Thursday Crossword — July 31, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/31/1980. By Jean J. Davison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Winkle's prey (4)
- CLAM
- 5 Across: Master contrapuntist: 1685–1750 (4)
- BACH
- 9 Across: Crack in glaze or enamel (5)
- CRAZE
- 14 Across: Man, to Manlius (4)
- HOMO
- 15 Across: ____ breve (4)
- ALLA
- 16 Across: Yellow-fever mosquito (5)
- AEDES
- 17 Across: Greeley creation (9)
- EDITORIAL
- 19 Across: Command to Kelly (5)
- SLIDE
- 20 Across: Imperative alternative (13)
- FISHORCUTBAIT
- 22 Across: Triple agents (5)
- SPIES
- 23 Across: Worker on a hill (3)
- ANT
- 24 Across: Evil (3)
- BAD
- 27 Across: French possessive (3)
- SES
- 28 Across: "___ sweet is she!": Jonson (3)
- OSO
- 29 Across: "The law is a ___": Dickens (3)
- ASS
- 32 Across: Time spans (4)
- ERAS
- 34 Across: Underrate or overrate (8)
- MISVALUE
- 36 Across: Imperative alternative (15)
- TAKEITORLEAVEIT
- 40 Across: Forsakes (8)
- ABANDONS
- 41 Across: Erskine or Essex (4)
- AUTO
- 42 Across: Rep. bordering Lebanon (3)
- SYR
- 43 Across: Iris's milieu (3)
- EYE
- 44 Across: A kind of gen. (3)
- MAJ
- 47 Across: Number of "Little Indians" (3)
- TEN
- 48 Across: Up: Prefix (3)
- ANO
- 49 Across: R2-D2, e.g. (5)
- ROBOT
- 51 Across: Imperative alternative (13)
- PUTUPORSHUTUP
- 56 Across: Welsh ___ (dachshund 's cousin) (5)
- CORGI
- 58 Across: Fatuous (9)
- INSENSATE
- 59 Across: Circa (5)
- ABOUT
- 60 Across: Sagan's "The Dragons of ___" (4)
- EDEN
- 61 Across: Historic Yugoslav plateau (4)
- KRAS
- 62 Across: Base for a memoir (5)
- DIARY
- 63 Across: Fool (4)
- DOLT
- 64 Across: Section of New York or London (4)
- SOHO
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Brillat-Savarin, e.g. (4)
- CHEF
- 2 Down: City in N.J. or Calif. (4)
- LODI
- 3 Down: Kingsley ___ (4)
- AMIS
- 4 Down: Racing sailboats (5)
- MOTHS
- 5 Down: Peter Pan's creator (6)
- BARRIE
- 6 Down: "___ Restaurant" (6)
- ALICES
- 7 Down: Noted Flemish painter: 1849–1924 (5)
- CLAUS
- 8 Down: Hesitate, as a speaker (4)
- HALT
- 9 Down: Libertine of the 18th century (8)
- CASANOVA
- 10 Down: Kindled anew (5)
- RELIT
- 11 Down: Stulm (4)
- ADIT
- 12 Down: Londoner's last letter (3)
- ZED
- 13 Down: Suffix with journal (3)
- ESE
- 18 Down: Omigosh! (4)
- OOPS
- 21 Down: ___-Terre, capital of Guadeloupe (5)
- BASSE
- 24 Down: Gammas' predecessors (5)
- BETAS
- 25 Down: What Milton called "the blest" (5)
- ARABY
- 26 Down: Port of Senegal (5)
- DAKAR
- 28 Down: Fuel in the news (3)
- OIL
- 29 Down: Eskimo's relative (5)
- ALEUT
- 30 Down: Hotel accommodation (5)
- SUITE
- 31 Down: Attack (5)
- SETON
- 33 Down: Small Japanese coin (3)
- SEN
- 34 Down: Woolf's "___ Dalloway" (3)
- MRS
- 35 Down: Bambi's cousin (3)
- AVA
- 37 Down: What a dog tag reveals (8)
- IDENTITY
- 38 Down: "Happy Birthday ___" (5)
- TOYOU
- 39 Down: Unit (3)
- ONE
- 44 Down: Tidbit (6)
- MORSEL
- 45 Down: Missing (6)
- ABSENT
- 46 Down: Bull or Doe (4)
- JOHN
- 48 Down: Presage (5)
- AUGUR
- 49 Down: A musical form (5)
- RONDO
- 50 Down: Ivory source (5)
- TUSKS
- 51 Down: Malay boat (4)
- PROA
- 52 Down: Varicolored (4)
- PIED
- 53 Down: Starchy root (4)
- TARO
- 54 Down: Site of Cedar Breaks National Monument (4)
- UTAH
- 55 Down: A pittance in Quezon City (4)
- PESO
- 56 Down: Character like Steerforth (3)
- CAD
- 57 Down: Sash worn in Sasebo (3)
- OBI
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