Friday Crossword — September 12, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/12/1980. By Hugh McElroy.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Two Years Before the ___": Dana (4)
- MAST
- 5 Across: Tessie from London (5)
- OSHEA
- 10 Across: Any ___ in a storm (4)
- PORT
- 14 Across: Brightly colored fish (4)
- OPAH
- 15 Across: Reaches across (5)
- SPANS
- 16 Across: Inner: Prefix (4)
- ENTO
- 17 Across: "Many brave hearts are ___" (15)
- ASLEEPINTHEDEEP
- 20 Across: Took the trouble (8)
- BOTHERED
- 21 Across: Rope-trick item (5)
- LASSO
- 22 Across: Tankards' contents (4)
- ALES
- 23 Across: ___ around (fail to queue up) (4)
- MILL
- 25 Across: Actress Kelly from Brooklyn (5)
- PATSY
- 27 Across: Behind schedule (4)
- LATE
- 28 Across: Moslem potentate (3)
- AGA
- 31 Across: Seafaring Viking (4)
- ERIC
- 32 Across: Juan of Argentina (5)
- PERON
- 33 Across: Bit of an iceberg (3)
- TIP
- 34 Across: "They that go down ___ . . . ": Psalm 107 (15)
- TOTHESEAINSHIPS
- 38 Across: Mil. helper (3)
- ADC
- 39 Across: Adjective for 31 Across (5)
- NORSE
- 40 Across: Lord High Everything ___, in "The Mikado" (4)
- ELSE
- 41 Across: "Not a word, now!" (3)
- SSH
- 42 Across: Item for the hold (4)
- CASE
- 43 Across: Addicted to beer drinking (5)
- MALTY
- 45 Across: No longer green (4)
- RIPE
- 46 Across: Housing at O.S.U. (4)
- DORM
- 47 Across: Aegean gulf (5)
- SAROS
- 50 Across: Demagogues (8)
- AROUSERS
- 54 Across: "Sailing, sailing, over ___" (15)
- THEBOUNDINGMAIN
- 57 Across: Lloyd's rating for a fine ship (4)
- AONE
- 58 Across: "___ ho, me hearties!" (5)
- HEAVE
- 59 Across: Pet of Nick and Nora (4)
- ASTA
- 60 Across: Used henna (4)
- DYED
- 61 Across: Renowned (5)
- FAMED
- 62 Across: Lowest high tide (4)
- NEAP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Biblical kingdom (4)
- MOAB
- 2 Down: Lhasa ___ (breed of dogs) (4)
- APSO
- 3 Down: Ancient mariner (4)
- SALT
- 4 Down: "Down ___!" (toast) (8)
- THEHATCH
- 5 Down: Fish-hunting bird (6)
- OSPREY
- 6 Down: Hari et al. (5)
- SPIES
- 7 Down: Deck worker (4)
- HAND
- 8 Down: Suffix with depend (3)
- ENT
- 9 Down: Rowan, for one (3)
- ASH
- 10 Down: Activate a bike (5)
- PEDAL
- 11 Down: Rest on ___ oars (4)
- ONES
- 12 Down: Sea lanes: Abbr. (4)
- RTES
- 13 Down: Venetian fishing boat (4)
- TOPO
- 18 Down: Snaky fish (4)
- EELS
- 19 Down: Terry and Drew (6)
- ELLENS
- 23 Down: Dressler (5)
- MARIE
- 24 Down: Lay ___ (flatter) (4)
- ITON
- 25 Down: Jabs (5)
- PRODS
- 26 Down: Gee follower (5)
- AITCH
- 27 Down: Let (5)
- LEASE
- 28 Down: With one end raised (5)
- ATILT
- 29 Down: Lehar's "___ Love" (5)
- GIPSY
- 30 Down: Area in St. Paul's (4)
- APSE
- 31 Down: Greek vowels (4)
- ETAS
- 32 Down: In itself or of itself (5)
- PERSE
- 35 Down: He wrote the first Spanish description of America (6)
- ENCISO
- 36 Down: Source of suds (4)
- SOAP
- 37 Down: He takes a course on a ship (8)
- HELMSMAN
- 43 Down: Behaved like a lovesick swain (6)
- MOONED
- 44 Down: " . . . as a bug in ___" (4)
- ARUG
- 45 Down: Dressed for a ceremony (5)
- ROBED
- 46 Down: Riverside in N.Y.C. (5)
- DRIVE
- 47 Down: Boer town (4)
- STAD
- 48 Down: Ship-to-ship call (4)
- AHOY
- 49 Down: Painter Magritte (4)
- RENE
- 50 Down: Jack London's "Before ___" (4)
- ADAM
- 51 Down: Comfort (4)
- EASE
- 52 Down: Actress Moreno (4)
- RITA
- 53 Down: Word with ginger or cold (4)
- SNAP
- 55 Down: Radio frequency initials (3)
- UHF
- 56 Down: Teachers' org. (3)
- NEA
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