Tuesday Crossword — February 24, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/24/1981. By Jeanette K. Brill.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Pear variety (4)
- BOSC
- 5 Across: Tarkenton or Allison (4)
- FRAN
- 9 Across: Roman statesman (4)
- CATO
- 13 Across: Adored one (4)
- IDOL
- 14 Across: Crazy (4)
- LOCO
- 15 Across: Baseball statistic (5)
- ERROR
- 16 Across: Minerals or mountains (9)
- DOLOMITES
- 18 Across: Stiller's sometime partner (5)
- MEARA
- 19 Across: Fictional little devil (13)
- ROSEMARYSBABY
- 21 Across: Steinbeck's "___ of Eden" (4)
- EAST
- 22 Across: Annoy (3)
- IRK
- 23 Across: "Eureka!" (3)
- AHA
- 26 Across: Alkaline solution (3)
- LYE
- 27 Across: Period (3)
- ERA
- 28 Across: "Too Late ___ Phalarope": Paton (3)
- THE
- 31 Across: Alpert or Shriner (4)
- HERB
- 33 Across: This may give you a charge (8)
- ELECTRON
- 35 Across: Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery: 1602 (15)
- MARTHASVINEYARD
- 39 Across: Dissipate, as vapor (8)
- EVANESCE
- 40 Across: Emulate Cordero (4)
- RIDE
- 41 Across: Former N African title (3)
- DEY
- 42 Across: "___ was going to St. Ives . . . " (3)
- ASI
- 43 Across: Cribbage card (3)
- NOB
- 46 Across: Headed (3)
- LED
- 47 Across: Greek letter (3)
- ETA
- 48 Across: O.T. personage (4)
- ENOS
- 50 Across: Styron best seller (13)
- SOPHIESCHOICE
- 56 Across: Lave (5)
- BATHE
- 57 Across: Tending to delay (9)
- RETARDANT
- 59 Across: Student of Lee Strasberg (5)
- ACTOR
- 60 Across: Neighbor of Afghanistan (4)
- IRAN
- 61 Across: Anglo-Saxon slave (4)
- ESNE
- 62 Across: What to show an intruder (4)
- DOOR
- 63 Across: Ointment (4)
- NARD
- 64 Across: Exercise the mind, in a way (4)
- READ
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Offer (3)
- BID
- 2 Down: Repute (4)
- ODOR
- 3 Down: Alone (4)
- SOLO
- 4 Down: Nearby (5)
- CLOSE
- 5 Down: Unsubstantial (6)
- FLIMSY
- 6 Down: Turn (6)
- ROTATE
- 7 Down: Maple genus (4)
- ACER
- 8 Down: Like a busybody (4)
- NOSY
- 9 Down: Stair noise (5)
- CREAK
- 10 Down: Graceful, spirited horse (4)
- ARAB
- 11 Down: Political conservative (4)
- TORY
- 12 Down: Anglo-Saxon money of account (3)
- ORA
- 15 Down: Clasp (7)
- EMBRACE
- 17 Down: Fast breaker (4)
- MEAL
- 20 Down: Temptress (5)
- SIREN
- 23 Down: Moslem chieftain: 1872–1933 (5)
- AHMED
- 24 Down: Cast (5)
- HEAVE
- 25 Down: Fine clothes (5)
- ARRAY
- 27 Down: Whitney (3)
- ELI
- 28 Down: Grofé's "On the ___" (5)
- TRAIL
- 29 Down: Vast number (5)
- HORDE
- 30 Down: Over (5)
- ENDED
- 32 Down: Group under a lt. col. (3)
- BTN
- 33 Down: The Lord gave her a coat of skin: Gen. 3:21 (3)
- EVE
- 34 Down: Son of Odin (3)
- TYR
- 36 Down: Brier's cousin (7)
- HEATHER
- 37 Down: Allegro ___: Mus. dir. (5)
- ASSAI
- 38 Down: Course in H.S. (3)
- SCI
- 43 Down: Delicious drink (6)
- NECTAR
- 44 Down: Nearby (6)
- ONHAND
- 45 Down: Churl (4)
- BOOR
- 47 Down: Ancient Spartan magistrate (5)
- EPHOR
- 49 Down: Partisan (5)
- SIDER
- 50 Down: River in the Pine Tree State (4)
- SACO
- 51 Down: Harbach or Klemperer (4)
- OTTO
- 52 Down: The Emerald Isle (4)
- ERIN
- 53 Down: Evening, in Roma (4)
- SERA
- 54 Down: Dative, for one (4)
- CASE
- 55 Down: Sicilian resort (4)
- ENNA
- 56 Down: Word with egg or apple (3)
- BAD
- 58 Down: Scatter for drying (3)
- TED
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