Thursday Crossword — January 8, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/8/1981. By Bernice Gordon.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Make allowance for (6)
- PARDON
- 7 Across: Floormen in a casino (7)
- CALLERS
- 14 Across: Reconcile differences (7)
- MEDIATE
- 15 Across: Islands in the South Pacific (7)
- OCEANIA
- 16 Across: Religious recluse (7)
- EREMITE
- 17 Across: Anon (7)
- SHORTLY
- 18 Across: Not any: Law (3)
- NUL
- 19 Across: Steadies; calms (7)
- SEDATES
- 21 Across: Sight on the Seine (3)
- ILE
- 22 Across: Province of Saudi Arabia (4)
- ASIR
- 24 Across: Kind of riddle (5)
- REBUS
- 25 Across: Bakery worker (4)
- ICER
- 26 Across: Rattan and sorgo (5)
- CANES
- 28 Across: Hoover, for example (3)
- DAM
- 29 Across: Supports (5)
- ABETS
- 30 Across: Decides on (6)
- ELECTS
- 32 Across: Railroad vehicles (7)
- TENDERS
- 34 Across: Jejune (4)
- ARID
- 36 Across: Boutique name (4)
- DIOR
- 37 Across: Household gods of Rome (7)
- PENATES
- 40 Across: Parts of a city skyline (6)
- SPIRES
- 44 Across: Malicious (5)
- CATTY
- 45 Across: Dieter's dish, British style (3)
- VEG
- 47 Across: Corrupt (5)
- TAINT
- 48 Across: " . . . ___ for England": Chesterton (4)
- ALAS
- 49 Across: Male guinea pigs (5)
- BOARS
- 51 Across: Response to the Little Red Hen (4)
- NOTI
- 52 Across: Jack Youngblood is one (3)
- RAM
- 53 Across: Gun named after its inventor (7)
- GATLING
- 55 Across: "___ Cents a Dance" (3)
- TEN
- 56 Across: Fatty (7)
- ADIPOSE
- 58 Across: Nobelist for Peace: 1962 (7)
- PAULING
- 60 Across: Bamboozle (7)
- FINAGLE
- 61 Across: They deviate (7)
- ERRANTS
- 62 Across: Those at swords' points (7)
- ENEMIES
- 63 Across: Mire (6)
- SLUDGE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Reading (7)
- PERUSAL
- 2 Down: Sweet girl of music (7)
- ADELINE
- 3 Down: Frame (3)
- RIM
- 4 Down: Raised terrace out of doors (4)
- DAIS
- 5 Down: Playful animal (5)
- OTTER
- 6 Down: Mandatory (6)
- NEEDED
- 7 Down: Clad, as for a festival (8)
- COSTUMED
- 8 Down: Pines (5)
- ACHES
- 9 Down: Thirteen Vatican leaders (4)
- LEOS
- 10 Down: Malayan gibbon (3)
- LAR
- 11 Down: Lorelei, e.g. (7)
- ENTICER
- 12 Down: Small valleys of the moon (7)
- RILLETS
- 13 Down: Creator of Lode Peter Wimsey (6)
- SAYERS
- 14 Down: Threaten (6)
- MENACE
- 20 Down: Blind as ___ (4)
- ABAT
- 23 Down: Yields to inquisitors (7)
- RECANTS
- 25 Down: ___ Madonna, Red Square icon (7)
- IBERIAN
- 27 Down: S.P.C.A. pickup (5)
- STRAY
- 29 Down: Accept formally (5)
- ADOPT
- 31 Down: Act as a model (3)
- SIT
- 33 Down: City in Yugoslavia (3)
- NIS
- 35 Down: Enthusiasts (8)
- DEVOTEES
- 37 Down: Knight (7)
- PALADIN
- 38 Down: Fabric with open mesh (7)
- ETAMINE
- 39 Down: Ratify (4)
- SEAL
- 41 Down: In wild confusion (7)
- RIOTING
- 42 Down: International understanding (7)
- ENTENTE
- 43 Down: Overcharges (6)
- STINGS
- 44 Down: Bottle type (6)
- CARAFE
- 46 Down: Beefs (6)
- GRIPES
- 49 Down: Old name for a Swiss canton (5)
- BASLE
- 50 Down: Traffic situation (5)
- SNARL
- 53 Down: Singer Grant (4)
- GOGI
- 54 Down: ___ Nanak, founder of Sikhism (4)
- GURU
- 57 Down: TV's Dawber (3)
- PAM
- 59 Down: Terhune canine (3)
- LAD
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