Friday Crossword — December 5, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/5/1980. By Jean J. Davison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cries of surprise (3)
- AHS
- 4 Across: Mets' league: Abbr. (4)
- NATL
- 8 Across: Spotlight color (5)
- AMBER
- 13 Across: ___ Raton, Fla. (4)
- BOCA
- 15 Across: Follower of head or back (4)
- ACHE
- 16 Across: Hot cloth stimulating circulation (5)
- STUPE
- 17 Across: Mate of a countess (4)
- EARL
- 18 Across: Article in a list (4)
- ITEM
- 19 Across: Chased woman (5)
- SIREN
- 20 Across: Strong in-group loyalty (9)
- TRIBALISM
- 22 Across: Designer of Kennedy Library at Harvard (5)
- IMPEI
- 23 Across: Mother of Dionysus (6)
- SEMELE
- 24 Across: Temporary halt (5)
- PAUSE
- 26 Across: Range of hills (5)
- RIDGE
- 28 Across: Prospects (6)
- VISTAS
- 32 Across: Hero of a famous 1897 editorial (5)
- SANTA
- 35 Across: Even, in Cherbourg (4)
- MEME
- 37 Across: Panacea (4)
- CURE
- 38 Across: Lily plant (4)
- ALOE
- 39 Across: TV and radio, e.g. (5)
- MEDIA
- 40 Across: Word with father or ladder (4)
- STEP
- 41 Across: He played Zola, Pasteur et al. (4)
- MUNI
- 42 Across: Soon (4)
- ANON
- 43 Across: Crouch (5)
- SQUAT
- 44 Across: Corrects (6)
- EMENDS
- 46 Across: Scarf (5)
- FICHU
- 48 Across: Rope maker's material (5)
- SISAL
- 50 Across: Top and bottom round (6)
- ROASTS
- 54 Across: Preserves (5)
- SALTS
- 57 Across: Form a scar (9)
- CICATRIZE
- 59 Across: Tramontane of sorts (5)
- ALIEN
- 60 Across: Like a certain duckling (4)
- UGLY
- 61 Across: Zest (4)
- ELAN
- 62 Across: Between Bess and Jackie (5)
- MAMIE
- 63 Across: God: Prefix (4)
- THEO
- 64 Across: Mild oath (4)
- DARN
- 65 Across: Garden glorifier (5)
- PEONY
- 66 Across: Collarless jacket (4)
- ETON
- 67 Across: Dir. from Buffalo to Olean (3)
- SSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Aids a felon (5)
- ABETS
- 2 Down: Viscount Templewood (5)
- HOARE
- 3 Down: Curtain material (5)
- SCRIM
- 4 Down: ___ down (settled definitely) (6)
- NAILED
- 5 Down: Drama opening (4)
- ACTI
- 6 Down: C, in 9 Down (15)
- THESPEEDOFLIGHT
- 7 Down: Proposition in proving a theorem (5)
- LEMMA
- 8 Down: St. Francis' milieu (6)
- ASSISI
- 9 Down: E = ___ (14)
- MTIMESCSQUARED
- 10 Down: Baby-feeding finale (4)
- BURP
- 11 Down: Relative of a rapier (4)
- EPEE
- 12 Down: Bolognese painter (4)
- RENI
- 14 Down: Author of famous equation at 9 Down (14)
- ALBERTEINSTEIN
- 21 Down: Inter ___ (4)
- ALIA
- 25 Down: Part of the iris (4)
- UVEA
- 27 Down: Feds (4)
- GMEN
- 29 Down: Ballet skirt (4)
- TUTU
- 30 Down: Range (4)
- AREA
- 31 Down: Clan (4)
- SEPT
- 32 Down: Ditto (4)
- SAME
- 33 Down: An astringent (4)
- ALUM
- 34 Down: What "the poor dog" had (4)
- NONE
- 36 Down: Type of bus (4)
- MINI
- 39 Down: M, in 9 Down (4)
- MASS
- 43 Down: Word with put or gun (4)
- SHOT
- 45 Down: A land bears his name (6)
- DISNEY
- 47 Down: Kindergarten need (6)
- CRAYON
- 49 Down: Crucial (5)
- ACUTE
- 51 Down: Marner or Lapham (5)
- SILAS
- 52 Down: Ivan and Nicholas: Var. (5)
- TZARS
- 53 Down: Brussels' river (5)
- SENNE
- 54 Down: Coarse hominy (4)
- SAMP
- 55 Down: Amor's wings (4)
- ALAE
- 56 Down: Exec's car (4)
- LIMO
- 58 Down: Egyptian queen, for short (4)
- CLEO
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