Monday Crossword — January 26, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/26/1981. By Sidney L. Robbins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Townshend ___: 1767 (4)
ACTS
5 Across: Type of vote (5)
STRAW
10 Across: Cotillion (4)
BALL
14 Across: Cerulean (4)
BLUE
15 Across: Chaff (5)
TEASE
16 Across: Hawaiian thrush (4)
OMAO
17 Across: Likely victims of con artists (15)
BABESINTHEWOODS
20 Across: Hurricane center (3)
EYE
21 Across: They rarely meet (4)
ENDS
22 Across: Stubborn as ___ (5)
AMULE
23 Across: Captures (4)
BAGS
24 Across: He feeds feasters for a fee (7)
CATERER
26 Across: N.Y. in 1775, for one (6)
COLONY
29 Across: More intelligent (5)
SANER
30 Across: College town in Iowa (4)
AMES
31 Across: Staid (5)
SOBER
32 Across: "___ Girls" (3)
LES
35 Across: Parental putdown (15)
MOTHERKNOWSBEST
39 Across: Grass on the streets (3)
POT
40 Across: Inclined, in London (5)
LEANT
41 Across: Theater org. (4)
ANTA
42 Across: Like N.Y.'s Trade Center (5)
LOFTY
43 Across: "___ therefore unto Caesar . . . " (6)
RENDER
45 Across: Vague sense of discomfort (7)
MALAISE
48 Across: Mardi Gras Fountain (4)
PETE
49 Across: Encourages an evildoer (5)
ABETS
50 Across: Redeem (4)
SAVE
51 Across: Age (3)
ERA
54 Across: Santa in England (15)
FATHERCHRISTMAS
58 Across: "Picnic" playwright (4)
INGE
59 Across: Apes owls (5)
HOOTS
60 Across: Flirt (4)
WINK
61 Across: Commotions (4)
ADOS
62 Across: Stout (5)
OBESE
63 Across: Mel and Ed of baseball (4)
OTTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Title of respect for a French cleric (4)
ABBE
2 Down: Orator Henry (4)
CLAY
3 Down: TV item (4)
TUBE
4 Down: Bishopric (3)
SEE
5 Down: Tightfisted (6)
STINGY
6 Down: Cares for (5)
TENDS
7 Down: Word of disgust (4)
RATS
8 Down: Wood for skis (3)
ASH
9 Down: Tiny (3)
WEE
10 Down: Dog on TV (6)
BOOMER
11 Down: Pierre's passion (5)
AMOUR
12 Down: Chef's spoon (5)
LADLE
13 Down: He may be sore (5)
LOSER
18 Down: O'Casey or Connery (4)
SEAN
19 Down: A memorable Ethel (6)
WATERS
23 Down: Pretentious nonsense (4)
BOSH
24 Down: Discoverer of Nova Scotia: 1497 (5)
CABOT
25 Down: Once more (4)
ANEW
26 Down: Creator of the QB position (4)
CAMP
27 Down: Book in which Doctor Long Ghost appears (4)
OMOO
28 Down: Baltic native (4)
LETT
29 Down: Al Jolson's "Boy" (5)
SONNY
31 Down: Cheap follower (5)
SKATE
32 Down: Lease's partner (4)
LEND
33 Down: Town near Padua (4)
ESTE
34 Down: Subject of a Keatsian sonnet (4)
STAR
36 Down: Fictional imp at the Plaza (6)
ELOISE
37 Down: They whistle while they work (4)
REFS
38 Down: Ruin (4)
BANE
42 Down: Cabinetmakers' tools (6)
LATHES
43 Down: Edit (6)
REVISE
44 Down: Seasons in Savoie (4)
ETES
45 Down: "Valachi Papers" subject (5)
MAFIA
46 Down: "___ of angels . . . " (5)
ABAND
47 Down: Released (5)
LETGO
48 Down: Splits (5)
PARTS
50 Down: Galosh, e.g. (4)
SHOE
51 Down: Utter (4)
EMIT
52 Down: Do some tub-thumping (4)
RANT
53 Down: Inquires (4)
ASKS
55 Down: Letter before sigma (3)
RHO
56 Down: Black-headed sea gull (3)
COB
57 Down: Tenth of a score (3)
TWO

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