Thursday Crossword — December 11, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/11/1980. By Rubin.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Brittle (5)
- CRISP
- 6 Across: Ski spots (4)
- ALPS
- 10 Across: Quaternary (4)
- FOUR
- 14 Across: ___-dory (5)
- HUNKY
- 15 Across: One of Vulcan's spheres (4)
- FIRE
- 16 Across: "___ Sprach Zarathustra," 1973 song (4)
- ALSO
- 17 Across: Before (5)
- UNTIL
- 18 Across: Newgate, e.g. (4)
- GAOL
- 19 Across: Sway (4)
- REEL
- 20 Across: Miller or Google (6)
- BARNEY
- 22 Across: "___ of W.B. Yeats," elegy by Auden (8)
- INMEMORY
- 24 Across: Kenton or Musial (4)
- STAN
- 25 Across: "___ and Me," H. Lamarr autobiography (7)
- ECSTASY
- 27 Across: Call for Mrs. Bloom (6)
- YOOHOO
- 29 Across: Afternoon, in Avila (5)
- TARDE
- 33 Across: Greek letter (3)
- CHI
- 36 Across: Fed. investigator (4)
- TMAN
- 37 Across: Hubert's widow (6)
- MURIEL
- 38 Across: Abode (7)
- HABITAT
- 40 Across: Crowns (7)
- DIADEMS
- 41 Across: He was no con man (6)
- EDISON
- 42 Across: Singer Vikki (4)
- CARR
- 43 Across: Prevaricate (3)
- LIE
- 44 Across: Sir's counterpart (5)
- MADAM
- 45 Across: Berlin hit: 1925 (6)
- ALWAYS
- 47 Across: Admonition (7)
- WARNING
- 49 Across: Kind of apple (4)
- CRAB
- 53 Across: ___-tails (8)
- CATONINE
- 56 Across: Soprano Malbin (6)
- ELAINE
- 58 Across: Old grad (4)
- ALUM
- 59 Across: Fit of ill humor (4)
- FUNK
- 61 Across: Urge on (5)
- IMPEL
- 62 Across: Musical round (4)
- ROTA
- 63 Across: Kind of show (4)
- LATE
- 64 Across: Exhausted (5)
- SPENT
- 65 Across: Like some silk (4)
- SPUN
- 66 Across: Princess of Braband (4)
- ELSA
- 67 Across: Considerations for Cassatt (5)
- TINTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Fish used as bait (5)
- CHUBS
- 2 Down: Attack (5)
- RUNAT
- 3 Down: Prefix with mural or state (5)
- INTRA
- 4 Down: Emaciated (6)
- SKINNY
- 5 Down: W.W. II journalist (4)
- PYLE
- 6 Down: Neighbor of U.S.S.R. (3)
- AFG
- 7 Down: Affaire d'amour (7)
- LIAISON
- 8 Down: Quickly (6)
- PRONTO
- 9 Down: Nobelist novelist-poet Lagerlöf (5)
- SELMA
- 10 Down: Grange area (8)
- FARMYARD
- 11 Down: TV backdrop (4)
- OLEO
- 12 Down: He can't get enough of snuff (4)
- USER
- 13 Down: ___-poly (4)
- ROLY
- 21 Down: G. & S. character (6)
- YEOMAN
- 23 Down: Sea inlet (7)
- ESTUARY
- 26 Down: Songbird (4)
- CHAT
- 28 Down: Footstool (7)
- OTTOMAN
- 30 Down: Cambodian money (4)
- RIEL
- 31 Down: Prefix denoting size (4)
- DEMI
- 32 Down: Otherwise (4)
- ELSE
- 33 Down: Sci. course (4)
- CHEM
- 34 Down: "If I Only ___ Heart" (4)
- HADA
- 35 Down: Footnote abbr. (4)
- IBID
- 37 Down: Fata morgana (6)
- MIRAGE
- 39 Down: "She ___, therefore may be woo'd": Shak. (8)
- ISAWOMAN
- 40 Down: Haggard novel (4)
- DAWN
- 42 Down: Lawyer's bread and butter (7)
- CLIENTS
- 45 Down: Etesian (6)
- ANNUAL
- 46 Down: Large, greenish prawns (6)
- SCAMPI
- 48 Down: Jaeger's companion (5)
- RIFLE
- 50 Down: Mature (5)
- RIPEN
- 51 Down: In reference to (5)
- ANENT
- 52 Down: Encircles (5)
- BELTS
- 53 Down: Telphers (4)
- CARS
- 54 Down: Asymmetrical (4)
- ALOP
- 55 Down: Garb for a Balanchine vehicle (4)
- TUTU
- 57 Down: Catalogue (4)
- LIST
- 60 Down: Large parrot (3)
- KEA
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