Friday Crossword — March 6, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/6/1981. By James.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: ___ nostrum (our sea) (4)
- MARE
- 5 Across: LP's (5)
- DISCS
- 10 Across: Basics (4)
- ABCS
- 14 Across: Ph.D. exam (4)
- ORAL
- 15 Across: Gov. Evans' state (5)
- IDAHO
- 16 Across: Campus V.I.P. (4)
- DEAN
- 17 Across: Suffix familiar to police (4)
- CIDE
- 18 Across: Lingerie fabric (5)
- SATIN
- 19 Across: River near Zurich (4)
- AARE
- 20 Across: ___-Ashbury (S.F. district) (6)
- HAIGHT
- 22 Across: Alert (8)
- ONTIPTOE
- 24 Across: ___ seat (revival-meeting bench) (7)
- ANXIOUS
- 26 Across: Seasonal visitor (5)
- SANTA
- 27 Across: V-shaped roof gutter (5)
- ARRIS
- 29 Across: Devil-divers (6)
- GREBES
- 32 Across: Curios (9)
- BRICABRAC
- 36 Across: Destroy by degrees (5)
- ERODE
- 37 Across: Kind of atom (3)
- ION
- 38 Across: Warm tone (5)
- SEPIA
- 40 Across: Actress Merkel (3)
- UNA
- 41 Across: His product may be stollen (5)
- BAKER
- 44 Across: Retaliation in kind (9)
- TITFORTAT
- 47 Across: Adult insects (6)
- IMAGOS
- 49 Across: Composer Norman ___ Joio (5)
- DELLO
- 50 Across: Pertaining to a dowry (5)
- DOTAL
- 52 Across: Made sweet (7)
- SUGARED
- 56 Across: Conversation (8)
- CHITCHAT
- 59 Across: Embattled isle: 1943 (6)
- TARAWA
- 60 Across: Actor Santoni (4)
- RENI
- 61 Across: Sailor's "Stop!" (5)
- AVAST
- 63 Across: Latin anagram for rite (4)
- ITER
- 64 Across: Refuges (4)
- ARKS
- 65 Across: Show frugality (5)
- REUSE
- 66 Across: Where Nelson triumphed: 1798 (4)
- NILE
- 67 Across: Salutation to a queen (4)
- MAAM
- 68 Across: Fall bloomer (5)
- ASTER
- 69 Across: Newsy metal (4)
- GOLD
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Arabian coffee (5)
- MOCHA
- 2 Down: Suffix with Unit (5)
- ARIAN
- 3 Down: Math base (5)
- RADIX
- 4 Down: Plaintive (7)
- ELEGIAC
- 5 Down: Interferes with (8)
- DISTURBS
- 6 Down: Cretan crest (3)
- IDA
- 7 Down: Former Japanese prime minister (4)
- SATO
- 8 Down: Exercises on a bar (5)
- CHINS
- 9 Down: Writer Susan (6)
- SONTAG
- 10 Down: Connecting device (7)
- ADAPTER
- 11 Down: ___ the bush (9)
- BEATABOUT
- 12 Down: "___ nome" (4)
- CARO
- 13 Down: Snick-a-___ (4)
- SNEE
- 21 Down: Folk dance performed in a circle (4)
- HORA
- 23 Down: As to (4)
- INRE
- 25 Down: River through Rumania (5)
- SIRET
- 28 Down: Flavorful (5)
- SAPID
- 30 Down: Theater's Best (4)
- EDNA
- 31 Down: Exchange membership (4)
- SEAT
- 32 Down: An Andersson from Sweden (4)
- BIBI
- 33 Down: Ramble (4)
- ROAM
- 34 Down: "___ Doo" (famed Durante number) (9)
- INKADINKA
- 35 Down: Mentions for merit (5)
- CITES
- 39 Down: Excited (8)
- AFLUTTER
- 42 Down: "I" trouble (7)
- EGOTISM
- 43 Down: Campus initials (4)
- ROTC
- 45 Down: Gymnast Korbut (4)
- OLGA
- 46 Down: Word with Camp or Twenties (7)
- ROARING
- 48 Down: It's just desert (6)
- SAHARA
- 51 Down: Baptizes (5)
- LAVES
- 53 Down: Proportion (5)
- RATIO
- 54 Down: "Seven Year Itch" man (5)
- EWELL
- 55 Down: Was bold (5)
- DARED
- 56 Down: Stuff (4)
- CRAM
- 57 Down: Goddess associated with the peacock (4)
- HERA
- 58 Down: Shipshape (4)
- TAUT
- 62 Down: Dir. to Paris from London (3)
- SSE
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