Monday Crossword — February 18, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/18/1980. By Mrs. John Fabbroni.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Caesar, for one (5)
SALAD
6 Across: July zodiac figure (4)
CRAB
10 Across: Football play (4)
PASS
14 Across: S.A. ruminant (5)
LLAMA
15 Across: Dance of the 50th state (4)
HULA
16 Across: Part of Q.E.F. (4)
ERAT
17 Across: Hove clear, as an anchor (5)
ATRIP
18 Across: U.S. citizen (4)
AMER
19 Across: Decorate anew (4)
REDO
20 Across: His gun is quick (10)
MIKEHAMMER
22 Across: Wading bird (4)
RAIL
23 Across: Thatching palm (4)
NIPA
24 Across: French palace (6)
ELYSEE
26 Across: Ladle (6)
DIPPER
30 Across: Automaton (5)
GOLEM
32 Across: Beehive State (4)
UTAH
33 Across: Uniform (4)
EVEN
35 Across: Cartoonist and family (5)
NASTS
39 Across: "Johnny ___," 1948 movie (7)
BELINDA
41 Across: Like some measures (7)
DRASTIC
43 Across: Photographer's request (5)
SMILE
44 Across: Graf ___ (4)
SPEE
46 Across: Stewpot (4)
OLLA
47 Across: Egg-shaped (5)
OVATE
49 Across: "Hap" or Benedict (6)
ARNOLD
51 Across: Captain ___ of comics (6)
MARVEL
54 Across: Exceptional (4)
RARE
56 Across: "Un bel di," e.g. (4)
ARIA
57 Across: Spinster sleuth (10)
MISSMARPLE
63 Across: Land bordering the Caspian Sea (4)
IRAN
64 Across: Keats feats (4)
ODES
65 Across: Cunctation (5)
DELAY
66 Across: Coating for iron (4)
ZINC
67 Across: Turn a mast (4)
SLUE
68 Across: Maternal relative (5)
ENATE
69 Across: Ancient Roman ruins (4)
ESTE
70 Across: Rating device (4)
TEST
71 Across: Liturgies (5)
RITES

Down Answers

1 Down: Bridge bid (4)
SLAM
2 Down: High: Prefix (4)
ALTI
3 Down: Gambol (4)
LARK
4 Down: French female friend (4)
AMIE
5 Down: Apollo's favorite tree? (6)
DAPHNE
6 Down: Woodley's "The ___": 1979 (5)
CHAMP
7 Down: Kind of sale (7)
RUMMAGE
8 Down: Helm direction (4)
ALEE
9 Down: Part of a gun (6)
BARREL
10 Down: Case worker (10)
PERRYMASON
11 Down: Sections (5)
AREAS
12 Down: Miss Thompson (5)
SADIE
13 Down: Fur piece (5)
STOLE
21 Down: Publicized (5)
AIRED
25 Down: Yakutsk's river (4)
LENA
26 Down: Confers knighthood (4)
DUBS
27 Down: Part of an agenda (4)
ITEM
28 Down: Buddhist scripture language (4)
PALI
29 Down: S. S. Van Dine crime fighter (10)
PHILOVANCE
31 Down: Marcel's wave (4)
ONDE
34 Down: Like the Sahara (4)
VAST
36 Down: Manche town (4)
STLO
37 Down: Cultivate (4)
TILL
38 Down: Tropical fish (4)
SCAD
40 Down: Granular snow (4)
NEVE
42 Down: Furnish with new weapons (5)
REARM
45 Down: Medusa's slayer (7)
PERSEUS
48 Down: Not quite (6)
ALMOST
50 Down: Primer (6)
READER
51 Down: Pale yellow (5)
MAIZE
52 Down: Column ridge (5)
ARRIS
53 Down: Cheerful (5)
RIANT
55 Down: Useful quality (5)
ASSET
58 Down: Pointless (4)
IDLE
59 Down: Painter of "Fortuna" (4)
RENI
60 Down: Piece of ground (4)
PLAT
61 Down: Kind of show (4)
LATE
62 Down: A sight for sore ___ (4)
EYES

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