Tuesday Crossword — March 4, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/4/1980. By Bernice Gordon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Dawdle (4)
POKE
5 Across: Creator of Pal Joey (5)
OHARA
10 Across: Short distance (4)
STEP
14 Across: Atop (4)
UPON
15 Across: Sham (5)
BOGUS
16 Across: Part of the neck (4)
NAPE
17 Across: Fortified area of a castle (10)
BATTLEMENT
19 Across: To ___ (exactly) (4)
ATEE
20 Across: Gave abundantly (8)
SHOWERED
21 Across: ___ dictum (incidental remark) (6)
OBITER
23 Across: Composer Novello (4)
IVOR
24 Across: Fishline attachment (5)
SNELL
25 Across: Warning signal (6)
TOCSIN
28 Across: Beauticians' specialties (8)
HAIRSETS
31 Across: Footwear for young Astaire (5)
SPATS
32 Across: Legendary magician (5)
FAUST
33 Across: Bob Cratchit's son (3)
TIM
34 Across: Wagons-___ (sleeping cars) (4)
LITS
35 Across: Parlor piece (5)
COUCH
36 Across: Pro ___ (4)
RATA
37 Across: Prov. in Canada (3)
ONT
38 Across: Skirt style (5)
ALINE
39 Across: Grinding (5)
MOLAR
40 Across: High-speed transmitting system (8)
TELEPOST
42 Across: Unite (6)
CEMENT
43 Across: Live (5)
EXIST
44 Across: Gershwin's "___, Lucille" (4)
LALA
45 Across: Carve (6)
INCISE
47 Across: Music of the 18th century (8)
SERENATA
51 Across: Kind of tone (4)
DIAL
52 Across: Jalopy (10)
RATTLETRAP
54 Across: Peut-___ (perhaps): Fr. (4)
ETRE
55 Across: Locale of Pend Oreille Lake (5)
IDAHO
56 Across: Set of receptacles (4)
INRO
57 Across: Aggregate (4)
MASS
58 Across: Members of a brain trust (5)
SAGES
59 Across: Betty of songdom (4)
COED

Down Answers

1 Down: Alehouses (4)
PUBS
2 Down: Brightly colored fish (4)
OPAH
3 Down: Zither of Japan (4)
KOTO
4 Down: Winds around (8)
ENTWISTS
5 Down: King of the fairies (6)
OBERON
6 Down: Winslow ___, U.S. artist (5)
HOMER
7 Down: Grown old (4)
AGED
8 Down: Score in baseball (3)
RUN
9 Down: Surprise (8)
ASTONISH
10 Down: Gourmet's treat (6)
SNAILS
11 Down: Stool pigeon (10)
TATTLETALE
12 Down: Weapon for Athos (4)
EPEE
13 Down: Noble (4)
PEER
18 Down: Dolly's family (5)
LEVIS
22 Down: Character in "Sesame Street" (4)
BERT
24 Down: Apple or cranberry follower (5)
SAUCE
25 Down: Certain opening (5)
TSLOT
26 Down: State one's belief (5)
OPINE
27 Down: Vehicles bound for stockyards (10)
CATTLECARS
28 Down: Frequent (5)
HAUNT
29 Down: Hyperion or Cronus (5)
TITAN
30 Down: Spirited (5)
SMART
32 Down: Pass off as genuine (5)
FOIST
35 Down: "___ He than breathing . . . ": Tennyson (8)
CLOSERIS
36 Down: "___ Comedy," B'way play (8)
ROMANTIC
38 Down: Sacred bull of Egypt (4)
APIS
39 Down: Confused struggle (5)
MELEE
41 Down: Banishes (6)
EXILES
42 Down: Juan ___ of Spain (6)
CARLOS
44 Down: Oblivion (5)
LETHE
45 Down: Same, to Seneca (4)
IDEM
46 Down: Naldi of the silents (4)
NITA
47 Down: Where one gender goes on a bender (4)
STAG
48 Down: Cartoonist Peter (4)
ARNO
49 Down: Counterweight (4)
TARE
50 Down: Footless (4)
APOD
53 Down: Nabokov heroine (3)
ADA

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