Friday Crossword — July 25, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/25/1980. By Jones.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Showy outburst (5)
- BLAZE
- 6 Across: Pencils that have seen better days (5)
- STUBS
- 11 Across: Like lights in a blackout (6)
- DOUSED
- 12 Across: Principles (6)
- TENETS
- 14 Across: Like a lemon (7)
- CITRINE
- 15 Across: Bulldog, for one (7)
- EDITION
- 17 Across: Make modifications (5)
- ALTER
- 18 Across: Shelter, food, etc. (5)
- NEEDS
- 20 Across: Rope strand (3)
- PLY
- 21 Across: Chums (4)
- PALS
- 22 Across: Work by O'Hara or O. Henry (5)
- STORY
- 23 Across: Actor John from Joplin (4)
- BEAL
- 24 Across: Hot time in Le Havre (3)
- ETE
- 25 Across: Franks' accompaniment (5)
- BEANS
- 26 Across: Baccarat player's plunge (5)
- BANCO
- 27 Across: What polite people pay (8)
- RESPECTS
- 29 Across: Enrage (6)
- MADDEN
- 30 Across: Relative degree (4)
- RATE
- 31 Across: Outdistance (4)
- LOSE
- 32 Across: Kin of the rhinoceros (6)
- TAPIRS
- 35 Across: "Sunrise ___," Glenn Miller hit (8)
- SERENADE
- 39 Across: Northern constellation (5)
- ARIES
- 40 Across: High-spirited horse (5)
- STEED
- 41 Across: Solidify (3)
- GEL
- 42 Across: Foldable beds (4)
- COTS
- 43 Across: ___-loo, children's game (5)
- LOOBY
- 44 Across: Leslie Caron role: 1953 (4)
- LILI
- 45 Across: "___ rambling wreck . . . " (3)
- IMA
- 46 Across: Allegro or andante (5)
- TEMPO
- 47 Across: Plate for John Paul II (5)
- PATEN
- 48 Across: Bar (7)
- TAPROOM
- 50 Across: Make Mickey move (7)
- ANIMATE
- 52 Across: River or lake in Tex. and La. (6)
- SABINE
- 53 Across: Interact realistically (6)
- RELATE
- 54 Across: Construction worker (5)
- TILER
- 55 Across: Blacksmith-inventor: 1804–86 (5)
- DEERE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Lineup in a liquor store (7)
- BOTTLES
- 2 Down: Comes on like Circe (5)
- LURES
- 3 Down: Part of Saudi Arabia (4)
- ASIR
- 4 Down: Introspective group (3)
- ZEN
- 5 Down: Armadillo or anteater (8)
- EDENTATE
- 6 Down: Does some conning (6)
- STEERS
- 7 Down: Tot's glassy-eyed bedmate (5)
- TEDDY
- 8 Down: Etats follower (4)
- UNIS
- 9 Down: Parlay, e.g. (3)
- BET
- 10 Down: Pension, e.g. (7)
- STIPEND
- 11 Down: Expand (6)
- DILATE
- 13 Down: Comfort (6)
- SOLACE
- 14 Down: Sauce flavoring (5)
- CAPER
- 16 Down: Synthetic fiber (5)
- NYLON
- 19 Down: Extremely long time (4)
- EONS
- 22 Down: Dissenting bodies (5)
- SECTS
- 23 Down: Lord ___-Powell (5)
- BADEN
- 25 Down: Pessimists on Wall Street (5)
- BEARS
- 26 Down: Founded (5)
- BASED
- 28 Down: Snoops (5)
- PRIES
- 29 Down: Comedian Amsterdam (5)
- MOREY
- 31 Down: Navigational aid on a sailboat (8)
- LEEBOARD
- 32 Down: Unspoken (5)
- TACIT
- 33 Down: Rose-garden emanations (6)
- AROMAS
- 34 Down: How the bride's heart beats (7)
- PITAPAT
- 35 Down: Word with back or short (4)
- STOP
- 36 Down: Shake up (7)
- AGITATE
- 37 Down: Erase (6)
- DELETE
- 38 Down: Couperus's "___ Vere": 1889 (5)
- ELINE
- 40 Down: Actress Elke (6)
- SOMMER
- 43 Down: Sierra ___ (5)
- LEONE
- 44 Down: President of Texas: 1838–41 (5)
- LAMAR
- 46 Down: Labor (4)
- TOIL
- 47 Down: Battery (4)
- PILE
- 49 Down: Sports page abbr. (3)
- RBI
- 51 Down: Rosalynn Carter, ___ Smith (3)
- NEE
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