Tuesday Crossword — September 11, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/11/1979. By Federing.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Hair" and "Grease" (4)
HITS
5 Across: Piece fastened by a padlock (4)
HASP
9 Across: Dilute (4)
THIN
13 Across: Sorghum product (5)
SYRUP
14 Across: Jai ___ (4)
ALAI
15 Across: Heed the emendator (4)
REDO
16 Across: Turkish cotton capital (5)
ADANA
17 Across: Chinese dynasty (4)
MING
18 Across: Greek love god (4)
EROS
19 Across: "Town Meeting of the World" (15)
GENERALASSEMBLY
22 Across: Call on (3)
SEE
23 Across: Ziegfeld, for short (3)
FLO
24 Across: Informal union after the Holy Alliance (15)
CONCERTOFEUROPE
33 Across: Burden (4)
ONUS
34 Across: Coward (4)
NOEL
35 Across: 100 stotinki in Bulgaria (3)
LEV
36 Across: Preston or Frost: abbr. (4)
ROBT
37 Across: Glaze (5)
SLEET
39 Across: Muck's partner (4)
MIRE
40 Across: Cuckoo (3)
ANI
41 Across: Bread spread (4)
OLEO
42 Across: "Prince ___," Borodin opera (4)
IGOR
43 Across: This followed 24 Across (15)
LEAGUEOFNATIONS
48 Across: Partook (3)
ATE
49 Across: Tarbell (3)
IDA
50 Across: Event during the Vietnam War: 1968 (15)
PARISPEACETALKS
59 Across: "Bide ___" (Scottish host's invitation) (4)
AWEE
60 Across: Lake in Ireland (4)
ERNE
61 Across: Lopez from Dallas (5)
TRINI
62 Across: Whine or beg (4)
CANT
63 Across: Bombast (4)
RANT
64 Across: Over (5)
ENDED
65 Across: Schliemann discovery (4)
TROY
66 Across: Postponement (4)
STAY
67 Across: "Audrey ___," recent best seller (4)
ROSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Part for Londoners or F.D.R. (4)
HYDE
2 Down: OPEC member (4)
IRAN
3 Down: Adjust an upright (4)
TUNE
4 Down: Meager (6)
SPARSE
5 Down: Village (6)
HAMLET
6 Down: Late Queen of Jordan (4)
ALIA
7 Down: "La Belle Dame ___ Merci": Keats (4)
SANS
8 Down: Pickled items (8)
PIGSFEET
9 Down: Seismograph recording (6)
TREMOR
10 Down: Dill, e.g. (4)
HERB
11 Down: Graven image (4)
IDOL
12 Down: ___ Parker (4)
NOSY
13 Down: Droop (3)
SAG
20 Down: Gas: Comb. form (3)
AER
21 Down: Hebrew month (4)
ELUL
24 Down: Word with Gables or Sea (5)
CORAL
25 Down: Two ___ (double-team strategy) (5)
ONONE
26 Down: Nile valley region (5)
NUBIA
27 Down: Chi. time (3)
CST
28 Down: " . . . ___ you shall betray me": Matt. (5)
ONEOF
29 Down: Adversary (3)
FOE
30 Down: Few: Comb. form (5)
OLIGO
31 Down: Juan of Argentina (5)
PERON
32 Down: Player with Chance and Tinker (5)
EVERS
37 Down: Pullman and Van Winkle (8)
SLEEPERS
38 Down: M-G-M trademark (3)
LEO
39 Down: DI doubled (3)
MII
41 Down: Pop-ups, usually (4)
OUTS
44 Down: Merriment (6)
GAIETY
45 Down: Precision (6)
NICETY
46 Down: Summer quaff (3)
ADE
47 Down: Shred (6)
TATTER
50 Down: Covenant (4)
PACT
51 Down: "We've ___, an' a debt . . . ": J. R. Lowell (4)
AWAR
52 Down: "Splitsville" (4)
RENO
53 Down: Q.E.D. part (4)
ERAT
54 Down: O'Neill's Christie (4)
ANNA
55 Down: It bisects Pisa (4)
ARNO
56 Down: Parts of scuttles (4)
LIDS
57 Down: Patella site (4)
KNEE
58 Down: Luckman of gridiron fame (3)
SID

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