Monday Crossword — June 2, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/2/1980. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fraud (4)
SHAM
5 Across: Bitter (5)
ACRID
10 Across: Astringent (4)
ALUM
14 Across: Hebrides island (4)
IONA
15 Across: Patriot of '76 (5)
PAINE
16 Across: Mediocre (4)
SOSO
17 Across: Impending disaster (15)
SWORDOFDAMOCLES
20 Across: Boiling (7)
ENRAGED
21 Across: Take it easy (5)
COAST
22 Across: Angers (4)
IRES
23 Across: Author Harte (4)
BRET
25 Across: Delight (5)
ELATE
27 Across: ___ chops (4)
VEAL
28 Across: Algonquian (3)
SAC
31 Across: Game animal (4)
STAG
32 Across: De ___ (in reality) (5)
FACTO
33 Across: Bear or Lion (3)
PRO
34 Across: Fictional trio (15)
THREEMUSKETEERS
38 Across: Become weaker (3)
LAG
39 Across: Meddlesome (5)
NOSEY
40 Across: In apple pie order (4)
NEAT
41 Across: Folding-money item (3)
ONE
42 Across: Hutch dwellers (4)
DOES
43 Across: Comrade (5)
BUDDY
45 Across: Ringlet (4)
CURL
46 Across: Without defects (4)
PURE
47 Across: Search carefully (5)
SCOUR
50 Across: ___ hunters (7)
BARGAIN
53 Across: Acted threateningly (15)
LOOKEDDAGGERSAT
57 Across: Cutting tool (4)
ADZE
58 Across: Of the ear (5)
AURAL
59 Across: Sailors' saint (4)
ELMO
60 Across: Work sessions (4)
BEES
61 Across: Metaphysical poet (5)
DONNE
62 Across: Consider (4)
DEEM

Down Answers

1 Down: Family member (3)
SIS
2 Down: Sewing-machine inventor (4)
HOWE
3 Down: Presently (4)
ANON
4 Down: Mozart's "The ___ of Figaro" (8)
MARRIAGE
5 Down: Peak (6)
APOGEE
6 Down: Tourists' meccas (5)
CAFES
7 Down: Lorna's John ___ (4)
RIDD
8 Down: Wycherley's "Love ___ Wood" (3)
INA
9 Down: Carter or Kennedy: Abbr. (3)
DEM
10 Down: Necktie (5)
ASCOT
11 Down: Montez or Albright (4)
LOLA
12 Down: Treats (4)
USES
13 Down: Nearly all (4)
MOST
18 Down: Bolt (4)
DART
19 Down: Fierce feline (6)
OCELOT
23 Down: Thackeray heroine (5)
BECKY
24 Down: Be worthy of (4)
RATE
25 Down: Edith Wharton hero (5)
ETHAN
26 Down: Capacious (5)
LARGE
27 Down: Potiches (5)
VASES
28 Down: Kind of trap (5)
SPEED
29 Down: Formation (5)
ARRAY
30 Down: Expense (4)
COST
31 Down: Norman town (4)
STLO
32 Down: ___ oil (a source of alcohol) (5)
FUSEL
35 Down: Keep on (6)
ENDURE
36 Down: Wasteland tract (4)
MOOR
37 Down: Inspired affection (8)
ENDEARED
43 Down: Rob (6)
BURGLE
44 Down: Impulse (4)
URGE
45 Down: Gherkins, colloquially (5)
CUKES
46 Down: "___ Love Song" (5)
PAGAN
47 Down: Place for a pitcher's toe (4)
SLAB
48 Down: ___ of laws (4)
CODE
49 Down: Trickle (4)
OOZE
50 Down: Storage structure (4)
BARN
51 Down: Map marking (4)
ISLE
52 Down: Designate (4)
NAME
54 Down: Mom's man (3)
DAD
55 Down: Brace (3)
DUO
56 Down: Male animal (3)
TOM

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