Tuesday Crossword — March 18, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/18/1980. By Meunier.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Trifles (4)
FIGS
5 Across: Row (4)
TIER
9 Across: ___ of war (5)
SLOOP
14 Across: Booty (4)
LOOT
15 Across: Manxman's milieu (4)
ISLE
16 Across: Brownish gray (5)
TAUPE
17 Across: Surreptitiously (15)
UNDERTHECOUNTER
20 Across: Greet (4)
HAIL
21 Across: C.P.A.'s concerns (3)
NOS
22 Across: Cavil (4)
CARP
23 Across: Tease (6)
NEEDLE
25 Across: Quantity: Abbr. (3)
AMT
26 Across: Equal: Fr. (4)
EGAL
27 Across: Benefit; use (5)
AVAIL
28 Across: G.P.'s profession (3)
MED
30 Across: Summer, in Soissons (3)
ETE
31 Across: Ordered (4)
BADE
32 Across: Overturn (5)
UPEND
34 Across: Master-Johnson subject (3)
SEX
35 Across: Canberra country (9)
DOWNUNDER
39 Across: Antipollution org. (3)
EPA
42 Across: Trademark (5)
BRAND
43 Across: Collection of Old Norse poetry (4)
EDDA
47 Across: Pen point (3)
NIB
48 Across: Sail (3)
JIB
49 Across: Pungs (5)
SLEDS
50 Across: Where to use a wedge (4)
TRAP
52 Across: Natural ___ (3)
GAS
54 Across: Bilks (6)
CHEATS
55 Across: Raja's wife (4)
RANI
56 Across: F.D.R.'s successor (3)
HST
57 Across: Lease (4)
RENT
58 Across: Woozy (15)
UNDERTHEWEATHER
63 Across: Coastline (5)
SHORE
64 Across: "___ Diary": Twain (4)
EVES
65 Across: Otherwise (4)
ELSE
66 Across: Aromatic herb (5)
TANSY
67 Across: Collector's item (4)
DEBT
68 Across: Stained (4)
DYED

Down Answers

1 Down: Sniffles plus (3)
FLU
2 Down: Charged particle (3)
ION
3 Down: Deity (7)
GODHEAD
4 Down: Firmed up (8)
STEADIED
5 Down: Film producer's decision (5)
TITLE
6 Down: Ending for boor or book (3)
ISH
7 Down: Soprano Mauti-Nunziata of the Met (5)
ELENA
8 Down: Praise an applicant (9)
RECOMMEND
9 Down: After PQR (3)
STU
10 Down: Weapon for Ahab (5)
LANCE
11 Down: Power failures (7)
OUTAGES
12 Down: Emulate a b.t.o. (7)
OPERATE
13 Down: Confuse (7)
PERPLEX
18 Down: Moon feature (4)
RILL
19 Down: Belgian seaport (6)
OSTEND
23 Down: Snatch (3)
NAB
24 Down: Fräulein Braun (3)
EVA
29 Down: Letters for Ike (3)
DDE
32 Down: Dauntless despite discomfiture (9)
UNABASHED
33 Down: "Abel was I ere I saw Cain," e.g. (3)
PUN
36 Down: Follower of a prep. (3)
OBJ
37 Down: Great architect (6)
WRIGHT
38 Down: Yielded (8)
RELENTED
39 Down: Commit (7)
ENTRUST
40 Down: Voracious S.A. fish (7)
PIRANHA
41 Down: Desert (7)
ABANDON
44 Down: Fatal (7)
DEATHLY
45 Down: Banned pesticide (3)
DDT
46 Down: Perverse person (3)
ASS
49 Down: Home of Torre's men (4)
SHEA
51 Down: Breakwaters (5)
PIERS
53 Down: Carlton or Martin (5)
STEVE
54 Down: Peak (5)
CREST
59 Down: Juan Carlos, e.g. (3)
REY
60 Down: Arachnid's creation (3)
WEB
61 Down: Compass direction (3)
ESE
62 Down: Scarlet (3)
RED

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