Saturday Crossword — April 12, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 4/12/1980. By C. J. Angio.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Bivouac (4)
CAMP
5 Across: Hackney (3)
NAG
8 Across: Pony (4)
TROT
12 Across: Medicinal lily (4)
ALOE
13 Across: Certain squabs (5)
SOFAS
15 Across: Hick (4)
RUBE
16 Across: La. Purchase acres (4)
TERR
17 Across: " . . . man is a mere insect, ___": F. P. Church (5)
ANANT
18 Across: Presently (4)
ANON
19 Across: Assumes (15)
TAKESFORGRANTED
22 Across: Transients from Canada (5)
GEESE
23 Across: Hinny's relative (3)
ASS
24 Across: J. F. Cooper heroine (4)
CORA
26 Across: "Fragile: Handle ___" (8)
WITHCARE
31 Across: Duchesse, e.g. (5)
SATIN
32 Across: Lima is its capital (4)
PERU
33 Across: Macedonian and Mohammedan (4)
ERAS
34 Across: Cause light to pass through (15)
TRANSILLUMINATE
37 Across: Chief resource in scholardom (4)
LORE
38 Across: Palm fibers (4)
TALS
39 Across: More fantastic (5)
ODDER
40 Across: Suburb of Scranton (8)
OLYPHANT
42 Across: Kind of beer or miss (4)
NEAR
43 Across: Legal principle (3)
IUS
44 Across: "___ the stilly night . . . ": T. Moore (5)
OFTIN
47 Across: Harlequin, Pantaloon et al. (15)
STOCKCHARACTERS
54 Across: Pay close attention (4)
HARK
55 Across: Enveloping glows (5)
AURAS
56 Across: "Un bel di" is one (4)
ARIA
57 Across: Cacholong (4)
OPAL
58 Across: Writer William Gilmore ___: 1806–70 (5)
SIMMS
59 Across: Actress Virna (4)
LISI
60 Across: Strike out (4)
DELE
61 Across: Suffix with Bengal or Tyrol (3)
ESE
62 Across: Kind of oyster or pearl (4)
SEED

Down Answers

1 Down: Famed suffragette (4)
CATT
2 Down: Temple of Athena ___, at Tegea (4)
ALEA
3 Down: Mindy's TV friend (4)
MORK
4 Down: Smollett hero (15)
PEREGRINEPICKLE
5 Down: Words bleeped by TV censors (5)
NONOS
6 Down: Vehicle for Gary Cooper: 1932 (15)
AFAREWELLTOARMS
7 Down: Toughs having a turf (4)
GANG
8 Down: Abstract doctrines (15)
TRANSCENDENTALS
9 Down: Peewee (4)
RUNT
10 Down: ___ d'amore (4)
OBOE
11 Down: Conduce (4)
TEND
13 Down: Diamond decision (4)
SAFE
14 Down: Layer (7)
STRATUM
20 Down: Johns, in Ireland (5)
SEANS
21 Down: Volcanic debris (3)
ASH
24 Down: Burnett or Channing (5)
CAROL
25 Down: Eared seal (5)
OTARY
27 Down: Beggar in the "Odyssey" (4)
IRUS
28 Down: Plowed land (5)
ARADA
29 Down: Assessor (5)
RATER
30 Down: Danish weights (4)
ESER
31 Down: Battle site: 1944 (4)
STLO
32 Down: Marshall ___ (4)
PLAN
35 Down: Lake, county and state park in Minn. (7)
ITASCAS
36 Down: Column style (5)
IONIC
41 Down: Philippine guerrilla in W.W. II (3)
HUK
45 Down: Kegler's "inning" (5)
FRAME
46 Down: U.S.S.R. press agency (4)
TASS
47 Down: Booted (4)
SHOD
48 Down: Cassette (4)
TAPE
49 Down: Opposite of written (4)
ORAL
50 Down: Creator of Mamie Stover (4)
HUIE
51 Down: Part of HOMES (4)
ERIE
52 Down: Piece of high ground (4)
RISE
53 Down: Reputed to be (4)
SAID

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