Thursday Crossword — March 12, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/12/1981. By Mazarakes.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Put on a play (5)
- STAGE
- 6 Across: Sloping passage (4)
- RAMP
- 10 Across: Russian ruler: 879–912 (4)
- OLEG
- 14 Across: Cut off (5)
- SEVER
- 15 Across: Humorous suffix (4)
- EROO
- 16 Across: News-gathering asset (4)
- NOSE
- 17 Across: Odets play: 1935 (15)
- WAITINGFORLEFTY
- 20 Across: Con man (5)
- FAKER
- 21 Across: ___ a pin (6)
- NEATAS
- 22 Across: Intense state (4)
- HEAT
- 24 Across: Flightless bird of N.Z. (4)
- WEKA
- 27 Across: Osprey or European buzzard (5)
- GLEDE
- 28 Across: Burma's first prime minister (3)
- UNU
- 29 Across: Past, e.g. (5)
- TENSE
- 31 Across: June bug (3)
- DOR
- 32 Across: Upright (6)
- HONEST
- 36 Across: Nixon Cabinet member (5)
- STANS
- 38 Across: Knott play: 1966 (13)
- WAITUNTILDARK
- 42 Across: Setting in "The Petrified Forest" (5)
- DINER
- 43 Across: Mount (6)
- ASCEND
- 45 Across: C.P.A.'s abbr. (3)
- AMT
- 48 Across: Word with maid or man (5)
- METER
- 50 Across: Actress Britt (3)
- MAY
- 51 Across: French comic of yore (5)
- RAIMU
- 53 Across: Seattle ___ of racing fame (4)
- SLEW
- 55 Across: ___ Straits, rock group (4)
- DIRE
- 56 Across: History (6)
- ANNALS
- 58 Across: Kind of terrier (5)
- CAIRN
- 60 Across: Beckett play: 1952 (15)
- WAITINGFORGODOT
- 65 Across: Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958 (4)
- AGEE
- 66 Across: "Das Rheingold," e.g. (4)
- OPER
- 67 Across: Month before febrero (5)
- ENERO
- 68 Across: "Poor Richard" playwright: 1964 (4)
- KERR
- 69 Across: Fleming hero (4)
- BOND
- 70 Across: Great English actress: 1848–1928 (5)
- TERRY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: N.Y.C.–D.C. direction (3)
- SSW
- 2 Down: "___ and Sympathy," 1953 hit (3)
- TEA
- 3 Down: Ornis (8)
- AVIFAUNA
- 4 Down: Reach (5)
- GETAT
- 5 Down: Composer Satie (4)
- ERIK
- 6 Down: Misgiving (6)
- REGRET
- 7 Down: Sound in "Annie" (3)
- ARF
- 8 Down: Cow's call (3)
- MOO
- 9 Down: Smut, for short (4)
- PORN
- 10 Down: "Love Story" actor (5)
- ONEAL
- 11 Down: Hit the ball upward (6)
- LOFTED
- 12 Down: New Mexico, to a Mexican (6)
- ESTADO
- 13 Down: Yellowstone feature (6)
- GEYSER
- 18 Down: "___ Girl in Town," 1957 musical (3)
- NEW
- 19 Down: Tales of Camelot (7)
- LEGENDS
- 22 Down: "Come again?" (3)
- HUH
- 23 Down: Adequate, once (4)
- ENOW
- 25 Down: European falcon (7)
- KESTREL
- 26 Down: ___-Saloon League (4)
- ANTI
- 30 Down: Large room or hall (4)
- SALA
- 33 Down: Leif ___, former news commentator (3)
- EID
- 34 Down: Sources of excitement (7)
- STIMULI
- 35 Down: Musical-comedy item (4)
- TUNE
- 37 Down: Botanical pouch (3)
- SAC
- 39 Down: Knicks' rivals (4)
- NETS
- 40 Down: Mnemonic device (8)
- REMINDER
- 41 Down: Knot in wood (4)
- KNAR
- 44 Down: Eosin, e.g. (3)
- DYE
- 45 Down: Colombian Indian (6)
- ARAWAK
- 46 Down: Emulate Earl Weaver (6)
- MANAGE
- 47 Down: More minute (6)
- TINIER
- 49 Down: Best-known performance (6)
- RECORD
- 52 Down: Etonian's parent (5)
- MATER
- 54 Down: "___ Games," 1969 play (3)
- WAR
- 55 Down: Pilotless plane (5)
- DRONE
- 57 Down: Hoity-toity person (4)
- SNOB
- 59 Down: "___ Around," 1964 song (4)
- IGET
- 61 Down: Postmaster's post: Abbr. (3)
- GPO
- 62 Down: Marsh (3)
- FEN
- 63 Down: He put on a show for hockey fans (3)
- ORR
- 64 Down: Trifle (3)
- TOY
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