Monday Crossword — March 31, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/31/1980. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "It hurts!" (4)
OUCH
5 Across: McNutt of comics (4)
BOOB
9 Across: Pile up (5)
AMASS
14 Across: Hebrew dry measure (4)
EPHA
15 Across: Approximately (4)
ORSO
16 Across: Sublease (5)
RELET
17 Across: Slickers (9)
RAINCOATS
19 Across: Kind of lily (5)
CALLA
20 Across: How March goes (12)
OUTLIKEALAMB
22 Across: Pastiche (6)
SATIRE
25 Across: Strong ___ ox (4)
ASAN
26 Across: Kettle and Barker (3)
MAS
27 Across: Make a fluff (3)
ERR
28 Across: Religious brother (3)
FRA
30 Across: Demolish, British style (4)
RASE
32 Across: Male merganser (5)
DRAKE
34 Across: Adjective for March 31 (4)
LAST
37 Across: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
40 Across: Like March on April 1 (15)
GONEWITHTHEWIND
43 Across: "___ Can," by Sammy Davis Jr. (4)
YESI
44 Across: Diva Ponselle (4)
ROSA
45 Across: Cooper character (5)
UNCAS
46 Across: School dance (4)
PROM
48 Across: Fabulous bird of prey (3)
ROC
50 Across: "Ye ___ the salt of the earth" (3)
ARE
51 Across: Johnny Reb's group (3)
CSA
53 Across: Celebration at Cambridge (4)
BASH
56 Across: Gabrielle (Coco) ___ (6)
CHANEL
58 Across: March followers (12)
APRILSHOWERS
61 Across: N.Y. World's Fair attraction (5)
PIETA
62 Across: Miller's "Death of ___" (9)
ASALESMAN
66 Across: Ocean birds (5)
ERNES
67 Across: Decorate again (4)
REDO
68 Across: Merit (4)
EARN
69 Across: Coup ___ (master stroke) (5)
DETAT
70 Across: Ready for publication (4)
EDIT
71 Across: Kind of board or bag (4)
TOTE

Down Answers

1 Down: Anthem's "above" (3)
OER
2 Down: "___ lazy river . . . " (3)
UPA
3 Down: White Sox on scoreboards (3)
CHI
4 Down: Asian capital (5)
HANOI
5 Down: Kicking specialist (6)
BOOTER
6 Down: Kind of hygiene (4)
ORAL
7 Down: Old port of Rome (5)
OSTIA
8 Down: Thickets (5)
BOSKS
9 Down: Secret remedies (6)
ARCANA
10 Down: Corn or oat follower (4)
MEAL
11 Down: O. J. Simpson was one (11)
ALLAMERICAN
12 Down: Alabama city (5)
SELMA
13 Down: Attempts (5)
STABS
18 Down: Teeners' "be watching" hour? (6)
CURFEW
21 Down: Soil (5)
EARTH
22 Down: Abounding in marsh plants (5)
SEDGY
23 Down: ___ Islands, off New Guinea (5)
ARROE
24 Down: Sheer (11)
TRANSPARENT
29 Down: Voice (4)
ALTO
31 Down: In stitches (4)
SEWN
33 Down: Actor Dullea (4)
KEIR
35 Down: Throat-exam sounds (3)
AHS
36 Down: Game winner (4)
STAR
38 Down: Entrap (5)
SNARE
39 Down: Relative of "The Betsy" (5)
EDSEL
41 Down: "La Douce" and others (5)
IRMAS
42 Down: Hoodwink (6)
EUCHRE
47 Down: Soviet subdivision (6)
OBLAST
49 Down: Wildcat (6)
OCELOT
51 Down: Wearing a sontag (5)
CAPED
52 Down: Steeple (5)
SPIRE
54 Down: Kind of holder (5)
SHARE
55 Down: Watered down (5)
HOSED
57 Down: Property, for one (5)
ASSET
59 Down: Virginia willow (4)
ITEA
60 Down: Ravine (4)
WADI
63 Down: Former Peking name (3)
MAO
64 Down: School class (3)
ART
65 Down: Vane dir. (3)
NNE

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