Thursday Crossword — November 6, 1980 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/6/1980. By Victor Goldfarb.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Concrete strip (4)
SLAB
5 Across: River in SE Wales (4)
EBBW
9 Across: Cheerless (4)
DRAB
13 Across: Isak Dinesen product (4)
TALE
14 Across: One-third of a 1970 film title (4)
TORA
15 Across: Actress Adorée (5)
RENEE
17 Across: Shaft (4)
AXLE
18 Across: Hellman's "The Children's ___" (4)
HOUR
19 Across: Best and Ferber (5)
EDNAS
20 Across: Member of the N.F.L. (8)
REDSKINS
22 Across: Agree to (6)
ASSENT
23 Across: Pitcher's stat (3)
ERA
24 Across: Place for certain cold storage (8)
ICEHOUSE
26 Across: Hankerings (4)
YENS
28 Across: Passageways for shoppers (7)
ARCADES
32 Across: Gave out sparingly (5)
DOLED
34 Across: Proper, to Pierre (4)
VRAI
35 Across: Ab ___ (from the start) (3)
OVO
36 Across: Dean Martin hit, "That's ___!" (5)
AMORE
37 Across: Force; power (3)
VIS
38 Across: Bendix role (5)
RILEY
40 Across: X (3)
TEN
41 Across: 500 sheets of newsprint (4)
REAM
43 Across: County or river in Ala. (5)
COOSA
44 Across: Betrothed (7)
ENGAGED
46 Across: Speak indistinctly (4)
SLUR
47 Across: Sled dog (8)
MALEMUTE
50 Across: Wartime agcy. (3)
OPA
53 Across: Puts off (6)
DEFERS
56 Across: Held back, as stocks (8)
UNISSUED
58 Across: Praise highly (5)
EXALT
59 Across: Release, as a mechanism (4)
TRIP
60 Across: Spumante source (4)
ASTI
61 Across: Dressler or Wilson (5)
MARIE
62 Across: Do work for Lloyd's of London (4)
RATE
63 Across: This may weigh over 500 lbs. (4)
CLAM
64 Across: Like Joe Greene (4)
MEAN
65 Across: Malt beverages (4)
ALES
66 Across: Former Giant, ___ Rote (4)
KYLE

Down Answers

1 Down: Ogle (5)
STARE
2 Down: Less strict (5)
LAXER
3 Down: Morning, noon and night (10)
ALLDAYLONG
4 Down: Drones (4)
BEES
5 Down: Group of moral principles (6)
ETHICS
6 Down: Daniel or Richard (5)
BOONE
7 Down: Brief encounter (5)
BRUSH
8 Down: ___ of 1812 (3)
WAR
9 Down: Parts of opera houses (12)
DRESSCIRCLES
10 Down: Sinus Arabicus (6)
REDSEA
11 Down: "___ of the Thousand Days" (4)
ANNE
12 Down: Noggin (4)
BEAN
16 Down: Erhard's group (3)
EST
21 Down: Where the Montessori method is often tried (12)
KINDERGARTEN
22 Down: Distinctive quality (4)
AURA
25 Down: Crew on the Charles (4)
OARS
27 Down: Suffix with cannon and musket (3)
EER
29 Down: In a lugubrious way (10)
DOLOROUSLY
30 Down: Dec. 24, Dec. 31, etc. (4)
EVES
31 Down: Oriental legume (4)
SOYA
32 Down: Topic in a dorm (4)
DATE
33 Down: Gregory Peck movie, with "The" (4)
OMEN
34 Down: Companion of vigor (3)
VIM
37 Down: ___ mecum (guidebook) (4)
VADE
39 Down: Debt acknowledgment (3)
IOU
42 Down: Snakelike fish (4)
EELS
45 Down: Becky Sharp's friend (6)
AMELIA
46 Down: Eyestalk (6)
STIPES
48 Down: Work by Orozco (5)
MURAL
49 Down: Fuse (5)
UNITE
51 Down: Part of some dogwoods (5)
PETAL
52 Down: Stop on ___ (5)
ADIME
53 Down: E.M.K. is one (3)
DEM
54 Down: Prof's concoction (4)
EXAM
55 Down: Token at times (4)
FARE
57 Down: Fire (4)
SACK
59 Down: La's companion (3)
TRA

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