Thursday Crossword — December 18, 1980 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/18/1980. By Bernice Gordon.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Recedes (4)
- EBBS
- 5 Across: Type of moth (5)
- EGGAR
- 10 Across: Grand feat of Bobby Jones (4)
- SLAM
- 14 Across: Opposite of aweather (4)
- ALEE
- 15 Across: Black eye (5)
- MOUSE
- 16 Across: Home of the "Children of the Sun" (4)
- PERU
- 17 Across: Reporter Barrett (4)
- RONA
- 18 Across: Associates (10)
- COMPANIONS
- 20 Across: Softens the mood of (8)
- SWEETENS
- 22 Across: Luft and Doone (6)
- LORNAS
- 23 Across: Hack's riders (5)
- FARES
- 24 Across: Marcel Marceau, e.g. (4)
- MIME
- 25 Across: Apothegms (6)
- ADAGES
- 27 Across: Large (8)
- SIZEABLE
- 31 Across: Projection at the foot of a wall (5)
- SOCLE
- 32 Across: Pallid (5)
- WAXEN
- 33 Across: Group comprising U.S., Mex., etc. (3)
- OAS
- 34 Across: Relative of a pigeonhole (4)
- COTE
- 35 Across: ___ Palace in Venice (5)
- DOGES
- 36 Across: Letters from Athens (4)
- PSIS
- 37 Across: Touse or towse (3)
- ADO
- 38 Across: Faux pas (5)
- ERROR
- 39 Across: Metrical unit in Sanskrit (5)
- MATRA
- 40 Across: Heaps up (8)
- PYRAMIDS
- 42 Across: Caricature (6)
- PARODY
- 43 Across: Collection of quails (4)
- BEVY
- 44 Across: Follower of a Greek theologian (5)
- ARIAN
- 45 Across: Convince (6)
- ASSURE
- 48 Across: Very wicked (8)
- FIENDISH
- 51 Across: Thick as thieves (10)
- PALSYWALSY
- 53 Across: "___ umble pie . . . ": Dickens (4)
- IATE
- 54 Across: ___-dieu (kneeling bench) (4)
- PRIE
- 55 Across: Lacking 18 Across (5)
- ALONE
- 56 Across: Give the cold shoulder to (4)
- SNUB
- 57 Across: Campers' curfew (4)
- TAPS
- 58 Across: Swerved (5)
- YAWED
- 59 Across: Anglo-Saxon laborer (4)
- ESNE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Crossettes (4)
- EARS
- 2 Down: Scram (4)
- BLOW
- 3 Down: Eleemosynar, e.g. (10)
- BENEFACTOR
- 4 Down: Piscivorous bird (8)
- SEAEAGLE
- 5 Down: Bob Barker et al. (6)
- EMCEES
- 6 Down: Saps (5)
- GOONS
- 7 Down: Sapodillas (4)
- GUMS
- 8 Down: Cerastes (3)
- ASP
- 9 Down: Gains (8)
- REALIZES
- 10 Down: Bridal wreath, for one (6)
- SPIREA
- 11 Down: Spinks or Goossens (4)
- LEON
- 12 Down: Water buffalo (4)
- ARNA
- 13 Down: Dishevel (4)
- MUSS
- 19 Down: Any ancient Roman's second name (5)
- NOMEN
- 21 Down: Ocote or persea (4)
- TREE
- 24 Down: Kitchen aid (5)
- MIXER
- 25 Down: Soc. of musicians (5)
- ASCAP
- 26 Down: TV woodenhead, Howdy ___ (5)
- DOODY
- 27 Down: Starch-yielding palms (5)
- SAGOS
- 28 Down: Henry James novel, with "The" (10)
- BOSTONIANS
- 29 Down: Sec. of Defense: 1969–72 (5)
- LAIRD
- 30 Down: Repplier product (5)
- ESSAY
- 32 Down: Verbose (5)
- WORDY
- 35 Down: Kind of entry (8)
- DRIVEWAY
- 36 Down: Celestial City (8)
- PARADISE
- 38 Down: ___ board, on a manicurist's tray (5)
- EMERY
- 39 Down: Might's partner (4)
- MAIN
- 41 Down: Vilifies (6)
- ABUSES
- 42 Down: Made raids upon (6)
- PREYED
- 44 Down: Tributary of the Oise (5)
- AISNE
- 45 Down: Notation on a cal. (4)
- APPT
- 46 Down: Name meaning "princess" (4)
- SARA
- 47 Down: Knitting stitch (4)
- SLIP
- 48 Down: Spring (4)
- FLOW
- 49 Down: Shock (4)
- STUN
- 50 Down: Cupbearer to the gods (4)
- HEBE
- 52 Down: Wing (3)
- ALA
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