Saturday Crossword — February 2, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/2/1980. By Eli Wesoff.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Ostentation (4)
POMP
5 Across: Word before Judgment or Supper (4)
LAST
9 Across: D.S.O. designee (4)
HERO
13 Across: Satan's delight (4)
EVIL
14 Across: ___-frutti (5)
TUTTI
15 Across: Effluvium (4)
ODOR
16 Across: "Look alive!" (10)
GETAMOVEON
18 Across: Heap (4)
PILE
19 Across: Fernando, Alfonso et al. (5)
REYES
20 Across: Certain fertilizers (8)
NITRATES
22 Across: Grub St. denizen (4)
HACK
24 Across: Ring: Comb. form (5)
CYCLO
25 Across: Diamond dealer (8)
LAPIDARY
29 Across: Pertaining to a skin ailment (6)
PSORIC
32 Across: Put up with (5)
ABIDE
33 Across: Leak out slowly (4)
OOZE
35 Across: Young Madrilenian (4)
NINO
36 Across: Ahab's or Lear's emotion (4)
RAGE
37 Across: Llamas' milieu (5)
ANDES
38 Across: Pant violently (4)
GASP
39 Across: Area east of the Urals (4)
ASIA
40 Across: ___-do-well (4)
NEER
41 Across: Philippine timber trees (5)
ACLES
42 Across: Trumpeter's stage signal (6)
SENNET
44 Across: Adjective for an untouchable (8)
LOWCASTE
46 Across: Bob Hope sparkler (5)
ADLIB
48 Across: Rests (4)
SITS
49 Across: On deck (8)
TOPSIDES
52 Across: Painter compared with Bruegel (5)
MOSES
55 Across: It has a double-reed mouthpiece (4)
OBOE
56 Across: Valued too highly (10)
OVERPRIZED
59 Across: Camaign verb in the 50's (4)
LIKE
60 Across: Chief Justice after Marshall (5)
TANEY
61 Across: Squirrel's nest (4)
DRAY
62 Across: Vichyssoise ingredient (4)
LEEK
63 Across: Within: Comb. form (4)
ENTO
64 Across: Shade of blue (4)
YALE

Down Answers

1 Down: Fix prices (3)
PEG
2 Down: Word with time or throw (4)
OVER
3 Down: Particle (4)
MITE
4 Down: Practice a form of deception (15)
PLAYHIDEANDSEEK
5 Down: Schisgal drama: 1964 (3)
LUV
6 Down: Solar disk (4)
ATEN
7 Down: Stiff-upper-lip chap (5)
STOIC
8 Down: Photos of yesteryear (8)
TINTYPES
9 Down: William Boyd role (15)
HOPALONGCASSIDY
10 Down: Forte of William Allen White (10)
EDITORIALS
11 Down: Part (4)
ROLE
12 Down: Bauxite and stibnite (4)
ORES
14 Down: Mario's beloved (5)
TOSCA
17 Down: General at Gettysburg (5)
MEADE
21 Down: British medical org. (3)
RCS
23 Down: Money in Copenhagen (5)
KRONE
25 Down: "___ Theme," movie song (5)
LARAS
26 Down: Humble (5)
ABASE
27 Down: Blind purchase (10)
PIGINAPOKE
28 Down: Alpine sound (5)
YODEL
30 Down: Atlas section (5)
INSET
31 Down: Thicket (5)
COPSE
34 Down: Kamikaze planes (5)
ZEROS
37 Down: Counteractive remedy (8)
ANTIDOTE
41 Down: Olivier, for one (5)
ACTOR
43 Down: Samuel's teacher (3)
ELI
45 Down: Popeye's hungry pal (5)
WIMPY
47 Down: Aneurin of England: 1897–1960 (5)
BEVAN
49 Down: Turnpike payment (4)
TOLL
50 Down: Drama award (4)
OBIE
51 Down: Transported (4)
SENT
53 Down: Pound or Stone (4)
EZRA
54 Down: Pinniped (4)
SEAL
57 Down: Erskine contemporary (3)
REO
58 Down: Red 1 or Blue 5 (3)
DYE

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