Friday Crossword — June 20, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/20/1980. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Belgrade native (4)
SLAV
5 Across: Shindig (4)
GALA
9 Across: Sweater knitter's stitch (5)
CABLE
14 Across: Wagon tongue (4)
POLE
15 Across: In a dither (4)
AGOG
16 Across: Draw ___ on (5)
ABEAD
17 Across: Stores in a vat (4)
AGES
18 Across: Like the cost of caviar (4)
DEAR
19 Across: Threshold (5)
VERGE
20 Across: People in their 80's (13)
OCTOGENARIANS
23 Across: Kind of fishing (3)
ICE
24 Across: City on the Danube (3)
ULM
25 Across: People often in the 80's (10)
SUNBATHERS
31 Across: Cap for a dervish (3)
TAJ
34 Across: Up's partner (5)
ABOUT
35 Across: "___ a Song Go . . . " (4)
ILET
36 Across: Kierkegaard, for one (4)
DANE
37 Across: Flanders (4)
MOLL
38 Across: Tizzies (5)
SNITS
39 Across: Plato's "Bravo!" (4)
EUGE
40 Across: Diminish (4)
BATE
41 Across: Incense (4)
ODOR
42 Across: Old Turkish coin (5)
ASPER
43 Across: Used up (3)
ATE
44 Across: Pros who do not stay in the 80's long (10)
AUTORACERS
46 Across: "Do not ___ what . . . " (3)
ASK
48 Across: Gold source (3)
ORE
49 Across: People in the 80's (13)
BPLUSSTUDENTS
56 Across: Luncheon entree (5)
SALAD
57 Across: Center of activity (4)
HIVE
58 Across: Cooking herb (4)
DILL
60 Across: S.A. constrictor (5)
ABOMA
61 Across: Arabian peninsula (4)
ADEN
62 Across: Wiesel or Faure (4)
ELIE
63 Across: Board (5)
GETON
64 Across: Protein source (4)
MEAT
65 Across: Fix up (4)
REDO

Down Answers

1 Down: Warm Springs, e.g. (3)
SPA
2 Down: Trademark (4)
LOGO
3 Down: Waugh or Templeton (4)
ALEC
4 Down: Coatrack location (9)
VESTIBULE
5 Down: Gizmo (6)
GADGET
6 Down: Author-movie critic James (4)
AGEE
7 Down: This will get your interest (4)
LOAN
8 Down: India tour city (4)
AGRA
9 Down: Carp (5)
CAVIL
10 Down: At right angles to a ship's keel (5)
ABEAM
11 Down: European capital (4)
BERN
12 Down: Trails (4)
LAGS
13 Down: Dutch town (3)
EDE
21 Down: One ___ (sandlot game) (4)
OCAT
22 Down: Autumnal colors (5)
RUSTS
25 Down: Brazilian dance (5)
SAMBA
26 Down: Member of a wolf pack (5)
UBOAT
27 Down: Actor Nick (5)
NOLTE
28 Down: Gandhi was one (5)
HINDU
29 Down: Author of "The Cocktail Party" (5)
ELIOT
30 Down: Prefix with rocket (5)
RETRO
31 Down: Color of a mole's coat (5)
TAUPE
32 Down: Destructive emotion (5)
ANGER
33 Down: Railers' noises (5)
JEERS
36 Down: Orpheus, in search of Eurydice (9)
DESCENDER
38 Down: Topers (5)
SOAKS
42 Down: Rhine feeder (4)
AARE
45 Down: Squirrel, e.g. (6)
RODENT
46 Down: Famed 1836 mission (5)
ALAMO
47 Down: Khartoum's land (5)
SUDAN
49 Down: Hank broke his record (4)
BABE
50 Down: Quadrat (4)
PLOT
51 Down: Pretense (4)
SHAM
52 Down: Ferryman's concern (4)
TIDE
53 Down: Eye part (4)
UVEA
54 Down: Mah-jongg accessory (4)
TILE
55 Down: Lost ground (4)
SLID
56 Down: Face-lift target (3)
SAG
59 Down: Papal name (3)
LEO

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