Saturday Crossword — February 21, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/21/1981. By Vaughn Keith.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Proceeds (3)
- NET
- 4 Across: Author of "The Immigrants" (4)
- FAST
- 8 Across: Start of a nursery rhyme (6)
- BAABAA
- 14 Across: Fighting temper (3)
- IRE
- 15 Across: Construction item (4)
- IBAR
- 16 Across: Fictional sleuth ___ Lupin (6)
- ARSENE
- 17 Across: River in China (3)
- KAN
- 18 Across: Irresolute (11)
- VACILLATING
- 20 Across: Put out (6)
- ISSUED
- 22 Across: Hindu ascetic (5)
- FAKIR
- 23 Across: Difficult age (5)
- TEENS
- 24 Across: Capone, Jolson et al. (3)
- ALS
- 25 Across: Italian wine (5)
- SOAVE
- 29 Across: Antiknocks, e.g. (9)
- ADDITIVES
- 31 Across: Map addendum (5)
- INSET
- 32 Across: Flower receptacles (5)
- VASES
- 33 Across: Consecrate (6)
- ANOINT
- 34 Across: Current measures (7)
- AMPERES
- 37 Across: Miami's hiemal boast (7)
- CLIMATE
- 38 Across: Babe Ruth's first name (6)
- GEORGE
- 39 Across: Native of Shiraz (5)
- IRANI
- 40 Across: Ingredient of ouzo (5)
- ANISE
- 41 Across: Containers for colorful mixtures (9)
- PAINTCANS
- 45 Across: Varnish ingredient (5)
- RESIN
- 46 Across: Police-call letters (3)
- APB
- 47 Across: Author Alex (5)
- HALEY
- 48 Across: ___ Haute (5)
- TERRE
- 50 Across: Fruity desserts, for short (6)
- MELBAS
- 51 Across: Islands north of New Guinea (11)
- ADMIRALTIES
- 55 Across: Op or Pop (3)
- ART
- 56 Across: "___ emptor" (6)
- CAVEAT
- 57 Across: Hindustani (4)
- URDU
- 58 Across: Compass dir. (3)
- NBE
- 59 Across: Isolate (6)
- ENISLE
- 60 Across: Flay (4)
- SKIN
- 61 Across: Prefix with pathetic (3)
- SYM
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Khrushchev (6)
- NIKITA
- 2 Down: Expunged (6)
- ERASED
- 3 Down: Tightened (6)
- TENSED
- 4 Down: Pentagon V.I.P. (15)
- FIVESTARGENERAL
- 5 Down: Aldrich's "Story of ___ Boy" (4)
- ABAD
- 6 Down: Algonquian (3)
- SAC
- 7 Down: Toys (7)
- TRIFLES
- 8 Down: Pitching error (4)
- BALK
- 9 Down: Lorraine Hansberry hit: 1959 (15)
- ARAISININTHESUN
- 10 Down: High, as inflationary prices (12)
- ASTRONOMICAL
- 11 Down: "___ Mir Bist . . . " (3)
- BEI
- 12 Down: ___ Arbor (3)
- ANN
- 13 Down: Arm of the Medit. (3)
- AEG
- 19 Down: Young maiden (4)
- LASS
- 21 Down: Meccas for scholars (12)
- UNIVERSITIES
- 24 Down: Rosary beads (4)
- AVES
- 26 Down: Europe's neighbor (4)
- ASIA
- 27 Down: Release, as anger (4)
- VENT
- 28 Down: Suffix with major or cigar (4)
- ETTE
- 30 Down: Phrase of understanding (4)
- ISEE
- 33 Down: Bates or Arkin (4)
- ALAN
- 34 Down: Laboratory medium (4)
- AGAR
- 35 Down: Part of the writing on the wall (4)
- MENE
- 36 Down: Petits ___ (4)
- POIS
- 37 Down: Bassinet (4)
- CRIB
- 39 Down: Satellite of Saturn (7)
- IAPETUS
- 41 Down: Eng. legislative assembly (4)
- PARL
- 42 Down: St. ___, city NNW of London (6)
- ALBANS
- 43 Down: At hand (6)
- NEARBY
- 44 Down: Solar follower (6)
- SYSTEM
- 49 Down: Estimate (4)
- RATE
- 50 Down: Middle: Prefix (4)
- MEDI
- 51 Down: King's superior (3)
- ACE
- 52 Down: Cupid (3)
- DAN
- 53 Down: DIII doubled (3)
- MVI
- 54 Down: Annoy (3)
- IRK
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