Tuesday Crossword — December 25, 1979 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/25/1979. By C. J. Angio.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Benedictine's garb (4)
- COWL
- 5 Across: Squawfish (4)
- CHUB
- 9 Across: Courteous interruption (4)
- AHEM
- 13 Across: Drug-yielding plant (4)
- ALOE
- 14 Across: Buffalo's ___ Theater (5)
- ARENA
- 15 Across: Cathedral area (4)
- NAVE
- 16 Across: She asked The (N.Y.) Sun: "Is there a Santa Claus?" (15)
- VIRGINIAOHANLON
- 19 Across: Imperil (8)
- ENDANGER
- 20 Across: Exercised a franchise (5)
- VOTED
- 21 Across: Very, in Versailles (4)
- TRES
- 22 Across: Salver (4)
- TRAY
- 24 Across: More ostentatious (6)
- ARTIER
- 27 Across: Turkey ___ (4)
- TROT
- 28 Across: Jiffy (3)
- SEC
- 31 Across: Ancient tyrant (4)
- NERO
- 32 Across: Letter before iota (5)
- THETA
- 33 Across: Actor Holbrook (3)
- HAL
- 34 Across: Character changed by spirits at Yuletide (15)
- EBENEZERSCROOGE
- 38 Across: Old Sol (3)
- SUN
- 39 Across: City where sherry was originated (5)
- XERES
- 40 Across: Vincent Lopez's theme song (4)
- NOLA
- 41 Across: Hissed reproof (3)
- TST
- 42 Across: Whittle (4)
- PARE
- 43 Across: Restraint (6)
- FETTER
- 45 Across: Depend (4)
- RELY
- 46 Across: Sound of discouragement (4)
- SIGH
- 47 Across: Everyday (5)
- USUAL
- 50 Across: Gift for a bride (8)
- LINGERIE
- 54 Across: Largest Pacific atoll (15)
- CHRISTMASISLAND
- 57 Across: Actress Nettleton (4)
- LOIS
- 58 Across: Coolidge and Moreno (5)
- RITAS
- 59 Across: "___/To check the erring": Wordsworth (4)
- AROD
- 60 Across: Semicircular recess (4)
- APSE
- 61 Across: Skater's spinning leap (4)
- AXEL
- 62 Across: Far from few (4)
- MANY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Primeval abode (4)
- CAVE
- 2 Down: Musicologist Downes (4)
- OLIN
- 3 Down: Tidings (4)
- WORD
- 4 Down: It ranks below an embassy (8)
- LEGATION
- 5 Down: Bergman's "___ and Whispers" (5)
- CRIES
- 6 Down: Attend (4)
- HEAR
- 7 Down: Número ___ (3)
- UNO
- 8 Down: Exclamation from 34 Across (3)
- BAH
- 9 Down: Vex (5)
- ANNOY
- 10 Down: Sentry's command (4)
- HALT
- 11 Down: "Whoopee!" in ancient Greece (4)
- EVOE
- 12 Down: Do some darning (4)
- MEND
- 14 Down: Cause of cross words (5)
- ANGER
- 17 Down: Anent (4)
- INRE
- 18 Down: Incarnation (6)
- AVATAR
- 22 Down: Part of a switch (5)
- TRESS
- 23 Down: Corps created in 1916 (4)
- ROTC
- 24 Down: "___ of robins . . . " (5)
- ANEST
- 25 Down: O.G.U.R.Y.Y. is one (5)
- REBUS
- 26 Down: E. C. Bentley's sleuth (5)
- TRENT
- 27 Down: Magi number (5)
- THREE
- 28 Down: New growth (5)
- SHOOT
- 29 Down: Figure on a quarter (5)
- EAGLE
- 30 Down: Weather forecast (5)
- CLEAR
- 32 Down: Bill ___ of baseball's Hall of Fame (5)
- TERRY
- 35 Down: Exercises a principal's prerogative (6)
- EXPELS
- 36 Down: Fervor (4)
- ZEAL
- 37 Down: Fleeing from the Feds (8)
- ONTHELAM
- 43 Down: Relative of omega (5)
- FINIS
- 44 Down: Roe (4)
- EGGS
- 45 Down: Hike, as taxes (5)
- RAISE
- 46 Down: Material for rope (5)
- SISAL
- 47 Down: Rival of U.S.C. (4)
- UCLA
- 48 Down: Busy place at Yuletide (4)
- SHOP
- 49 Down: Author of "QB VII" (4)
- URIS
- 50 Down: Like some editions (4)
- LATE
- 51 Down: ___ avis (4)
- RARA
- 52 Down: Get ___ the ground floor (4)
- INON
- 53 Down: Jeanette's Nelson (4)
- EDDY
- 55 Down: Refrain syllable (3)
- TRA
- 56 Down: Jumble (3)
- MIX
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