Thursday Crossword — January 17, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 1/17/1980. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Writer Wister (4)
OWEN
5 Across: Thank-you-___ (4)
MAAM
9 Across: Open patios (5)
ATRIA
14 Across: Togo's capital (4)
LOME
15 Across: Radamès's love (4)
AIDA
16 Across: Ginza signs (5)
NEONS
17 Across: Roman boy (4)
PUER
18 Across: Pop's pappy (10)
GRANDDADDY
20 Across: Put on (6)
ENROBE
22 Across: Girl in a Cohan song (4)
MARY
23 Across: Have a look (3)
EYE
24 Across: Poet Thomas et al. (6)
DYLANS
26 Across: Lout (4)
GAWK
28 Across: Feature of many a living room (13)
PICTUREWINDOW
33 Across: Wee, as a bairn (3)
SMA
35 Across: Moolah (4)
KALE
36 Across: " . . . ravell'd ___ of care": Macbeth (6)
SLEAVE
37 Across: Hebrew letters (5)
KAPHS
39 Across: Org. serving servicemen (3)
USO
41 Across: Founder of Pravda (5)
LENIN
42 Across: Visionary goals (6)
IDEALS
44 Across: City of Rumania (4)
IASI
46 Across: Proscribed pesticide (3)
DDT
47 Across: Beautician's specialty (13)
PERMANENTWAVE
50 Across: Part of the Occident: Abbr. (4)
SPAM
51 Across: Unattractive (6)
HOMELY
53 Across: A DiMaggio (3)
DOM
56 Across: Decorous (4)
PRIM
58 Across: Legendary Gaelic poet (6)
OSSIAN
60 Across: China's approximate population (10)
ONEBILLION
63 Across: Archconservative (4)
TORY
64 Across: ___ à clef (5)
ROMAN
65 Across: As to (4)
INRE
66 Across: Leaves off (4)
ENDS
67 Across: Hatrack feature (5)
PRONG
68 Across: O.T. book (4)
EXOD
69 Across: Sum, ___, fui (4)
ESSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Wine flask (4)
OLPE
2 Down: Trauma (5)
WOUND
3 Down: Abrasive (10)
EMERYPAPER
4 Down: Oil from orange flowers (6)
NEROLI
5 Down: Purplish red (7)
MAGENTA
6 Down: Make known (3)
AIR
7 Down: Furniture style (4)
ADAM
8 Down: Run (6)
MANAGE
9 Down: Singer from Wall Lake, Iowa (12)
ANDYWILLIAMS
10 Down: "___ for Two" (3)
TEA
11 Down: Took the train (4)
RODE
12 Down: ___ 500 (4)
INDY
13 Down: "___ sow, so . . . " (4)
ASYE
19 Down: Ties (5)
DRAWS
21 Down: Effusive display of approval (12)
BACKSLAPPING
25 Down: Pacific sea (4)
SULU
27 Down: Crook in a branch (4)
KNEE
29 Down: Gugal or sandarac (5)
RESIN
30 Down: Cosmopolitan weeds (10)
DANDELIONS
31 Down: "Metamorphoses" poet (4)
OVID
32 Down: Left (4)
WENT
33 Down: Omit (4)
SKIP
34 Down: Compelled (4)
MADE
38 Down: Bad actors (4)
HAMS
40 Down: ___ of allegiance (4)
OATH
43 Down: Traffic tie-up (5)
SNARL
45 Down: Passed out (7)
SWOONED
48 Down: A Dionne (6)
EMILIE
49 Down: Dickey (6)
VESTEE
52 Down: Compounds (5)
YARDS
53 Down: Village, Afrikaner style (4)
DORP
54 Down: ___ about (4)
ONOR
55 Down: Exec's note (4)
MEMO
57 Down: Pert girl (4)
MINX
59 Down: Wall St. fixture (4)
NYSE
61 Down: Taboo (3)
BAN
62 Down: Spanish gold (3)
ORO

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