Thursday Crossword — October 30, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/30/1980. By Benson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Cries of discovery (4)
AHAS
5 Across: "Tree ___ Window," Frost poem (4)
ATMY
9 Across: "___ Day's Night," Beatles film (5)
AHARD
14 Across: Soda jerk's creation (4)
MALT
15 Across: Kojak (4)
THEO
16 Across: Book by D. S. Freeman (5)
RELEE
17 Across: Anent (4)
ASTO
18 Across: ___ bien (4)
TRES
19 Across: Pain: Comb form (5)
ALGIA
20 Across: She led over 300 slaves to freedom (13)
HARRIETTUBMAN
23 Across: Timid ones (4)
MICE
24 Across: End of a Hemingway title (5)
RISES
25 Across: Type of room, for short (3)
REC
28 Across: Of the stomach (7)
GASTRIC
31 Across: "___ to be born . . . " (5)
ATIME
33 Across: Greek letter (3)
ETA
34 Across: West Pt. (4)
USMA
38 Across: Journalist who integrated the U. of Ga.: 1961 (15)
CHARLAYNEHUNTER
42 Across: Cabell of baseball (4)
ENOS
43 Across: Caspian, e.g. (3)
SEA
44 Across: Not anybody (5)
NOONE
45 Across: Mail room worker (7)
STAMPER
48 Across: Political org. (3)
ADA
49 Across: Like a teetotaler (5)
SOBER
52 Across: "The jig ___!" (4)
ISUP
54 Across: Mary ___, famous educator: 1875–1955 (13)
MCLEODBETHUNE
59 Across: Indian symbol (5)
TOTEM
60 Across: Traditional kind of learning (4)
ROTE
61 Across: Not so much (4)
LESS
63 Across: Force a turnover at the Omni (5)
STEAL
64 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
65 Across: Glut (4)
SATE
66 Across: Niggling (5)
PETTY
67 Across: "The ___," Diana Ross hit (4)
BOSS
68 Across: School founded in 1440 (4)
ETON

Down Answers

1 Down: Group including G.P.'s (3)
AMA
2 Down: Potpourri (4)
HASH
3 Down: Canadian prov. (4)
ALTA
4 Down: Upheaval (5)
STORM
5 Down: Region the Athenians dominated (6)
ATTICA
6 Down: "___ Company," TV hit (6)
THREES
7 Down: Proper (4)
MEET
8 Down: Fielding (Hurry Up) ___, of football coaching fame (4)
YOST
9 Down: Type of numeral (6)
ARABIC
10 Down: Former C.I.A. head (5)
HELMS
11 Down: Plants containing chlorophyll (5)
ALGAE
12 Down: Kin of martingales (5)
REINS
13 Down: Venus, to Virgil (3)
DEA
21 Down: Star in Orion (5)
RIGEL
22 Down: Heep (5)
URIAH
25 Down: Feature of a field day (4)
RACE
26 Down: Cultural group: Comb. form (4)
ETHN
27 Down: Greeting for Gina (4)
CIAO
29 Down: Museum opening hour, commonly (5)
TENAM
30 Down: Hwy. (3)
RTE
32 Down: Robinson, e.g. (3)
MRS
34 Down: Número ___ (3)
UNO
35 Down: Promenade in 5 Down (4)
STOA
36 Down: Darn that sock (4)
MEND
37 Down: Kind of code (4)
AREA
39 Down: Houston player (5)
ASTRO
40 Down: "___, though I walk . . . " (3)
YEA
41 Down: Reagan's opponent in 1970 (5)
UNRUH
45 Down: Correct (6)
SEEMLY
46 Down: Popular subjects in Renaissance art (6)
PIETAS
47 Down: Organic compounds (6)
ESTERS
49 Down: Struck, à la David (5)
SMOTE
50 Down: Musical group (5)
OCTET
51 Down: Pasture sound (5)
BLEAT
53 Down: Beat (5)
PULSE
55 Down: Dull (4)
DRAB
56 Down: Machete (4)
BOLO
57 Down: Free from admixture (4)
NEAT
58 Down: Start of the Gem State's motto (4)
ESTO
59 Down: Recipe abbr. (3)
TSP
62 Down: Brooke of Mass. was one (3)
SEN

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