Friday Crossword — October 10, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/10/1980. By Bernice Gordon.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fiber used in cordage (4)
- BAST
- 5 Across: Bane of grain (5)
- ERGOT
- 10 Across: Kind of boarder (4)
- STAR
- 14 Across: Present name of Christiania (4)
- OSLO
- 15 Across: Mark used in logic (5)
- TILDE
- 16 Across: Sheriff of a TV series (4)
- LOBO
- 17 Across: Kissinger opus (15)
- WHITEHOUSEYEARS
- 20 Across: Summer refresher (8)
- LEMONADE
- 21 Across: Actor Bracken (5)
- EDDIE
- 22 Across: Willkie's "___ World": 1943 (3)
- ONE
- 23 Across: Steel-mill refuse (4)
- SLAG
- 25 Across: Bring up to date (6)
- REVISE
- 29 Across: Least tense (7)
- LOOSEST
- 32 Across: Partnership in W.W. II (4)
- AXIS
- 33 Across: Piece fitted to a Roman collar (5)
- RABAT
- 34 Across: Muchacha's relative (3)
- TIO
- 36 Across: Baldwin opus (15)
- JUSTABOVEMYHEAD
- 40 Across: Hubbub (3)
- ADO
- 41 Across: Feline hybrid (5)
- LIGER
- 42 Across: Bacon part (4)
- RIND
- 43 Across: Set up (7)
- ERECTED
- 45 Across: G-men or T-men (6)
- AGENTS
- 47 Across: He goes farther than a thinker or a talker (4)
- DOER
- 48 Across: Musical syllable (3)
- TRA
- 49 Across: Advantage (5)
- ASSET
- 52 Across: Ruling principles (8)
- DICTATES
- 57 Across: Marcus opus (15)
- QUESTFORTHEBEST
- 60 Across: Lizards called fringefoots (4)
- UMAS
- 61 Across: Practical (5)
- UTILE
- 62 Across: Diminish (4)
- BATE
- 63 Across: Harbor in Guam (4)
- APRA
- 64 Across: Dogie catcher (5)
- ROPER
- 65 Across: Lined up (4)
- AROW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Orange or Cotton (4)
- BOWL
- 2 Down: County in N.C. (4)
- ASHE
- 3 Down: Gracile (4)
- SLIM
- 4 Down: Dog that went to Oz (4)
- TOTO
- 5 Down: Type of fuel (6)
- ETHANE
- 6 Down: ___ Janeiro (5)
- RIODE
- 7 Down: Substance on an envelope (4)
- GLUE
- 8 Down: G.I.'s togs (3)
- ODS
- 9 Down: Where Nicklaus starts (3)
- TEE
- 10 Down: Vehicle with runners (6)
- SLEDGE
- 11 Down: Marshland hopper (4)
- TOAD
- 12 Down: ___ Audit (French rock shelter) (4)
- ABRI
- 13 Down: "The ___," Midler film (4)
- ROSE
- 18 Down: He lived 905 years (4)
- ENOS
- 19 Down: Ebullient (6)
- YEASTY
- 23 Down: Humorless (5)
- SOBER
- 24 Down: Good earth (4)
- LOAM
- 25 Down: V.I.P. in Agra (4)
- RAJA
- 26 Down: Diffuse (5)
- EXUDE
- 27 Down: Shield of a sort (5)
- VISOR
- 28 Down: Left or right follower (3)
- IST
- 29 Down: Took a bath (5)
- LAVED
- 30 Down: Toby's cousin (5)
- STEIN
- 31 Down: Yankee pitcher (5)
- TIANT
- 33 Down: O.K. (5)
- ROGER
- 35 Down: Fluctuating figures at Belmont (4)
- ODDS
- 37 Down: American author: 1832–88 (6)
- ALCOTT
- 38 Down: Cut (4)
- BITE
- 39 Down: Dom. of seven Henrys (3)
- HRE
- 44 Down: Ancient capital of Macedonian kings (6)
- EDESSA
- 45 Down: Hood, for one (6)
- ARCHER
- 46 Down: Swinger in front of a house (4)
- GATE
- 48 Down: Earl, e.g. (5)
- TITLE
- 49 Down: ___ vitae (alcohol) (4)
- AQUA
- 50 Down: Pit (4)
- SUMP
- 51 Down: Scorch; dry up (4)
- SEAR
- 52 Down: Fall from a faulty faucet (4)
- DRIP
- 53 Down: Swedish rock group (4)
- ABBA
- 54 Down: Saline drop (4)
- TEAR
- 55 Down: "___ Perpetua," Idaho motto (4)
- ESTO
- 56 Down: Irish ___ (4)
- STEW
- 58 Down: Mink or chinchilla (3)
- FUR
- 59 Down: A Siouan (3)
- OTO
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