Monday Crossword — May 12, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/12/1980. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Thicken (3)
GEL
4 Across: Stamping device (5)
DATER
9 Across: Anent (4)
ASTO
13 Across: Idol of sorts (4)
LION
15 Across: Pigment for Gainsborough (5)
OCHRE
16 Across: Diving bird (4)
LOON
17 Across: Florence's river (4)
ARNO
18 Across: Mountain nymph (5)
OREAD
19 Across: Brief calm (4)
LULL
20 Across: Brings into dishonor (8)
DEGRADES
22 Across: Boastful (5)
WINDY
23 Across: "___ boy!" (4)
ITSA
24 Across: Belgian port (6)
OSTEND
27 Across: Hit hard (6)
BASHED
29 Across: Single (4)
UNAL
30 Across: Educational org. (3)
PTA
33 Across: "Bridge at ___": Van Gogh (5)
ARLES
34 Across: Massage (5)
KNEAD
35 Across: Necktie fabric (3)
REP
36 Across: Familiar (4)
NEAR
37 Across: Lovely lass (5)
MODEL
38 Across: Fictional sleuth (4)
MOTO
39 Across: New England cape (3)
ANN
40 Across: Craze (5)
FUROR
41 Across: Greater (5)
MAJOR
42 Across: "A Shropshire ___" (3)
LAD
43 Across: Hebrew letter (4)
ALEF
44 Across: Hidden (6)
LATENT
45 Across: Extremely funny thing (6)
SCREAM
47 Across: Actor Clunes (4)
ALEC
48 Across: Bride's purchase (5)
BROOM
50 Across: Swimming hazard (8)
UNDERTOW
54 Across: Boor (4)
LOUT
55 Across: Mountain mint (5)
BASIL
57 Across: Small amount (4)
IOTA
58 Across: Relative (4)
AUNT
59 Across: Describing most twins (5)
ALIKE
60 Across: Unfruitful (4)
ARID
61 Across: George Eliot's Adam (4)
BEDE
62 Across: Gambled with cubes (5)
DICED
63 Across: Dir. from Frankfurt to Stuttgart (3)
SSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Flower, for short (4)
GLAD
2 Down: Former name for Ireland (4)
EIRE
3 Down: Waters adjacent to Connecticut (15)
LONGISLANDSOUND
4 Down: Bauble (6)
DOODAD
5 Down: Israeli port (4)
ACRE
6 Down: Julie Andrews movie (15)
THESOUNDOFMUSIC
7 Down: Levenson's "In One ___ . . . " (3)
ERA
8 Down: Kremlinism adherent (3)
RED
9 Down: Exhausted (5)
ALLIN
10 Down: Movie equipment (15)
SOUNDPROJECTORS
11 Down: Recounted (4)
TOLD
12 Down: "___ a Rose" (4)
ONLY
14 Down: Wild wind (7)
NORTHER
21 Down: "___ Death": Grieg (4)
ASES
22 Down: Unite closely (4)
WELD
25 Down: Show scorn (5)
SNEER
26 Down: Afrikaans (4)
TAAL
27 Down: Commonplace (5)
BANAL
28 Down: Sports locale (5)
ARENA
31 Down: Wyoming's ___ Range (5)
TETON
32 Down: On the left, at sea (5)
APORT
34 Down: Asian land (5)
KOREA
37 Down: Farm animal (4)
MULE
38 Down: ___ medica (physician's treatise) (7)
MATERIA
40 Down: Orwell's "Animal ___" (4)
FARM
41 Down: "The ___ Animal," 1940 play (4)
MALE
44 Down: Dipped out (6)
LADLED
46 Down: Tight-fitting garment (5)
COTTE
48 Down: Talk too much (4)
BLAB
49 Down: Dissolute man (4)
ROUE
51 Down: Louvre attraction (4)
NIKE
52 Down: Patriot of '76 (4)
OTIS
53 Down: Have beach fun (4)
WADE
55 Down: Defective (3)
BAD
56 Down: MacGraw (3)
ALI

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