Tuesday Crossword — October 21, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/21/1980. By Herb L. Risteen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Queen in a Shelley poem (3)
- MAB
- 4 Across: "Good-bye" composer (5)
- TOSTI
- 9 Across: Handles awkwardly (4)
- PAWS
- 13 Across: O. T. book (4)
- AMOS
- 15 Across: Of the bone below the humerus (5)
- ULNAR
- 16 Across: Assembly section (4)
- UNIT
- 17 Across: Like ___ out of hell (4)
- ABAT
- 18 Across: English novelist: 1814–84 (5)
- READE
- 19 Across: Tabula ___ (blank slate) (4)
- RASA
- 20 Across: Costa ___ (4)
- RICA
- 21 Across: Seoul soldier (3)
- ROK
- 22 Across: Kitchen utensil (5)
- DICER
- 23 Across: Formerly (4)
- ONCE
- 25 Across: Traveler in a umiak (6)
- ESKIMO
- 28 Across: Surgical knife (6)
- LANCET
- 30 Across: Have ___ for (hold a grudge) (4)
- ITIN
- 31 Across: Cotton knot (3)
- NEP
- 34 Across: "Hedda Gabler" playwright (5)
- IBSEN
- 35 Across: Idaho boundary river (5)
- SNAKE
- 36 Across: Year in the reign of Justinian I (3)
- DLI
- 37 Across: Catches cod (4)
- NETS
- 38 Across: Tony winner LuPone (5)
- PATTI
- 39 Across: Troglodyte's place (4)
- CAVE
- 40 Across: Patriotic org. (3)
- DAR
- 41 Across: Woodworking tool (5)
- LATHE
- 42 Across: Sky sight (5)
- COMET
- 43 Across: "___ Blue?": 1929 song (3)
- AMI
- 44 Across: Century plant (4)
- ALOE
- 45 Across: City in California (6)
- SONORA
- 46 Across: Zookeeper's activity (6)
- CAGING
- 48 Across: American colonizer (4)
- PENN
- 49 Across: Peteman's purchase (5)
- NITRO
- 51 Across: Down Under animal (3)
- ROO
- 53 Across: Of hearing (4)
- OTIC
- 56 Across: Reputation (4)
- ODOR
- 57 Across: Modify to suit (5)
- ADAPT
- 59 Across: Starchy plant (4)
- TARO
- 60 Across: Immunizing agents (4)
- SERA
- 61 Across: Adjust anew (5)
- RESET
- 62 Across: Arthurian lady (4)
- ENID
- 63 Across: Amenable (4)
- EASY
- 64 Across: In disorder (5)
- MESSY
- 65 Across: Happy ___ lark (3)
- ASA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Picasso's "Dora ___ Seated" (4)
- MAAR
- 2 Down: Prefix with dextrous (4)
- AMBI
- 3 Down: Pythons (15)
- BOACONSTRICTORS
- 4 Down: Castle feature (6)
- TURRET
- 5 Down: Grocery item (4)
- OLEO
- 6 Down: Treacherous person (15)
- SNAKEINTHEGRASS
- 7 Down: Young boy (3)
- TAD
- 8 Down: Fighting temper (3)
- IRE
- 9 Down: This occurs in Adar (5)
- PURIM
- 10 Down: Western city, famed for mining (15)
- ANACONDAMONTANA
- 11 Down: Sapient (4)
- WISE
- 12 Down: Excel (4)
- STAR
- 14 Down: Postures (7)
- STANCES
- 22 Down: Wine's partner (4)
- DINE
- 24 Down: One hundred yrs. (3)
- CEN
- 26 Down: Kind of craft (5)
- STATE
- 27 Down: Cuyler of baseball's Hall of Fame (4)
- KIKI
- 28 Down: Actress Christian (5)
- LINDA
- 29 Down: Opposite the middle of a ship's side (5)
- ABEAM
- 32 Down: Young eel (5)
- ELVER
- 33 Down: Michelangelo work (5)
- PIETA
- 35 Down: Squelched (5)
- SATON
- 38 Down: Nuuanu ___, scenic spot on Oahu (4)
- PALI
- 39 Down: Imply (7)
- CONNOTE
- 41 Down: Como, to Carlo or Carlos (4)
- LAGO
- 42 Down: Sebastian ___, record-breaking miler (3)
- COE
- 45 Down: Irregular (6)
- SPOTTY
- 47 Down: Order (5)
- ARRAY
- 49 Down: ___ around (pry) (4)
- NOSE
- 50 Down: Concept (4)
- IDEA
- 52 Down: Uncloses, to Shakespeare (4)
- OPES
- 54 Down: Garden bloom (4)
- IRIS
- 55 Down: Musical finale (4)
- CODA
- 57 Down: Weapon (3)
- ARM
- 58 Down: English river (3)
- DEE
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