)
OFF
42 Across: Field (4)
AREA
43 Across: Conjunction (3)
NOR
44 Across: Frank of Hollywood (5)
CAPRA
47 Across: " . . . ___ and true industrious friend": Shak. (5)
ADEAR
48 Across: Machine part (3)
COG
49 Across: Spartan slave (5)
HELOT
50 Across: Application (3)
USE
51 Across: Does literary work (5)
EDITS
53 Across: Old English coin (3)
ORA
54 Across: Take an unfair share (3)
HOG
56 Across: Cafeteria equipment (5)
TRAYS
58 Across: Newscaster Dan (6)
RATHER
60 Across: Very brave (8)
LIONLIKE
63 Across: Put in accord (6)
ATTUNE
64 Across: North Sea feeder (3)
EMS
65 Across: Class of vertebrates (4)
AVES
66 Across: Sly looks (5)
LEERS
67 Across: Actress Sandra (3)
DEE
68 Across: Tidings (4)
NEWS

Down Answers

1 Down: "The ___" (stage thriller) (3)
BAT
2 Down: Essen exclamation (3)
ACH
3 Down: Like great artists (8)
CREATIVE
4 Down: Nobelist in Literature: 1946 (5)
HESSE
5 Down: Drive (4)
GOAD
6 Down: Propagate (8)
ENGENDER
7 Down: Actor Marvin (3)
LEE
8 Down: Kind of sonnet (13)
SHAKESPEAREAN
9 Down: Swindle (3)
CON
10 Down: Incarnation (6)
AVATAR
11 Down: Indicate (6)
DENOTE
12 Down: Macbeth, for one (6)
SLAYER
15 Down: Univ. at Dallas (3)
SMU
17 Down: Tragedy about a misanthrope (13)
TIMONOFATHENS
20 Down: Swiss river (3)
AAR
22 Down: Circus feature (4)
TENT
23 Down: Fancy fish (4)
OPAH
25 Down: Certain gun cartridges (7)
RELOADS
27 Down: ___ roast (4)
LOIN
30 Down: Building part (4)
ROOF
34 Down: Eye part (4)
UVEA
36 Down: Italian Prime Minister: 1964–68 (4)
MORO
37 Down: Nonworking hours (8)
FREETIME
38 Down: Penetrating (8)
INCISIVE
39 Down: Oddball (4)
COOT
40 Down: Work units (4)
ERGS
44 Down: Type of music (6)
CHORAL
45 Down: Pump up (6)
AERATE
46 Down: Missouri branch (6)
PLATTE
47 Down: Sept. predecessor (3)
AUG
52 Down: Poet Thomas (5)
DYLAN
55 Down: Smelter food (3)
ORE
57 Down: Gypsy ___ Lee (4)
ROSE
59 Down: Wallace hero, for short (3)
HUR
60 Down: Directed (3)
LED
61 Down: ___ Gardens, in Queens (3)
KEW
62 Down: Letter (3)
ESS

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