Tuesday Crossword — March 25, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/25/1980. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Word with plant or head (3)
EGG
4 Across: ___ four (5)
PETIT
9 Across: French clerical title (4)
ABBE
13 Across: Access (4)
DOOR
15 Across: New England college town (5)
ORONO
16 Across: Sills specialty (4)
ARIA
17 Across: Busy as ___ (4)
ABEE
18 Across: Alaskan town (5)
SITKA
19 Across: What a footpad does (4)
ROBS
20 Across: Notre Dame vs. Montclair State, e.g. (8)
MISMATCH
22 Across: Knightly combat (5)
JOUST
23 Across: Lacerated (4)
TORE
24 Across: Border, as of lace (6)
EDGING
27 Across: Sports official (6)
SCORER
29 Across: Biblical kingdom (4)
MOAB
30 Across: Presidential monogram (3)
HST
33 Across: World's highest capital (5)
LHASA
34 Across: Affliction causing loss of hair (5)
MANGE
35 Across: Shipment from China (3)
TEA
36 Across: Excellent (4)
AONE
37 Across: Showy flower (5)
CANNA
38 Across: ___ ranch (4)
MINK
39 Across: Give it a whirl (3)
TRY
40 Across: Be prominent (5)
SHINE
41 Across: ___ macabre (5)
DANSE
42 Across: Electric ___ (3)
EEL
43 Across: Bully (4)
HAZE
44 Across: Liquefied by heat (6)
MOLTEN
45 Across: Slippery one (6)
ELUDER
47 Across: Prefix with suggestion (4)
AUTO
48 Across: Kind of shower (5)
LINEN
50 Across: Went speedily (8)
BARRELED
54 Across: Water growth (4)
ALGA
55 Across: Nut of the oak (5)
ACORN
57 Across: ___ arms (4)
SIDE
58 Across: "Cinderella team" of 1969 (4)
METS
59 Across: Mournful music (5)
DIRGE
60 Across: Sufficient, to FitzGerald (4)
ENOW
61 Across: Court celebrity (4)
ASHE
62 Across: Generous one (5)
DONOR
63 Across: German river (3)
EMS

Down Answers

1 Down: Dairy product (4)
EDAM
2 Down: Asian desert (4)
GOBI
3 Down: Stops at nothing (15)
GOESTOANYLENGTH
4 Down: Notice (6)
POSTER
5 Down: Author Hoffer (4)
ERIC
6 Down: Naturally fitted for (15)
TOTHEMANNERBORN
7 Down: India ___ (3)
INK
8 Down: "___ Wild Rose" (3)
TOA
9 Down: Retired diamond notable (5)
AARON
10 Down: Made to conform (15)
BROUGHTINTOLINE
11 Down: Infant attire (4)
BIBS
12 Down: Middle ___ (4)
EAST
14 Down: Contrition (7)
REMORSE
21 Down: Statistic in an almanac (4)
AREA
22 Down: Correspond (4)
JIBE
25 Down: "Death Be Not Proud" poet (5)
DONNE
26 Down: Infatuated (4)
GAGA
27 Down: Convention decision (5)
SLATE
28 Down: Odd job (5)
CHORE
31 Down: Homophone for cents (5)
SENSE
32 Down: Swindled (5)
TAKEN
34 Down: Indian corn (5)
MAIZE
37 Down: African lake (4)
CHAD
38 Down: "The ___ Falcon" (7)
MALTESE
40 Down: Eschew (4)
SHUN
41 Down: Gloomy (4)
DOUR
44 Down: George Eliot hero (6)
MARNER
46 Down: Legal paper (5)
LEASE
48 Down: Priest at 33 Across (4)
LAMA
49 Down: Parts of France (4)
ILES
51 Down: Jason's ship (4)
ARGO
52 Down: Biblical land (4)
EDOM
53 Down: Moistens (4)
DEWS
55 Down: Do arithmetic (3)
ADD
56 Down: Labor org. founded in 1938 (3)
CIO

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