Saturday Crossword — January 3, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/3/1981. By Nancy McCarthy.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Insurgent (5)
- REBEL
- 6 Across: Secateurs (6)
- SHEARS
- 12 Across: Full of spirit (7)
- FIREDUP
- 14 Across: Unfriendly (7)
- HOSTILE
- 16 Across: Abridgment (7)
- EPITOME
- 17 Across: "Necktie party" figure (7)
- RUSTLER
- 18 Across: Mrs. Sundance in a film (4)
- ETTA
- 19 Across: Kudos (6)
- PRAISE
- 21 Across: Small ape (3)
- LAR
- 22 Across: ENE or WSW (3)
- DIR
- 23 Across: Creeper (4)
- VINE
- 24 Across: Counterclockwise (4)
- LEVO
- 25 Across: Genethliacons, e.g. (4)
- ODES
- 27 Across: Stow cargo (4)
- LADE
- 28 Across: Climbing plant of Asia (5)
- BETEL
- 29 Across: This is smaller than 36 Across (8)
- NEAPTIDE
- 31 Across: Kind of jaw or eye (5)
- GLASS
- 32 Across: Apple variety (4)
- ROME
- 33 Across: First name of Amahl's creator (4)
- GIAN
- 34 Across: Pule (5)
- WHINE
- 36 Across: Daily occurrence at the shore (8)
- HIGHTIDE
- 40 Across: Jiggers (5)
- SHOTS
- 41 Across: Curlicues in writing (4)
- TAGS
- 42 Across: Wireless word (4)
- OVER
- 43 Across: Buster Brown's dog (4)
- TIGE
- 44 Across: Wang ___, Pearl Buck hero (4)
- LUNG
- 45 Across: Domesday Book money (3)
- ORA
- 46 Across: Name of fame in a national game (3)
- OTT
- 47 Across: Ignite (6)
- KINDLE
- 49 Across: "Trinity" author (4)
- URIS
- 50 Across: Salary (7)
- STIPEND
- 52 Across: Hit song in 1953 (7)
- EBBTIDE
- 54 Across: Ruddy duck (7)
- SLEEPER
- 55 Across: Less jumpy (7)
- SERENER
- 56 Across: ___ Abbey, U.S. painter (6)
- EDWINA
- 57 Across: What Genuine Risk ran for in May (5)
- ROSES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Destructive vortex (7)
- RIPTIDE
- 2 Down: Asmara's province (7)
- ERITREA
- 3 Down: Elementary particle (4)
- BETA
- 4 Down: Tokyo's former name (3)
- EDO
- 5 Down: Small mass (4)
- LUMP
- 6 Down: The Alamo, e.g. (6)
- SHRINE
- 7 Down: Not necessarily a home (5)
- HOUSE
- 8 Down: Actual being (4)
- ESSE
- 9 Down: Siamese coin (3)
- ATT
- 10 Down: Small streams (7)
- RILLETS
- 11 Down: Separates into filaments (7)
- SLEAVES
- 12 Down: "___ her damask cheek": Shak. (6)
- FEEDON
- 13 Down: Diffuse widely (7)
- PERVADE
- 15 Down: Actor Leon ___: 1881–1951 (5)
- ERROL
- 20 Down: Coadjutor (4)
- AIDE
- 24 Down: Shed (6)
- LEANTO
- 26 Down: Ariel, for one (6)
- SPRITE
- 27 Down: Thorny tree (4)
- LIME
- 28 Down: Hokum (4)
- BLAH
- 30 Down: Lots and lots (4)
- TONS
- 31 Down: Musicians' stints (4)
- GIGS
- 33 Down: Titters nervously (7)
- GIGGLES
- 34 Down: "___ While You Work," woodcarver's song (7)
- WHITTLE
- 35 Down: Made helpless (7)
- HOGTIED
- 36 Down: Something to lend (4)
- HAND
- 37 Down: Substance resembling dentin (7)
- IVORINE
- 38 Down: Ridicules (7)
- DERIDES
- 39 Down: Hit man (6)
- ERASER
- 40 Down: German sculptor-painter: 1440?–1533 (5)
- STOSS
- 41 Down: Reindeer's feeding grounds (6)
- TUNDRA
- 44 Down: Napery (5)
- LINEN
- 47 Down: Civil War cap (4)
- KEPI
- 48 Down: Legendary Irish king (4)
- EBER
- 49 Down: Allies of Kit Carson (4)
- UTES
- 51 Down: "Treasure Island" character (3)
- PEW
- 53 Down: Fam. member (3)
- BRO
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