Thursday Crossword — September 18, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/18/1980. By C. J. Angio.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Amo, ___, amat (4)
- AMAS
- 5 Across: Recycling material (5)
- SCRAP
- 10 Across: Emcee's place (4)
- DAIS
- 14 Across: Cold, dry wind (4)
- BORA
- 15 Across: Give the ___ (prove to be false) (5)
- LIETO
- 16 Across: "___ Perpetua," Idaho motto (4)
- ESTO
- 17 Across: With 34 Across, doctor's question to an amnesiac (15)
- CANYOUTELLMEHOW
- 20 Across: Rats (8)
- STOOLIES
- 21 Across: Héloïse and Abélard (6)
- LOVERS
- 22 Across: "___ Work If You Can Get It," 1937 song (4)
- NICE
- 23 Across: Hold sway (4)
- RULE
- 24 Across: Macédoine, e.g. (6)
- SALADE
- 27 Across: Gas-company employee (8)
- METERMAN
- 31 Across: Stevedore's milieu (4)
- PIER
- 32 Across: Kierkegaard and Melchior (5)
- DANES
- 33 Across: In the past (3)
- AGO
- 34 Across: See 17 Across (15)
- ITHAPPENEDTOYOU
- 38 Across: D.C. agency: 1948–51 (3)
- ECA
- 39 Across: Heroine of a Poe poem (5)
- IRENE
- 40 Across: Forsaken (4)
- LORN
- 41 Across: Masonic order, for short (8)
- SHRINERS
- 43 Across: Book of the Apocrypha (6)
- ESDRAS
- 45 Across: Neural network (4)
- RETE
- 46 Across: Make cardigans (4)
- KNIT
- 47 Across: Rubbernecking (6)
- ASTARE
- 50 Across: Most thought-provoking (8)
- MEATIEST
- 54 Across: Amnesiac's reply (15)
- NOIDONTREMEMBER
- 56 Across: Agatha Christie was one (4)
- DAME
- 57 Across: "___ evil . . . " (5)
- SEENO
- 58 Across: Roof edge (4)
- EAVE
- 59 Across: Rulers of a movie planet (4)
- APES
- 60 Across: Pliny the ___ of Rome (5)
- ELDER
- 61 Across: Old dagger puzzlers are stuck with (4)
- SNEE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pre-primer fundamentals (4)
- ABCS
- 2 Down: Item under a drawbridge (4)
- MOAT
- 3 Down: Pisa's river (4)
- ARNO
- 4 Down: Geisha's goodbye (8)
- SAYONARA
- 5 Down: Floodgate (6)
- SLUICE
- 6 Down: Person quoted or honored (5)
- CITEE
- 7 Down: Pawnees' neighbors (4)
- REES
- 8 Down: Expanse east of N.A. (3)
- ATL
- 9 Down: Like many U.S. rivers and streams (8)
- POLLUTED
- 10 Down: Kipling's dastardly Danny (6)
- DEEVER
- 11 Down: Retired court star (4)
- ASHE
- 12 Down: "Take ___ leave it" (4)
- ITOR
- 13 Down: Their mates may be boars (4)
- SOWS
- 18 Down: Reeking (4)
- OLID
- 19 Down: Harass (6)
- MOLEST
- 23 Down: Ballerina Jeanmaire (5)
- RENEE
- 24 Down: Northern ___ (apples) (5)
- SPIES
- 25 Down: It follows gee (5)
- AITCH
- 26 Down: Composer of "The Merry Widow" (5)
- LEHAR
- 27 Down: Horace, Thomas and Delbert (5)
- MANNS
- 28 Down: Koch of New York (5)
- MAYOR
- 29 Down: Greek marketplace (5)
- AGORA
- 30 Down: These are often subjects (5)
- NOUNS
- 32 Down: Maker of early steel plows (5)
- DEERE
- 35 Down: Mrs. Tanqueray's creator (6)
- PINERO
- 36 Down: It's only make-believe (8)
- PRETENSE
- 37 Down: What "it seems like" in a pop song (8)
- OLDTIMES
- 42 Down: Islamic flats (6)
- IRADES
- 43 Down: Captivate (6)
- ENAMOR
- 44 Down: Locale (4)
- SITE
- 46 Down: City in N.H. (5)
- KEENE
- 47 Down: "On a wing ___ prayer" (4)
- ANDA
- 48 Down: Product of saponification (4)
- SOAP
- 49 Down: One of an impatient duo (4)
- TIME
- 50 Down: Talking horse of old TV (4)
- MRED
- 51 Down: Abba of Israel (4)
- EBAN
- 52 Down: Golfer Ballesteros (4)
- SEVE
- 53 Down: Word with hat or shoe (4)
- TREE
- 55 Down: ___ Aviv (3)
- TEL
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