Monday Crossword — March 23, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/23/1981. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Air travelers (4)
JETS
5 Across: Homophone for cause (4)
CAWS
9 Across: "Elegy" poet (4)
GRAY
13 Across: Theater sign (4)
EXIT
14 Across: Winglike (5)
ALATE
16 Across: Staff member (4)
AIDE
17 Across: O'Neill play (15)
THEEMPERORJONES
20 Across: Less good-natured (7)
SURLIER
21 Across: Evangelist Roberts (4)
ORAL
22 Across: Moslem bigwig (5)
AMEER
23 Across: Zoo attraction (5)
TIGER
25 Across: Heavenly Altar (3)
ARA
28 Across: ___ school: Abbr. (3)
MED
29 Across: Had a yearning (5)
PINED
30 Across: Sufficient: Poetic (4)
ENOW
31 Across: Complains (5)
MOANS
33 Across: Of a region (5)
AREAL
34 Across: O'Neill play, with "The" (13)
GREATGODBROWN
38 Across: Liquids container (5)
FLASK
39 Across: Unreliable ones (5)
LIARS
40 Across: Exhalation (4)
AURA
41 Across: France's chief naval station (5)
BREST
43 Across: Card game featuring the jack of clubs (3)
PAM
46 Across: Small mound (3)
TEE
47 Across: At ___ (in any case) (5)
LEAST
48 Across: "Letting '___ not' wait . . . ": Macbeth (5)
IDARE
50 Across: Victory (4)
PALM
51 Across: Takes for granted (7)
ASSUMES
53 Across: O'Neill play (15)
THEICEMANCOMETH
57 Across: Force out (4)
OUST
58 Across: Birthplace of Mohammed (5)
MECCA
59 Across: Nautical direction (4)
ALEE
60 Across: Acid ___ (4)
TEST
61 Across: Game animal (4)
DEER
62 Across: Verbal impudence (4)
SASS

Down Answers

1 Down: Discarded things (6)
JETSAM
2 Down: Bring to light (6)
EXHUME
3 Down: In layers (6)
TIERED
4 Down: Stone pillar (5)
STELE
5 Down: Charles or May (4)
CAPE
6 Down: Putting on guard (8)
ALERTING
7 Down: Kind of cry or path (3)
WAR
8 Down: Stage butt (6)
STOOGE
9 Down: British pen (4)
GAOL
10 Down: Kobe coin (3)
RIN
11 Down: Hoosier humorist (3)
ADE
12 Down: Type of man (3)
YES
15 Down: Made a goof (5)
ERRED
18 Down: Russian village (3)
MIR
19 Down: Container for mustard (3)
JAR
24 Down: Shoe sections (7)
INSOLES
25 Down: Once more (4)
ANEW
26 Down: Equine (4)
ROAN
27 Down: Hole-making tool (3)
AWL
29 Down: Actor Harrington (3)
PAT
30 Down: God of love (4)
EROS
31 Down: Zane Grey locale (4)
MESA
32 Down: Hardwood (3)
OAK
33 Down: Timetable abbr. (3)
ARR
34 Down: Fasten, in a way (4)
GLUE
35 Down: Thin (4)
RARE
36 Down: Space from here to there (8)
DISTANCE
37 Down: Night flier (3)
BAT
38 Down: Dieter's anathema (3)
FAT
41 Down: City on the Pará (5)
BELEM
42 Down: Struck violently (6)
RAMMED
43 Down: Richardson novel (6)
PAMELA
44 Down: Range crests (6)
ARETES
45 Down: Engages (6)
MESHES
47 Down: Varnish base (3)
LAC
48 Down: Prefix with bar or pod (3)
ISO
49 Down: He wrote "The Black Tulip" (5)
DUMAS
50 Down: Pennsylvania univ. (4)
PITT
52 Down: Deface (4)
SCAR
53 Down: Kindergartner (3)
TOT
54 Down: Shade (3)
HUE
55 Down: Lisper's hurdle (3)
ESS
56 Down: Intrepid airman (3)
ACE

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