Tuesday Crossword — July 8, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/8/1980. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Retired netman (4)
ASHE
5 Across: Gladden (5)
CHEER
10 Across: Tucker's partner (3)
BIB
13 Across: Word with buck or sling (4)
SHOT
14 Across: Main artery (5)
AORTA
15 Across: Offspring; race: Comb. form (4)
GENO
16 Across: Petty bettors (15)
TINHORNGAMBLERS
19 Across: Wambaugh's "The ___ Field" (5)
ONION
20 Across: Put into financial difficulties (8)
STRAITEN
21 Across: ___ souci (carefree) (4)
SANS
24 Across: Kind (4)
SORT
25 Across: "___ folly to be wise": Gray (3)
TIS
28 Across: Thickens (4)
GELS
30 Across: Particular (6)
DETAIL
34 Across: Outside: Prefix (3)
ECT
35 Across: Cowboy's gear (5)
RIATA
37 Across: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
38 Across: Moving pictures (15)
THESILVERSCREEN
42 Across: Go far and wide (4)
ROVE
43 Across: Avid (5)
EAGER
44 Across: "___ tu," Verdi aria (3)
ERI
45 Across: Entertainment places (6)
ARENAS
48 Across: Author of "Utopia" (4)
MORE
49 Across: Where Daniel dared (3)
DEN
50 Across: " . . . and bear ___ . . . ": Isa. 7:14 (4)
ASON
52 Across: Freshwater duck (4)
TEAL
54 Across: Colonnades (8)
PORTICOS
58 Across: Laconic (5)
TERSE
62 Across: Ill-adapted; unsuited (15)
OUTOFITSELEMENT
65 Across: Junkie (4)
USER
66 Across: Houston athlete (5)
ASTRO
67 Across: Draft classification (4)
ONEA
68 Across: In medias ___ (3)
RES
69 Across: Comes out last (5)
LOSES
70 Across: Yuletide (4)
NOEL

Down Answers

1 Down: Anent (4)
ASTO
2 Down: Tibia (4)
SHIN
3 Down: "___ soit qui . . . " (4)
HONI
4 Down: Character of a culture (5)
ETHOS
5 Down: Word with hop or barn (3)
CAR
6 Down: Shortened term of endearment (3)
HON
7 Down: Units of work (4)
ERGS
8 Down: Les ___-Unis (5)
ETATS
9 Down: Strict disciplinarian (6)
RAMROD
10 Down: Shade of red (4)
BEET
11 Down: Dictator's phrase (4)
INRE
12 Down: Capt.'s deck aide (4)
BOSN
15 Down: Sparkle (7)
GLITTER
17 Down: Wild asses (6)
ONAGRI
18 Down: "With a ___ bodkin?": Hamlet (4)
BARE
22 Down: Armstrong or Simon (4)
NEIL
23 Down: Kind of bracelet (5)
SLAVE
25 Down: Tropical aquarium fish (5)
TETRA
26 Down: Venus's venous fluid (5)
ICHOR
27 Down: Lawrence or Martin (5)
STEVE
29 Down: What saunas feature (5)
STEAM
31 Down: "Man is but ___ . . . ": Pascal (5)
AREED
32 Down: Department in SE France (5)
ISERE
33 Down: Soviet leader: 1917–24 (5)
LENIN
36 Down: Idiomatic talk (5)
ARGOT
39 Down: Church or Stone (7)
SENATOR
40 Down: Arid (4)
SERE
41 Down: Invent (6)
CREATE
46 Down: Quasi (4)
ASIF
47 Down: Amiable (6)
SOCIAL
51 Down: Untrue (5)
NOTSO
53 Down: Dud (5)
LEMON
54 Down: Preside at tea (4)
POUR
55 Down: Yorkshire river (4)
OUSE
56 Down: 1 and 80, for short (4)
RTES
57 Down: Fast fliers (4)
SSTS
59 Down: Where Johnson beat Jeffries: 1910 (4)
RENO
60 Down: Snicker trailer (4)
SNEE
61 Down: Common Latin abbr. (4)
ETAL
63 Down: Rather than, poetically (3)
ERE
64 Down: ___ Alamos (3)
LOS

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