Tuesday Crossword — August 21, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/21/1979. By N. M. Meyer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Inspect quickly (4)
- SCAN
- 5 Across: Moves on foot (5)
- WALKS
- 10 Across: Brake (4)
- STOP
- 14 Across: Golf pro Jerry (4)
- PATE
- 15 Across: One of the Masseys (5)
- ILONA
- 16 Across: Possess (4)
- HAVE
- 17 Across: ___ mater (4)
- ALMA
- 18 Across: "Home they brought him ___ with spears": Tennyson (5)
- SLAIN
- 19 Across: Leave out (4)
- OMIT
- 20 Across: Commercial ships (14)
- MERCHANTMARINE
- 23 Across: Attention-getting cry (3)
- HEY
- 24 Across: Hart's weapon (6)
- ANTLER
- 25 Across: Related events (6)
- SERIES
- 29 Across: Sententious sentiment (5)
- MOTTO
- 31 Across: Fleming's "007" (5)
- AGENT
- 32 Across: Roman's approval (4)
- BENE
- 33 Across: Kind of hog (4)
- ROAD
- 37 Across: Circular plate (4)
- DISC
- 38 Across: Former Asian org. (5)
- SEATO
- 39 Across: Sand hill (4)
- DUNE
- 40 Across: Italian town, famed for wine (4)
- ASTI
- 41 Across: Composer of "Le Roi d'Ys" (4)
- LALO
- 42 Across: Perle that once gleamed in Washington (5)
- MESTA
- 43 Across: Impoverished (5)
- NEEDY
- 45 Across: Scottish pattern (6)
- TARTAN
- 46 Across: Do some scaling (6)
- ASCEND
- 49 Across: ___ Plaines, Ill. (3)
- DES
- 50 Across: Depth or thickness (14)
- THIRDDIMENSION
- 56 Across: British goodbye (4)
- TATA
- 57 Across: False gods (5)
- IDOLS
- 58 Across: Elliptical (4)
- OVAL
- 60 Across: "They have spread ___ . . . ": Psalm 140 (4)
- ANET
- 61 Across: Courage (5)
- NERVE
- 62 Across: Port or hock (4)
- WINE
- 63 Across: Counsel, to Burns (4)
- REDE
- 64 Across: Author of "The Poor Little Rich Girl" (5)
- GATES
- 65 Across: Style of furniture (4)
- ADAM
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Place featuring baths (3)
- SPA
- 2 Down: Peaceful (4)
- CALM
- 3 Down: "Don't throw bouquets ___" (4)
- ATME
- 4 Down: Close (4)
- NEAR
- 5 Down: Correspondent's word after "best" (6)
- WISHES
- 6 Down: Relieve (5)
- ALLAY
- 7 Down: Temporary financial help (4)
- LOAN
- 8 Down: Join closely (4)
- KNIT
- 9 Down: San Francisco suburb (8)
- SANMATEO
- 10 Down: Kind of cook or diner (10)
- SHORTORDER
- 11 Down: Dravidian language (5)
- TAMIL
- 12 Down: Sheeplike (5)
- OVINE
- 13 Down: Pop singer Frampton (5)
- PETER
- 21 Down: Huntley (4)
- CHET
- 22 Down: Insect having castes (3)
- ANT
- 25 Down: Actress Thompson (4)
- SADA
- 26 Down: Auspices (4)
- EGIS
- 27 Down: Become inactive (4)
- REST
- 28 Down: Burn to ashes (10)
- INCINERATE
- 29 Down: Farinaceous (5)
- MEALY
- 30 Down: Atop (4)
- ONTO
- 32 Down: Necklace part (4)
- BEAD
- 34 Down: Remove from office (4)
- OUST
- 35 Down: Square column (4)
- ANTA
- 36 Down: College official (4)
- DEAN
- 38 Down: Winter fun (8)
- SLEDDING
- 42 Down: Mozart's "Coronation ___" (4)
- MASS
- 44 Down: Finish (3)
- END
- 45 Down: Present and past (6)
- TENSES
- 46 Down: Flower-petal oil (5)
- ATTAR
- 47 Down: Gunfighter in a 1953 film (5)
- SHANE
- 48 Down: Summoned to court (5)
- CITED
- 49 Down: Look into deeply (5)
- DELVE
- 51 Down: Concept (4)
- IDEA
- 52 Down: Sahl (4)
- MORT
- 53 Down: Siouan tribesman (4)
- IOWA
- 54 Down: Augustan Age writer (4)
- OVID
- 55 Down: Zola novel (4)
- NANA
- 59 Down: Moon buggy (3)
- LEM
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