Thursday Crossword — January 22, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 1/22/1981. By Jim Modney.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Term of endearment (4)
- BABY
- 5 Across: Biblical queen (5)
- SHEBA
- 10 Across: Bear's lair (4)
- CAVE
- 14 Across: Fitzgerald (4)
- ELLA
- 15 Across: Dud (5)
- LEMON
- 16 Across: Follow orders (4)
- OBEY
- 17 Across: Like ___ of bricks (4)
- ATON
- 18 Across: "My Fair Lady" girl (5)
- ELIZA
- 19 Across: Sky-clad (4)
- NUDE
- 20 Across: Elvis Presley, e.g. (15)
- ROCKANDROLLSTAR
- 23 Across: Word with head or tail (3)
- END
- 24 Across: Te in "Te amo" (3)
- YOU
- 25 Across: "Familiarity begets ___": Marmion (8)
- BOLDNESS
- 30 Across: Horror-movie character (6)
- ZOMBIE
- 34 Across: Dir. from Albuquerque to Denver (3)
- ENE
- 35 Across: Missilemen (10)
- ROCKETEERS
- 37 Across: Kin of epsilons (4)
- ETAS
- 39 Across: LeFlore of the White Sox (3)
- RON
- 40 Across: Office copy, for short (4)
- STAT
- 41 Across: Nadir (10)
- ROCKBOTTOM
- 45 Across: Soissons saison (3)
- ETE
- 46 Across: Baseball or softball (6)
- SPHERE
- 47 Across: Politico with his mouth open (8)
- TWADDLER
- 50 Across: Female swan (3)
- PEN
- 51 Across: What O'Neill called "Dat ole davil" (3)
- SEA
- 52 Across: Advice to an upstart (15)
- DONTROCKTHEBOAT
- 61 Across: Mine, in Paris (4)
- AMOI
- 62 Across: Wavy pattern in fur (5)
- MOIRE
- 63 Across: Glaswegian hillside (4)
- BRAE
- 64 Across: Chagall or Blitzstein (4)
- MARC
- 65 Across: Record (5)
- ENTER
- 66 Across: Whar "'Omer smote" (4)
- LYRE
- 67 Across: Weaponry (4)
- ARMS
- 68 Across: Culinary herbs (5)
- LEEKS
- 69 Across: Arithmetic for Rooney (4)
- EXES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Silvertip, e.g. (4)
- BEAR
- 2 Down: Voice in the old village choir (4)
- ALTO
- 3 Down: Special-interest group (4)
- BLOC
- 4 Down: Took part in a tug of war (6)
- YANKED
- 5 Down: Like most models (7)
- SLENDER
- 6 Down: Artist who depicted flappers (4)
- HELD
- 7 Down: Turkish official (4)
- EMIR
- 8 Down: This guy is no doll (4)
- BOZO
- 9 Down: Study critically (7)
- ANALYZE
- 10 Down: Eats (8)
- CONSUMES
- 11 Down: Touch at one end (4)
- ABUT
- 12 Down: Hindu scriptures (4)
- VEDA
- 13 Down: His pupils are on the watch (4)
- EYER
- 21 Down: Sothern from a Northern state (3)
- ANN
- 22 Down: Spoils (4)
- LOOT
- 25 Down: Tummy enlargers (5)
- BEERS
- 26 Down: Dominant (5)
- ONTOP
- 27 Down: Cary Grant at birth (5)
- LEACH
- 28 Down: Order (4)
- SORT
- 29 Down: Mexican War hero (5)
- SCOTT
- 31 Down: Asian climbing plant (5)
- BETEL
- 32 Down: Stormy; fuming (5)
- IRATE
- 33 Down: Depside is one (5)
- ESTER
- 36 Down: Cognize (4)
- KNOW
- 38 Down: They have reservations (8)
- SKEPTICS
- 42 Down: Rabbit or fox (4)
- BRER
- 43 Down: Greek sweet drink (7)
- OENOMEL
- 44 Down: Men who are too familiar (7)
- MASHERS
- 48 Down: Aberdeen's river (3)
- DEE
- 49 Down: Dilettantes do this (6)
- DABBLE
- 52 Down: Toledo lady (4)
- DAMA
- 53 Down: Jerusalem's Mosque of ___ (4)
- OMAR
- 54 Down: Standard (4)
- NORM
- 55 Down: Word with nose or pine (4)
- CONE
- 56 Down: Franklin flew one (4)
- KITE
- 57 Down: Arduous journey (4)
- TREK
- 58 Down: Long-horned antelope (4)
- ORYX
- 59 Down: Swiss river (4)
- AARE
- 60 Down: Items in a golf bag (4)
- TEES
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