Saturday Crossword — May 3, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/3/1980. By Rae.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Inquires (4)
- ASKS
- 5 Across: Spring time in Spain (5)
- ABRIL
- 10 Across: Plant disease (4)
- SMUT
- 14 Across: Stylish (4)
- CHIC
- 15 Across: German statesman slain in 1919 (5)
- HAASE
- 16 Across: Game originated in Persia (4)
- POLO
- 17 Across: Hawaiian hand-waver (10)
- HULADANCER
- 19 Across: Balanced (4)
- EVEN
- 20 Across: Shoulder wrap (5)
- STOLE
- 21 Across: Cutting tool (3)
- DIE
- 22 Across: Ryan's girl in "Love Story" (3)
- ALI
- 23 Across: Item waved by a fan dancer (5)
- PLUME
- 25 Across: Rose and Seeger (5)
- PETES
- 27 Across: Ethiopian prince (3)
- RAS
- 30 Across: Faced with a predicament (7)
- INASPOT
- 32 Across: Sine ___ non (3)
- QUA
- 34 Across: Eden's man (4)
- ADAM
- 36 Across: They waved from outer space (10)
- ASTRONAUTS
- 38 Across: Seek funds (7)
- SOLICIT
- 40 Across: Hand-waving Frenchman (7)
- ORATEUR
- 41 Across: Spanish handshaking official (10)
- PRESIDENTE
- 43 Across: Nothing but (4)
- MERE
- 44 Across: Affirmative (3)
- YES
- 45 Across: Most weird (7)
- EERIEST
- 47 Across: Composer Rorem (3)
- NED
- 48 Across: Be freehanded (5)
- SPEND
- 50 Across: Autumn blossom (5)
- ASTER
- 52 Across: U.N. labor unit (3)
- ILO
- 53 Across: An N.C.O. (3)
- SGT
- 54 Across: Like Eric the Red (5)
- NORSE
- 58 Across: Tail-wagger on film (4)
- ASTA
- 60 Across: Braking devices on railroads (10)
- TRAINSTOPS
- 62 Across: Faith order (4)
- SECT
- 63 Across: Lena or Marilyn (5)
- HORNE
- 64 Across: Arabian gulf (4)
- OMAN
- 65 Across: Tennis-elbow symptom (4)
- ACHE
- 66 Across: Orange or Indian (5)
- OSAGE
- 67 Across: Like a nonesuch (4)
- RARE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Exclamations in Berlin (4)
- ACHS
- 2 Down: Close (4)
- SHUT
- 3 Down: Kind of gram or meter (4)
- KILO
- 4 Down: Sell tickets illegally (5)
- SCALP
- 5 Down: Villain's cry (3)
- AHA
- 6 Down: Parade or concert hand-waver (10)
- BANDMASTER
- 7 Down: Most spicy (7)
- RACIEST
- 8 Down: Seer's phrase (4)
- ISEE
- 9 Down: Celtic Neptune (3)
- LER
- 10 Down: Type of wheat (5)
- SPELT
- 11 Down: Hollywood hand-waver (10)
- MOVIEQUEEN
- 12 Down: Rubber tree (3)
- ULE
- 13 Down: Heavy weight (3)
- TON
- 18 Down: Where to buy pastrami (4)
- DELI
- 22 Down: Vulcan's home (5)
- AETNA
- 24 Down: On one's own (7)
- UNAIDED
- 25 Down: Having the least (7)
- POOREST
- 26 Down: Medical stitching (6)
- SUTURE
- 27 Down: Grating (5)
- RASPY
- 28 Down: Worships (6)
- ADORES
- 29 Down: A hand-waving come-on (10)
- SALESPITCH
- 31 Down: Demonstrators' activity (10)
- PROTESTING
- 33 Down: ___ as a beet (5)
- ASRED
- 35 Down: Prefix with handle (3)
- MIS
- 37 Down: Upper air: Abbr. (3)
- ATM
- 39 Down: Mire, in Mexico (5)
- CIENO
- 42 Down: Place for some hand-holders (7)
- NIAGARA
- 46 Down: Honor cards (4)
- TENS
- 49 Down: Make joyful (5)
- ELATE
- 51 Down: Helicopter part (5)
- ROTOR
- 53 Down: Abbrs. outside some dramatizations (4)
- SROS
- 55 Down: Eternal City, to Italians (4)
- ROMA
- 56 Down: Room or gaff (4)
- SPAR
- 57 Down: Medieval drudge (4)
- ESNE
- 58 Down: As mad ___ wet hen (3)
- ASA
- 59 Down: Big Board's Big Brother: Abbr. (3)
- SEC
- 60 Down: However, for short (3)
- THO
- 61 Down: Designating a maiden name (3)
- NEE
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