Saturday Crossword — March 28, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/28/1981. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Brace (4)
PAIR
5 Across: Belled the cat (5)
DARED
10 Across: Lose effectiveness (4)
PALL
14 Across: Behold, to Brutus (4)
ECCE
15 Across: Cat-___-tails (5)
ONINE
16 Across: Diva's solo (4)
ARIA
17 Across: Shaw play: 1898 (15)
THEMANOFDESTINY
20 Across: Musical piece (8)
SERENADE
21 Across: Kind of scholar (6)
RHODES
22 Across: Breakwater (4)
MOLE
23 Across: Gyrated (4)
SPUN
24 Across: Furious (5)
RABID
26 Across: Kind of dive (4)
SWAN
27 Across: Statute (3)
LAW
30 Across: Most likely dice throw (5)
SEVEN
31 Across: Look (4)
PEER
32 Across: Soho blackjack (4)
COSH
33 Across: Shaw play: 1917 (15)
HEARTBREAKHOUSE
36 Across: Advice, in Arles (4)
AVIS
37 Across: Bombast (4)
RANT
38 Across: Sheeplike (5)
OVINE
39 Across: Colloid (3)
GEL
40 Across: Car salesman's car (4)
DEMO
41 Across: Frock (5)
DRESS
42 Across: Seeds rich in protein (4)
PEAS
43 Across: Barrow (4)
BOAR
44 Across: Move swiftly (6)
STREAK
47 Across: Menu phrase (8)
ALACARTE
51 Across: Shaw play: 1932 (15)
TOOTRUETOBEGOOD
53 Across: Code word for A (4)
ABLE
54 Across: Nose about stealthily (5)
PROWL
55 Across: Mme. Bovary (4)
EMMA
56 Across: Lager, e.g. (4)
BEER
57 Across: Rouen's river (5)
SEINE
58 Across: Appear (4)
SEEM

Down Answers

1 Down: Favorites (4)
PETS
2 Down: Hurt (4)
ACHE
3 Down: Wine bucket (4)
ICER
4 Down: " . . . nature yet ___": Wordsworth (9)
REMEMBERS
5 Down: One of Walt's creations (6)
DONALD
6 Down: Battery terminal (5)
ANODE
7 Down: Prevalent (4)
RIFE
8 Down: Windup (3)
END
9 Down: Mailer work, with "The" (8)
DEERPARK
10 Down: S. African writer (5)
PATON
11 Down: Like the Sinai Peninsula (4)
ARID
12 Down: Merchandise available (4)
LINE
13 Down: Minstrel's repertory (4)
LAYS
18 Down: Consecrate (6)
ANOINT
19 Down: Eschew (4)
SHUN
23 Down: Middle of Byron's famous trio (5)
SWEAT
24 Down: Can. municipal official (5)
REEVE
25 Down: Serve to clarify a situation (5)
AVAIL
26 Down: "___ evil . . . " (5)
SEENO
27 Down: An Armstrong (5)
LOUIS
28 Down: Orgs. (5)
ASSNS
29 Down: Sound of glee (4)
WHEE
30 Down: Chase fungoes (4)
SHAG
31 Down: Baby buggies (5)
PRAMS
32 Down: Insurance options (9)
COVERAGES
34 Down: Disintegrations (8)
BREAKUPS
35 Down: Roman who wrote: "Persian luxury, boy, I hate" (6)
HORACE
40 Down: Letter opener (4)
DEAR
41 Down: Not beyond one's capability (6)
DOABLE
42 Down: King whom Tito deposed (5)
PETER
43 Down: Word with glass or oil (5)
BLOWN
44 Down: Use a dirk (4)
STAB
45 Down: Bride-___ (4)
TOBE
46 Down: Heavy, for one (4)
ROLE
47 Down: Thine, in Lyon (4)
ATOI
48 Down: Where Sinclair Lewis died (4)
ROME
49 Down: Not light reading (4)
TOME
50 Down: Fine cheese (4)
EDAM
52 Down: Poetic word (3)
ERE

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