Friday Crossword — February 1, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 2/1/1980. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Chicken ___ king (3)
ALA
4 Across: Become dry (4)
SEAR
8 Across: Japan's greatest port (5)
OSAKA
13 Across: Calculate astrologically (4)
CAST
15 Across: Word with love or blue (4)
TRUE
16 Across: Salts (5)
CURES
17 Across: One of Pres. Carter's sisters (4)
RUTH
18 Across: Word with room or chamber (4)
ANTE
19 Across: Ant (5)
EMMET
20 Across: Flagrant (9)
EGREGIOUS
22 Across: Relating to starch (5)
AMYLO
23 Across: Prenuptials event (6)
SHOWER
24 Across: Intervening, in law (5)
MESNE
26 Across: "Ghosts" playwright (5)
IBSEN
28 Across: Republic since 1948 (6)
ISRAEL
32 Across: Goddess of the hunt (5)
DIANA
35 Across: Selvage of cloth (4)
LIST
37 Across: Projection at the east end of a church (4)
APSE
38 Across: Aide for a D.A. (4)
ASST
39 Across: Sec. of State (5)
VANCE
40 Across: Hawaiian goose (4)
NENE
41 Across: A muffler of sorts (4)
MUTE
42 Across: ___ time (pronto) (4)
INNO
43 Across: Krait, e.g. (5)
ADDER
44 Across: Scant (6)
SPARSE
46 Across: Vessels for pouring (5)
EWERS
48 Across: Kind of vote (5)
STRAW
50 Across: Taxco treat (6)
TAMALE
54 Across: Having a dull surface (5)
MATTE
57 Across: Shade trees (9)
SYCAMORES
59 Across: Aromatic emanations (5)
AURAE
60 Across: Emulsifier (4)
SOAP
61 Across: Furrow, as brows (4)
KNIT
62 Across: Hold up the game (5)
STALL
63 Across: A Gardner (4)
ERLE
64 Across: Border (4)
EDGE
65 Across: Safari headgear (5)
TOPEE
66 Across: Aspen gear (4)
SKIS
67 Across: Poe's "___ Bells" (3)
THE

Down Answers

1 Down: Lots of land (5)
ACRES
2 Down: Cachinnate (5)
LAUGH
3 Down: Kind of dome or turf (5)
ASTRO
4 Down: Series of steps (6)
STAIRS
5 Down: Conductor Rapee (4)
ERNO
6 Down: Vernon Duke song (15)
AUTUMNINNEWYORK
7 Down: Teammate of Campanella (5)
REESE
8 Down: Indian and Arctic (6)
OCEANS
9 Down: Tennessee Williams drama (14)
SUMMERANDSMOKE
10 Down: Part of G.A.R. (4)
ARMY
11 Down: Howard from Ill. (4)
KEEL
12 Down: Anent (4)
ASTO
14 Down: Play set in Sicilia and Bohemia (14)
THEWINTERSTALE
21 Down: River in western Africa (4)
GEBA
25 Down: Locus (4)
SITE
27 Down: Joie de vivre (4)
ELAN
29 Down: Mimicked (4)
APED
30 Down: Feudal underdog (4)
ESNE
31 Down: Lascivious look (4)
LEER
32 Down: Blocks (4)
DAMS
33 Down: "The jig ___!" (4)
ISUP
34 Down: Fox terrier of films (4)
ASTA
36 Down: Flat-bottomed boat (4)
SCOW
39 Down: Four, in Frankfurt (4)
VIER
43 Down: Ancient Syria (4)
ARAM
45 Down: Historian Henry ___ Commager (6)
STEELE
47 Down: Storehouses (6)
ETAPES
49 Down: Perverse fools (5)
ASSES
51 Down: "Nola" composer (5)
ARNDT
52 Down: She played Scarlett (5)
LEIGH
53 Down: A first name in cosmetics (5)
ESTEE
54 Down: Gin pole (4)
MAST
55 Down: Packard or Stutz (4)
AUTO
56 Down: Golf hazard (4)
TRAP
58 Down: City in Colombia (4)
CALI

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