Tuesday Crossword — October 2, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/2/1979. By Kathryn Righter.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Shake ___!" (4)
- ALEG
- 5 Across: Steep slope (5)
- SCARP
- 10 Across: Church area (4)
- APSE
- 14 Across: Russian river (4)
- LENA
- 15 Across: Turret (5)
- TOWER
- 16 Across: Salver (4)
- TRAY
- 17 Across: Dines (4)
- EATS
- 18 Across: Abscond (5)
- ELOPE
- 19 Across: Volume (4)
- TOME
- 20 Across: Head of the Roundheads (8)
- CROMWELL
- 22 Across: Drops in value (6)
- SLUMPS
- 24 Across: Top grade (4)
- AONE
- 25 Across: Instrument for Emil Gilels (5)
- PIANO
- 26 Across: Medium in which headphones are often used (5)
- RADIO
- 29 Across: Vatican event (8)
- AUDIENCE
- 32 Across: Chairperson's concern (6)
- AGENDA
- 34 Across: Fox or Rabbit (4)
- BRER
- 35 Across: Gob's relative (3)
- TAR
- 36 Across: Makes hasty notes (4)
- JOTS
- 37 Across: Senior member (5)
- DOYEN
- 39 Across: She of the strange smile (4)
- MONA
- 40 Across: Milne's "Now We ___ Six" (3)
- ARE
- 41 Across: Miss Gardner et al. (4)
- AVAS
- 42 Across: Jeweled headdresses (6)
- TIARAS
- 44 Across: Headgear for steeplejacks (8)
- HARDHATS
- 46 Across: Milliner's concern (5)
- STYLE
- 47 Across: Ways' partner (5)
- MEANS
- 48 Across: Agitate (4)
- STIR
- 50 Across: Craving (6)
- THIRST
- 52 Across: Continues against all odds (8)
- PERSISTS
- 56 Across: "___ soit . . . " (4)
- HONI
- 57 Across: Pierre's parting word (5)
- ADIEU
- 59 Across: Bung (4)
- CORK
- 60 Across: Copied (4)
- APED
- 61 Across: Coats with gold (5)
- GILDS
- 62 Across: Lamb (4)
- ELIA
- 63 Across: Broad (4)
- WIDE
- 64 Across: Live (5)
- EXIST
- 65 Across: Lampblack (4)
- SOOT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Guinness (4)
- ALEC
- 2 Down: Shakespearean king (4)
- LEAR
- 3 Down: Within: Prefix (4)
- ENTO
- 4 Down: Urban utility conduits (8)
- GASMAINS
- 5 Down: Dutch painter: 1626–79 (5)
- STEEN
- 6 Down: Glue, in Grenoble (5)
- COLLE
- 7 Down: Military acronym (4)
- AWOL
- 8 Down: Corded fabric (3)
- REP
- 9 Down: Head of a republic (9)
- PRESIDENT
- 10 Down: Harmonize (6)
- ATTUNE
- 11 Down: Headland (10)
- PROMONTORY
- 12 Down: Corn porridge (4)
- SAMP
- 13 Down: Ocelli (4)
- EYES
- 21 Down: Word with shed or work (4)
- WOOD
- 23 Down: Den (4)
- LAIR
- 25 Down: Unsullied (4)
- PURE
- 26 Down: Indian head (5)
- RAJAH
- 27 Down: Greek marketplace (5)
- AGORA
- 28 Down: Headstrong, perhaps (10)
- DETERMINED
- 29 Down: Chasm (5)
- ABYSS
- 30 Down: De Lesseps's feat (5)
- CANAL
- 31 Down: Expunge (5)
- ERASE
- 33 Down: Head start (9)
- ADVANTAGE
- 38 Down: These may fill a filly (4)
- OATS
- 39 Down: Molds for casting or shaping (8)
- MATRICES
- 41 Down: Exclamations of surprise (4)
- AHAS
- 43 Down: Goddess with horns on her headdress (4)
- ISIS
- 45 Down: Ridicule (6)
- DERIDE
- 48 Down: Germs (5)
- SEEDS
- 49 Down: Have confidence in (5)
- TRUST
- 50 Down: Melt (4)
- THAW
- 51 Down: American Indian (4)
- HOPI
- 52 Down: Hairs on Hadrian's head (4)
- PILI
- 53 Down: Alone (4)
- SOLO
- 54 Down: Singing group (4)
- TRIO
- 55 Down: Card game for three (4)
- SKAT
- 58 Down: Humanitarian Dorothea ___: 1802–87 (3)
- DIX
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