Saturday Crossword — January 12, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 1/12/1980. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Stria (6)
- GROOVE
- 7 Across: Sudden, violent activity or feeling (5)
- SPASM
- 12 Across: Honeycomb component (7)
- BEESWAX
- 13 Across: Something done in a hurry (7)
- QUICKIE
- 15 Across: Unimportant (15)
- INCONSEQUENTIAL
- 17 Across: Dingles (5)
- DELLS
- 18 Across: Wholly (5)
- QUITE
- 19 Across: "___ Love You," 1934 song (3)
- PSI
- 20 Across: Buffalo's lake (4)
- ERIE
- 21 Across: Opera features (5)
- DUETS
- 22 Across: Physical body (4)
- SOMA
- 23 Across: Fancy or Dapper follower (3)
- DAN
- 24 Across: Sky Ram (5)
- ARIES
- 25 Across: Hacienda units (5)
- SALAS
- 26 Across: Word with little or big (7)
- LEAGUER
- 28 Across: Shoe parts (5)
- SOLES
- 29 Across: Rapid series of notes (9)
- GLISSANDO
- 31 Across: Popular N. Eng. fish dish (5)
- SCROD
- 33 Across: State policeman (7)
- TROOPER
- 36 Across: Nag (5)
- SHREW
- 37 Across: Besom, e.g. (5)
- BROOM
- 38 Across: Euclidean abbr. (3)
- QED
- 40 Across: Factual (4)
- TRUE
- 41 Across: Man of Adak (5)
- ALEUT
- 42 Across: Fiji's capital (4)
- SUVA
- 43 Across: Ending with aster (3)
- OID
- 44 Across: Show-biz awards (5)
- OBIES
- 45 Across: Novelist Robbe-Grillet (5)
- ALAIN
- 46 Across: Beyond reproach (15)
- UNEXCEPTIONABLE
- 49 Across: Madrid money (7)
- PESETAS
- 50 Across: Irks (7)
- NETTLES
- 51 Across: Rel. of an Amati (5)
- STRAD
- 52 Across: Homophone for grade (6)
- GRAYED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Army V.I.P. (7)
- GENERAL
- 2 Down: Lie (7)
- RECLINE
- 3 Down: "___ mio" (5)
- OSOLE
- 4 Down: Has (4)
- OWNS
- 5 Down: Anatomical duct (3)
- VAS
- 6 Down: Funeral rites (8)
- EXEQUIES
- 7 Down: Hard fats (5)
- SUETS
- 8 Down: Loblolly (4)
- PINE
- 9 Down: Do something (3)
- ACT
- 10 Down: Aspen gear (7)
- SKIPOLE
- 11 Down: Noxious effluvia (7)
- MIASMAS
- 12 Down: Tarried (5)
- BIDED
- 13 Down: Even (5)
- QUITS
- 14 Down: Disney's middle name (5)
- ELIAS
- 16 Down: Place for failures (11)
- QUEERSTREET
- 21 Down: Ancient Celtic priest (5)
- DRUID
- 22 Down: Shrewsbury's county (5)
- SALOP
- 24 Down: Radiant (5)
- AGLOW
- 25 Down: ___ and Gomorrah (5)
- SODOM
- 27 Down: Concur (5)
- AGREE
- 28 Down: Treat with disdain (5)
- SNOOT
- 30 Down: Alarm clock's function (8)
- AROUSING
- 31 Down: Reliquaries (7)
- SHRINES
- 32 Down: Most inexpert (7)
- CRUDEST
- 34 Down: Uniform (7)
- EQUABLE
- 35 Down: Scolded (7)
- REVILED
- 36 Down: Tankard (5)
- STOUP
- 37 Down: Radarscope phenomena (5)
- BLIPS
- 39 Down: Margrethe and Dinesen (5)
- DANES
- 41 Down: Draw ___ on (5)
- ABEAD
- 42 Down: Having a dull blue color (5)
- SLATY
- 44 Down: Numerical prefix (4)
- OCTA
- 45 Down: Pier, to an architect (4)
- ANTA
- 47 Down: Dry: Prefix (3)
- XER
- 48 Down: "___ the ramparts . . . " (3)
- OER
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