Thursday Crossword — February 21, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/21/1980. By Frank Geary.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Croat or Serb (4)
- SLAV
- 5 Across: Subways (5)
- TUBES
- 10 Across: Clasp (4)
- HASP
- 14 Across: Fairy or elf (4)
- PERI
- 15 Across: Felony (5)
- CRIME
- 16 Across: Century plant (4)
- ALOE
- 17 Across: Concerning (4)
- INRE
- 18 Across: Opposite of exaggerate (10)
- UNDERSTATE
- 20 Across: Jacket (4)
- ETON
- 21 Across: Imagine (8)
- ENVISION
- 22 Across: Oppressed (11)
- DOWNTRODDEN
- 26 Across: Seraglio (5)
- HAREM
- 27 Across: McGuffey product (6)
- READER
- 32 Across: Humorist George (3)
- ADE
- 34 Across: Sluggish (5)
- INERT
- 37 Across: Twenty (5)
- SCORE
- 38 Across: Thin nail (4)
- BRAD
- 40 Across: Tear-jerker (5)
- ONION
- 42 Across: Double (4)
- TWIN
- 43 Across: Field for some hams (5)
- RADIO
- 45 Across: Slug's cousin (5)
- SNAIL
- 47 Across: Seine (3)
- NET
- 48 Across: Imbibe (6)
- ABSORB
- 50 Across: Chicago's soccer team (5)
- STING
- 52 Across: Practical (11)
- DOWNTOEARTH
- 57 Across: Part of Spanish Sahara (8)
- RIODEORO
- 61 Across: Erstwhile Irish capital (4)
- TARA
- 62 Across: Offers better bargains than one's rivals (10)
- UNDERSELLS
- 65 Across: Feb. 13, to Fabius (4)
- IDES
- 66 Across: Gun or actress (4)
- STEN
- 67 Across: Kipling's "Plain ___ from the Hills" (5)
- TALES
- 68 Across: Aperture (4)
- VENT
- 69 Across: Wrongful act (4)
- TORT
- 70 Across: Form of trapshooting (5)
- SKEET
- 71 Across: Whirlpool (4)
- EDDY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Discovered (5)
- SPIED
- 2 Down: Slow, to Spontini (5)
- LENTO
- 3 Down: Indian museum display (10)
- ARROWHEADS
- 4 Down: Franz Schubert's birthplace (6)
- VIENNA
- 5 Down: Inst. at Fort Worth (3)
- TCU
- 6 Down: Ossuary (3)
- URN
- 7 Down: Waited (5)
- BIDED
- 8 Down: Rectify (5)
- EMEND
- 9 Down: Tray (6)
- SERVER
- 10 Down: Things thrown into rings (4)
- HATS
- 11 Down: Part of a game name (4)
- ALAI
- 12 Down: Hernando de ___ (4)
- SOTO
- 13 Down: Hammer head (4)
- PEEN
- 19 Down: Math terms (5)
- SINES
- 23 Down: Prefix with axial or angle (3)
- TRI
- 24 Down: Where duets become solos (4)
- RENO
- 25 Down: Auguries (5)
- OMENS
- 28 Down: What some should clean up (3)
- ACT
- 29 Down: Lowered in status (10)
- DOWNGRADED
- 30 Down: ___ Smith, O'Neill hero (4)
- ERIE
- 31 Down: Tenant's obligation (4)
- RENT
- 32 Down: River in Luzon (4)
- ABRA
- 33 Down: Mousy (4)
- DRAB
- 35 Down: ___ Tin Tin (3)
- RIN
- 36 Down: Prosit, e.g. (5)
- TOAST
- 39 Down: Cassius ___, historian of Rome (3)
- DIO
- 41 Down: Climbing fern used in basketry (4)
- NITO
- 44 Down: Bid (5)
- ORDER
- 46 Down: Fabricate (3)
- LIE
- 49 Down: Promotes (6)
- BOOSTS
- 51 Down: Indigenous (6)
- NATIVE
- 53 Down: Inflict (5)
- WREAK
- 54 Down: ___ prosequi (5)
- NOLLE
- 55 Down: Tendency (5)
- TREND
- 56 Down: Impulsive (5)
- HASTY
- 57 Down: Shade of red (4)
- RUST
- 58 Down: Ambler's "Journey ___ Fear" (4)
- INTO
- 59 Down: River that joins the Neisse (4)
- ODER
- 60 Down: Depression (4)
- DENT
- 63 Down: Confederate V.I.P. (3)
- LEE
- 64 Down: Kennedy noisemaker (3)
- SST
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