Tuesday Crossword — March 2, 1982 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/2/1982. By Nancy McCarthy.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Applaud (4)
- CLAP
- 5 Across: Group of three (5)
- TRIAD
- 10 Across: Bradford-to-Swann pass (4)
- BOMB
- 14 Across: Speed contest (4)
- RACE
- 15 Across: Gamut (5)
- RANGE
- 16 Across: Always (4)
- EVER
- 17 Across: Trite, as a joke (10)
- OVERWORKED
- 19 Across: N.C.O.'s "As you ___!" (4)
- WERE
- 20 Across: Kind of horse or ship (3)
- WAR
- 21 Across: Cultivators (4)
- HOES
- 22 Across: Middle East inn (6)
- IMARET
- 24 Across: Tipple (4)
- TOPE
- 25 Across: Steep slope (5)
- SCARP
- 26 Across: Stories or storeys (6)
- FLOORS
- 29 Across: Cause a cat to scat (8)
- SCAREOFF
- 32 Across: Delight (in) (5)
- REVEL
- 33 Across: Makes sheepish sounds (5)
- BLATS
- 34 Across: Court (3)
- WOO
- 35 Across: Singer Burl (4)
- IVES
- 36 Across: Trim (5)
- PRUNE
- 37 Across: Scion (4)
- HEIR
- 38 Across: Suffix for mountain (3)
- EER
- 39 Across: Dishearten (5)
- DAUNT
- 40 Across: Poorest (5)
- WORST
- 41 Across: Like stallers' tactics (8)
- DELAYING
- 43 Across: Reliable (6)
- TRUSTY
- 44 Across: On one's guard (5)
- ALERT
- 45 Across: Dread (4)
- FEAR
- 46 Across: S.A. ungulates (6)
- TAPIRS
- 48 Across: Gasp (4)
- PANT
- 49 Across: Constrictor (3)
- BOA
- 52 Across: Ready to eat (4)
- RIPE
- 53 Across: Deposes (10)
- OVERTHROWS
- 56 Across: Milieu of the first snake in the grass (4)
- EDEN
- 57 Across: Songbird (5)
- FINCH
- 58 Across: Gannets' kin (4)
- ERNS
- 59 Across: Knight and Bessell (4)
- TEDS
- 60 Across: Grows weaker (5)
- FADES
- 61 Across: Carter's "Why Not the ___?" (4)
- BEST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Chortle (4)
- CROW
- 2 Down: Volcano product (4)
- LAVA
- 3 Down: Maple-tree genus (4)
- ACER
- 4 Down: ___ diem (3)
- PER
- 5 Down: Scout units (6)
- TROOPS
- 6 Down: Street show (5)
- RAREE
- 7 Down: Signs a contract (4)
- INKS
- 8 Down: Grow older (3)
- AGE
- 9 Down: Consecrate (8)
- DEDICATE
- 10 Down: Use caution (6)
- BEWARE
- 11 Down: Defeats decisively (10)
- OVERPOWERS
- 12 Down: Parisian mother (4)
- MERE
- 13 Down: Author Harte (4)
- BRET
- 18 Down: "Let's give it a ___!" (fingerprinter's pun) (5)
- WHORL
- 23 Down: God of war (4)
- MARS
- 24 Down: Locales of certain phalanges (4)
- TOES
- 25 Down: Barely sufficient (5)
- SCANT
- 26 Down: Sautéed (5)
- FRIED
- 27 Down: River embankment (5)
- LEVEE
- 28 Down: Lay upon and beyond (10)
- OVERLAPPED
- 29 Down: Thrown (5)
- SLUNG
- 30 Down: Palm off (5)
- FOIST
- 31 Down: Number of Ali Baba's foes (5)
- FORTY
- 33 Down: Main thrust (5)
- BRUNT
- 36 Down: Forms couples (8)
- PAIRSOFF
- 37 Down: Eleventh ___ (4)
- HOUR
- 39 Down: Colorist (4)
- DYER
- 40 Down: High dudgeon (5)
- WRATH
- 42 Down: Outsiders (6)
- ALIENS
- 43 Down: Tithes (6)
- TENTHS
- 45 Down: Forcemeat (5)
- FARCE
- 46 Down: Waste allowance (4)
- TRET
- 47 Down: HQ officer (4)
- AIDE
- 48 Down: Hang fire (4)
- PEND
- 49 Down: Cause ennui (4)
- BORE
- 50 Down: Possesses (4)
- OWNS
- 51 Down: One in a D.A.'s office (4)
- ASST
- 54 Down: Italian way (3)
- VIA
- 55 Down: Johnny ___ (3)
- REB
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