Tuesday Crossword — December 2, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/2/1980. By Joy L. Wouk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tale starter (4)
ONCE
5 Across: Pierre's apple (5)
POMME
10 Across: "___ Shanter" (4)
TAMO
14 Across: Composed (4)
COOL
15 Across: Advantage (5)
AVAIL
16 Across: Part of U.A.R. (4)
ARAB
17 Across: Russian device (15)
HAMMERANDSICKLE
20 Across: Resistance unit (3)
OHM
21 Across: Ratio phrase (4)
ISTO
22 Across: ___ Parker (busybody) (5)
NOSEY
23 Across: Concede (5)
AGREE
25 Across: Flows' partner (4)
EBBS
27 Across: Paddled (6)
CANOED
29 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
30 Across: Scarcely (3)
ILL
33 Across: ___-de-camp (4)
AIDE
34 Across: Discharge (4)
FIRE
35 Across: Prefix with lith and plastic (3)
NEO
36 Across: Turkish device (15)
CRESCENTANDSTAR
41 Across: ___ Majesty the Queen (3)
HER
42 Across: Hautboy (4)
OBOE
43 Across: Son of Jacob (4)
LEVI
44 Across: Wynn and Begley (3)
EDS
45 Across: Heath (4)
MOOR
46 Across: Marianne and Clement (6)
MOORES
48 Across: Neighbor of Va. (4)
TENN
49 Across: Entangle or untangle (5)
RAVEL
50 Across: Broad cravat (5)
ASCOT
53 Across: Humber tributary (4)
OUSE
54 Across: Harem part (3)
ODA
57 Across: American device (15)
STARSANDSTRIPES
61 Across: Follower of air or sea (4)
PORT
62 Across: Let fly (5)
LOOSE
63 Across: Docile; gentle (4)
MEEK
64 Across: Tell them to go climb a tree (4)
SAPS
65 Across: Less contaminated (5)
PURER
66 Across: Shaw's "___ and the Man" (4)
ARMS

Down Answers

1 Down: Siete follower (4)
OCHO
2 Down: Ham's father (4)
NOAH
3 Down: Naval officers (10)
COMMANDERS
4 Down: Dutch ___ (3)
ELM
5 Down: Described grammatically (6)
PARSED
6 Down: Like Humpty Dumpty (5)
OVATE
7 Down: ___-war bird (4)
MANO
8 Down: Prefix with day or land (3)
MID
9 Down: Urban sights, for short (3)
ELS
10 Down: Cantina fare (5)
TACOS
11 Down: Synagogue features (4)
ARKS
12 Down: Cob or buck (4)
MALE
13 Down: Refrain from contumacy (4)
OBEY
18 Down: Prime Minister De Valera's land (4)
EIRE
19 Down: Acquired early and deeply (6)
INBRED
24 Down: "As Maine ___, so . . . " (4)
GOES
25 Down: Lamb (4)
ELIA
26 Down: Go around Robin Hood's ___ (4)
BARN
27 Down: Hide (5)
CACHE
28 Down: Broadcast (5)
AIRED
29 Down: Word with taste or glow (5)
AFTER
30 Down: Gate crasher (10)
INTERLOPER
31 Down: Permission (5)
LEAVE
32 Down: Lemur of Asia (5)
LORIS
37 Down: Tailed celestial bodies (6)
COMETS
38 Down: Black (4)
EBON
39 Down: "High ___," 1952 film (4)
NOON
40 Down: Kind of gin (4)
SLOE
46 Down: Ibsen's "The ___ Builder" (6)
MASTER
47 Down: Word with eat or feed (4)
OVER
48 Down: Considerations for some courts (5)
TORTS
49 Down: Charlotte ___ (5)
RUSSE
50 Down: Vipers (4)
ASPS
51 Down: Porch for Plato (4)
STOA
52 Down: Cousin of a buffalo fish (4)
CARP
53 Down: Aroma (4)
ODOR
55 Down: Judge (4)
DEEM
56 Down: Solicits (4)
ASKS
58 Down: Eisenhut, for one (3)
ALP
59 Down: ___-turn (road sign) (3)
NOU
60 Down: Hogg or Dodo (3)
IMA

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