Friday Crossword — August 1, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/1/1980. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Neon, e.g. (4)
LAMP
5 Across: Abalone (5)
ORMER
10 Across: Cleric's title in France (4)
ABBE
14 Across: Bakery aide (4)
ICER
15 Across: "The English Aristophanes": 1720–77 (5)
FOOTE
16 Across: Legumes (4)
PEAS
17 Across: Nazimova (4)
ALLA
18 Across: A solid shaped like a doughnut (5)
TORUS
19 Across: Blow one's top (4)
RANT
20 Across: Nobelist in Literature: 1907 (14)
RUDYARDKIPLING
23 Across: Psyche components (4)
EGOS
24 Across: Mideast export (3)
OIL
25 Across: Manifest; reveal (6)
BETRAY
28 Across: Come upon (4)
FIND
30 Across: Biggin, e.g. (3)
CAP
33 Across: Airborne (5)
ALOFT
34 Across: Start of a Shakespearean title (4)
ALLS
35 Across: Lunar feature (4)
MARE
36 Across: "Christabel" poet (15)
SAMUELCOLERIDGE
39 Across: Kin of etc. (4)
ETAL
40 Across: Bacchanalia (4)
ORGY
41 Across: Sign up (5)
ENROL
42 Across: Retreat (3)
DEN
43 Across: Persons (4)
ONES
44 Across: Outlanders (6)
ALIENS
45 Across: Nightingale's sound (3)
JUG
46 Across: Sale stipulation (4)
ASIS
47 Across: Boz (14)
CHARLESDICKENS
54 Across: Mar (4)
FLAW
55 Across: Was in a cast (5)
ACTED
56 Across: ___ fixe (4)
IDEE
57 Across: Mire (4)
OOZE
58 Across: Asset of a "love goddess" (5)
SHAPE
59 Across: Cleave (4)
RIVE
60 Across: Took a look (4)
EYED
61 Across: Suable grounds (5)
TORTS
62 Across: Side (4)
TEAM

Down Answers

1 Down: Fabulizer (4)
LIAR
2 Down: Civil rights org. (4)
ACLU
3 Down: Pinochle score (4)
MELD
4 Down: Devout (9)
PRAYERFUL
5 Down: Helen ___ (6)
OFTROY
6 Down: Rough crosses (5)
ROODS
7 Down: Robin Williams's TV role (4)
MORK
8 Down: Small catchall (4)
ETUI
9 Down: Comeback (8)
RESPONSE
10 Down: "Spongy ___": Shak. (5)
APRIL
11 Down: Noggin (4)
BEAN
12 Down: Loud noise (4)
BANG
13 Down: Time in Ga. (3)
EST
21 Down: Marble (5)
AGATE
22 Down: Box top (3)
LID
25 Down: Founded on (5)
BASED
26 Down: Gladden (5)
ELATE
27 Down: Mongol group of 10,000 soldiers (5)
TOMAN
28 Down: Beats (5)
FLOGS
29 Down: In poor style (4)
ILLY
30 Down: Personnel nucleus (5)
CADRE
31 Down: Inert gas (5)
ARGON
32 Down: Goes through a post-sunburn period (5)
PEELS
34 Down: Caldwell's "God's Little ___" (4)
ACRE
35 Down: It shows the knees (9)
MINISKIRT
37 Down: "At ___ . . . " (abdication phrase) (8)
LONGLAST
38 Down: Shrine item (5)
RELIC
43 Down: Wilder's "___ Town" (3)
OUR
44 Down: Stage lines (6)
ASIDES
45 Down: Yakked (5)
JAWED
46 Down: Expert (5)
ADEPT
47 Down: Surfeit (4)
CLOY
48 Down: What smog is called in L.A. (4)
HAZE
49 Down: Reverberate (4)
ECHO
50 Down: Headliner (4)
STAR
51 Down: An Adams (4)
EDIE
52 Down: Leningrad's river (4)
NEVA
53 Down: Appear (4)
SEEM
54 Down: Pawnee, to a Cheyenne (3)
FOE

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