Thursday Crossword — March 13, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/13/1980. By Jack L. Steinhardt.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Big blowout (4)
- GALA
- 5 Across: Gourd, at times (5)
- LADLE
- 10 Across: Javanese carriage (4)
- SADO
- 14 Across: Pianist Templeton (4)
- ALEC
- 15 Across: Extrinsic (5)
- ALIEN
- 16 Across: Soviet-Manchurian river (4)
- AMUR
- 17 Across: Queen's attendants (15)
- LADIESINWAITING
- 20 Across: Dispirits (7)
- SADDENS
- 21 Across: Simpleton (5)
- NINNY
- 22 Across: Jade (4)
- TIRE
- 23 Across: Rhapsodize (4)
- RAVE
- 25 Across: Recurring celestial visitors (6)
- COMETS
- 28 Across: Underside of a plane (4)
- SOLE
- 29 Across: Render imperfect (3)
- MAR
- 32 Across: Opposite of "Vive!" (4)
- ABAS
- 33 Across: Con men's swindles (5)
- SCAMS
- 34 Across: Prior to, in poetry (3)
- ERE
- 35 Across: Sovereign's guards (15)
- GENTLEMENATARMS
- 39 Across: Suffix with journal (3)
- ESE
- 40 Across: Shackles (5)
- IRONS
- 41 Across: ___-free (4)
- SCOT
- 42 Across: Still (3)
- YET
- 43 Across: Pungency (4)
- BITE
- 44 Across: Lechers (6)
- SATYRS
- 46 Across: Director Saks (4)
- GENE
- 47 Across: "The world's ___ oyster": Shak. (4)
- MINE
- 48 Across: Eight-line stanza (5)
- OCTAL
- 51 Across: Italian seaport (7)
- SALERNO
- 54 Across: Shill's patsies (15)
- BABESINTHEWOODS
- 58 Across: Aloud (4)
- ORAL
- 59 Across: Fast-baller Ryan (5)
- NOLAN
- 60 Across: Prefix with European or Chinese (4)
- INDO
- 61 Across: Teacup handles (4)
- EARS
- 62 Across: Bell captain's call (5)
- FRONT
- 63 Across: Arnaz (4)
- DESI
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Unit of acceleration (3)
- GAL
- 2 Down: Ach, in Akron (4)
- ALAS
- 3 Down: Mother of Pollux (4)
- LEDA
- 4 Down: Ultimate proof (8)
- ACIDTEST
- 5 Down: Intense optical beams (6)
- LASERS
- 6 Down: Miss MacMahon (5)
- ALINE
- 7 Down: Rackets (4)
- DINS
- 8 Down: Gen. Wallace (3)
- LEW
- 9 Down: Spanish queen (3)
- ENA
- 10 Down: "Gymnopédies" composer (5)
- SATIE
- 11 Down: "Arabian Nights" character (4)
- AMIN
- 12 Down: Dwarf actor Michael ___ (4)
- DUNN
- 13 Down: Bash Bacchus would enjoy (4)
- ORGY
- 18 Down: Weed out or change words (4)
- EDIT
- 19 Down: Furnish with authority (6)
- INVEST
- 23 Down: Morocco imitations (5)
- ROANS
- 24 Down: Gluck or mater (4)
- ALMA
- 25 Down: Artful (5)
- CAGEY
- 26 Down: Endowed with embonpoint (5)
- OBESE
- 27 Down: "Olympia" artist (5)
- MANET
- 28 Down: Diorama, e.g. (5)
- SCENE
- 29 Down: Compassion (5)
- MERCY
- 30 Down: Mail (5)
- ARMOR
- 31 Down: Breathers (5)
- RESTS
- 33 Down: Hit (5)
- SMOTE
- 36 Down: Defames (6)
- LIBELS
- 37 Down: Hibernia (4)
- ERIN
- 38 Down: Minor planet (8)
- ASTEROID
- 44 Down: Unexpressed (6)
- SILENT
- 45 Down: Freshly (4)
- ANEW
- 46 Down: Scotch Highlanders (5)
- GAELS
- 47 Down: Famed naval historian (5)
- MAHAN
- 48 Down: English horn's first cousin (4)
- OBOE
- 49 Down: "___ nome," Rigoletto aria (4)
- CARA
- 50 Down: Construction beam (4)
- TBAR
- 51 Down: French town on the Vire (4)
- STLO
- 52 Down: Canonical hour (4)
- NONE
- 53 Down: Equalizing allowance (4)
- ODDS
- 55 Down: Rubinstein's "Melody ___" (3)
- INF
- 56 Down: Negative conjunction (3)
- NOR
- 57 Down: ___-disant (3)
- SOI
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