Tuesday Crossword — December 4, 1979 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/4/1979. By Daughdrille.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Amidst (4)
WITH
5 Across: Tender (5)
OFFER
10 Across: Lake named for an engineer (4)
MEAD
14 Across: Space (4)
AREA
15 Across: Crown (5)
TIARA
16 Across: Folk singer Guthrie (4)
ARLO
17 Across: Conform (15)
DOASTHEROMANSDO
20 Across: India or red (3)
INK
21 Across: "___ Johnny!" (5)
HERES
22 Across: Dynamo (5)
MOTOR
23 Across: Whig's opposite (4)
TORY
24 Across: Feb., Mar., ___ (3)
APR
25 Across: Risk of a sort (5)
WAGER
28 Across: Insulator (8)
ASBESTOS
33 Across: Body of water north of Iran (4)
ARAL
34 Across: Part of a circle (6)
SECTOR
36 Across: Group of the lower Niger (3)
IBO
37 Across: Conform (15)
FOLLOWTHELEADER
40 Across: That, in Madrid (3)
ESO
41 Across: Exclusive license (6)
PATENT
42 Across: Wear well (4)
LAST
43 Across: Stuffed (8)
REPLETED
45 Across: Word with half or platform (5)
SOLES
46 Across: U.S.N. officer (3)
ENS
47 Across: First-rate (4)
AONE
49 Across: Get on a soapbox (5)
ORATE
52 Across: Baby-bottle unit (5)
OUNCE
54 Across: Soup vegetable (3)
PEA
57 Across: Conform (15)
DONTROCKTHEBOAT
60 Across: Love to excess (4)
DOTE
61 Across: Guide (5)
STEER
62 Across: Likewise (4)
ALSO
63 Across: Rouse (4)
STIR
64 Across: En ___ (all together) (5)
MASSE
65 Across: Abound (4)
TEEM

Down Answers

1 Down: Valley, as in Arabia or Africa (4)
WADI
2 Down: Press (4)
IRON
3 Down: Boat material (4)
TEAK
4 Down: Owns (3)
HAS
5 Down: Word with wise (5)
OTHER
6 Down: Igneous (5)
FIERY
7 Down: Cabbie's concern (4)
FARE
8 Down: The Graces waited on him (4)
EROS
9 Down: Aries (3)
RAM
10 Down: Lords' residences (6)
MANORS
11 Down: First, in Frankfurt (4)
ERST
12 Down: Actor Ray (4)
ALDO
13 Down: Portal (4)
DOOR
18 Down: Thunder god (4)
THOR
19 Down: French physicist: 1775–1836 (6)
AMPERE
23 Down: William of the apple (4)
TELL
24 Down: Like ___ from the blue (5)
ABOLT
25 Down: Cracker (5)
WAFER
26 Down: Got up (5)
AROSE
27 Down: Lively dance (5)
GALOP
28 Down: Hurt (5)
ACHED
29 Down: British gun (4)
STEN
30 Down: ___ wave (5)
TIDAL
31 Down: Pudgy (5)
OBESE
32 Down: Kinds (5)
SORTS
34 Down: Sharp blows (5)
SWATS
35 Down: Feminine suffix (4)
ETTE
38 Down: Eye or can follower (6)
OPENER
39 Down: Lily plant (4)
ALOE
44 Down: Missive (6)
LETTER
45 Down: Dirk of yore (4)
SNEE
47 Down: Pays up (5)
ANTES
48 Down: Pigment (5)
OCHRE
49 Down: Tote-board numbers (4)
ODDS
50 Down: Origin (4)
ROOT
51 Down: One on the "nay" side (4)
ANTI
52 Down: Prefix for eight (4)
OCTA
53 Down: Kin of guitars (4)
UKES
54 Down: Mast (4)
POLE
55 Down: Allay (4)
EASE
56 Down: Fissionable item (4)
ATOM
58 Down: Odor: Comb. form (3)
OSM
59 Down: Night flier (3)
BAT

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