Tuesday Crossword — May 20, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/20/1980. By Judson G. Trent.

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Across Answers

1 Across: ___ saxophone (4)
ALTO
5 Across: Persians' foes: 550 B.C. (5)
MEDES
10 Across: Halloween mo. (3)
OCT
13 Across: Ruth's homeland (4)
MOAB
14 Across: Play it to the hilt (5)
EMOTE
15 Across: Whimper (4)
MEWL
17 Across: Vermont product (10)
MAPLESUGAR
19 Across: Actress Adams (4)
EDIE
20 Across: Geographic hub of N.Y. (6)
ONEIDA
21 Across: Protract (8)
ELONGATE
23 Across: Commit to another (4)
VEST
25 Across: Tear's partner (4)
WEAR
26 Across: Duck or fabric (5)
PEKIN
29 Across: Apparel for Arafat (3)
ABA
32 Across: Wilde (5)
OSCAR
35 Across: Peter the cartoonist (4)
ARNO
36 Across: King of Waters (6)
AMAZON
38 Across: Word of disbelief (3)
HUH
39 Across: Suffix with scan (4)
SION
40 Across: "Cry the Beloved Country" author (5)
PATON
41 Across: Soprano Grist (4)
RERI
42 Across: Hanoi holiday (3)
TET
43 Across: Items in the spectrum (6)
COLORS
44 Across: Straight ___ arrow (4)
ASAN
45 Across: Houston athlete (5)
ASTRO
47 Across: Dir. from Milan to Udine (3)
ENE
48 Across: Publishing decision (5)
TITLE
49 Across: Days of ___ (4)
YORE
51 Across: Birl or whirl (4)
SPIN
53 Across: Embeds (8)
IMPLANTS
57 Across: User who may be a loser (6)
ADDICT
61 Across: Drudge (4)
MOIL
62 Across: Hartford tree blown down in 1856 (10)
CHARTEROAK
64 Across: Corn bread (4)
PONE
65 Across: Fountain of ___ (5)
YOUTH
66 Across: Aware of (4)
ONTO
67 Across: Berg's "___ Wein" (3)
DER
68 Across: Remedies (5)
CURES
69 Across: Basenji and Manx, e.g. (4)
PETS

Down Answers

1 Down: Caisson load, for short (4)
AMMO
2 Down: Kind of shark (4)
LOAN
3 Down: Finish line (4)
TAPE
4 Down: Lethe (8)
OBLIVION
5 Down: Flattops, in N.M. (5)
MESAS
6 Down: Cassowary's cousin (3)
EMU
7 Down: Venetian ruler (4)
DOGE
8 Down: Lat. catchall (4)
ETAL
9 Down: Asian antelope (5)
SEROW
10 Down: Followers of psis (6)
OMEGAS
11 Down: Storage box (10)
CEDARCHEST
12 Down: Taunt (4)
TWIT
16 Down: Brenda or Peggy (3)
LEE
18 Down: Paradise (4)
EDEN
22 Down: Inert gas (4)
NEON
24 Down: Fare for Felipe (6)
TAMALE
26 Down: Linguini, for one (5)
PASTA
27 Down: Hurons' neighbors (5)
ERIES
28 Down: Paneling for a den (10)
KNOTTYPINE
30 Down: Wand (5)
BATON
31 Down: Atlantic islands (6)
AZORES
33 Down: Of the ear (5)
AURAL
34 Down: Lorelei's waters (5)
RHINE
36 Down: Mil. address (3)
APO
37 Down: Sides of cricket wickets (3)
ONS
41 Down: Shower unit (8)
RAINDROP
43 Down: Girl in "The Last of the Mohicans" (4)
CORA
46 Down: Word with skate or towel (6)
ROLLER
48 Down: Ebb or neap (4)
TIDE
50 Down: Reference vol. (5)
ENCYC
52 Down: "The ___ of glory . . . ": Gray (5)
PATHS
53 Down: Puckerel (3)
IMP
54 Down: "___ Indigo" (4)
MOOD
55 Down: Decalogue word (4)
THOU
56 Down: Lizard: Comb. form (4)
SAUR
58 Down: Bulwer-Lytton heroine (4)
IONE
59 Down: Carrie Chapman ___ (4)
CATT
60 Down: Fight finishes, for short (4)
TKOS
63 Down: U.S. 1 is one (3)
RTE

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