Thursday Crossword — March 6, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/6/1980. By C. J. Angio.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Clark or Marsh (3)
- MAE
- 4 Across: Azan's mother (5)
- ERATO
- 9 Across: Box cautiously (4)
- SPAR
- 13 Across: Philosopher proscribed by the Vatican (4)
- KANT
- 14 Across: Holy Grail, e.g. (5)
- RELIC
- 15 Across: ___ Alto (4)
- PALO
- 16 Across: Hard, lustrous coal (10)
- ANTHRACITE
- 18 Across: Mars, to Menelaus (4)
- ARES
- 19 Across: Wild grapevine (5)
- LIANA
- 20 Across: "Gil ___" (4)
- BLAS
- 22 Across: Chopper (3)
- AXE
- 23 Across: Medical school offerings (13)
- BASICSCIENCES
- 27 Across: Wainscot (4)
- CEIL
- 28 Across: Delight in cruelty (6)
- SADISM
- 31 Across: One of the Pennines (3)
- ALP
- 34 Across: Winnow (4)
- SIFT
- 37 Across: What 29 Down is (5)
- RATIO
- 38 Across: Where the price is light (15)
- BARGAINBASEMENT
- 42 Across: Running wild (5)
- ARIOT
- 43 Across: Reproachful remark (4)
- GIBE
- 44 Across: Court unit (3)
- SET
- 45 Across: River in S.C. (6)
- SANTEE
- 47 Across: Corn product (4)
- OLEO
- 50 Across: Embarrassed, as a runner on the diamond (13)
- CAUGHTOFFBASE
- 56 Across: Enjoy Jay Peak, Vt. (3)
- SKI
- 58 Across: Indonesian boat (4)
- PROA
- 59 Across: Stewpots (5)
- OLLAS
- 60 Across: Kind of measure (4)
- TAPE
- 62 Across: Retinues (10)
- ENTOURAGES
- 65 Across: Vivacity (4)
- ELAN
- 66 Across: Joins with stitches (5)
- SEAMS
- 67 Across: Part of a harrow (4)
- TINE
- 68 Across: Tuesday out of N.Y.C. (4)
- WELD
- 69 Across: Its capital is Damascus (5)
- SYRIA
- 70 Across: Ames and Asner (3)
- EDS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Craze (5)
- MANIA
- 2 Down: Certain piers (5)
- ANTAS
- 3 Down: Of a culture group (6)
- ETHNIC
- 4 Down: Cycle (3)
- ERA
- 5 Down: ___ room (play area) (3)
- REC
- 6 Down: Court excuse (5)
- ALIBI
- 7 Down: Championship (5)
- TITLE
- 8 Down: Immense expanses (6)
- OCEANS
- 9 Down: Colorado Springs, e.g. (3)
- SPA
- 10 Down: Hangers-on (9)
- PARASITES
- 11 Down: Comfort or Karras (4)
- ALEX
- 12 Down: Compass card (4)
- ROSE
- 13 Down: Commentator Marvin (4)
- KALB
- 17 Down: Caucasian, for one (4)
- RACE
- 21 Down: Cause goose pimples (5)
- SCARE
- 24 Down: Cuban's "Certainly!" (4)
- SISI
- 25 Down: What some vines do (5)
- CLING
- 26 Down: Cheese from abroad (4)
- EDAM
- 29 Down: Trig term (4)
- SINE
- 30 Down: Cluster of trees, in the West (4)
- MOTT
- 31 Down: Robes made from goat's hair (4)
- ABAS
- 32 Down: Composer of "Granada": 1932 (4)
- LARA
- 33 Down: Chief (9)
- PRINCIPAL
- 35 Down: Crime-fighting agcy. (3)
- FBI
- 36 Down: Conventional prohibition (5)
- TABOO
- 39 Down: "I've ___ Gal in Kalamazoo": 1942 (4)
- GOTA
- 40 Down: Consumed greedily (5)
- ATEUP
- 41 Down: Core of solipsism (4)
- SELF
- 46 Down: Way out (6)
- EGRESS
- 48 Down: ___ effort (4)
- EFOR
- 49 Down: Child dedicated to religious life (6)
- OBLATE
- 51 Down: Cutie pie (5)
- HONEY
- 52 Down: Crimean dweller (5)
- TATAR
- 53 Down: Cold (5)
- ALGID
- 54 Down: Composer Saint-___ (5)
- SAENS
- 55 Down: Cicero's "to be" (4)
- ESSE
- 56 Down: Chili con carne (4)
- STEW
- 57 Down: Colewort (4)
- KALE
- 61 Down: Conclude (3)
- END
- 63 Down: Japanese lake (3)
- OMI
- 64 Down: Columbia: Abbr. (3)
- USA
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