Monday Crossword — March 30, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/30/1981. By Bernice Gordon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Box for jitterbugs (4)
JUKE
5 Across: Open courts (5)
ATRIA
10 Across: Ancient capital of the Moguls (4)
AGRA
14 Across: Roman poet (4)
OVID
15 Across: Use a razor (5)
SHAVE
16 Across: Area below the fetlock (4)
HOOF
17 Across: Oscar winner: 1931–32 (10)
HELENHAYES
19 Across: Adamson pet (4)
ELSA
20 Across: King Cole (3)
NAT
21 Across: Medical suffix (4)
ITIS
22 Across: Merchant (6)
TRADER
24 Across: John ___, star of "Roots" (4)
AMOS
25 Across: Puppeteer Lewis (5)
SHARI
26 Across: Tip (6)
CAREEN
29 Across: Symbols of authority (8)
SCEPTERS
32 Across: "Book of ___" (5)
HOURS
33 Across: Place for a coin (4)
SLOT
34 Across: Linden (3)
HAL
35 Across: Ostentatious (4)
ARTY
36 Across: Condition (5)
STATE
37 Across: Novelist Grey (4)
ZANE
38 Across: Indefinite power (3)
NTH
39 Across: Track (4)
HUNT
40 Across: Frightened (5)
COWED
41 Across: Follow (8)
TAGALONG
44 Across: Identical offspring, in modern science (6)
CLONES
45 Across: Pointed arches (5)
OGEES
46 Across: Cheap falseness (4)
SHAM
47 Across: Macaw (6)
PARROT
49 Across: Title in Turkey (4)
EMIR
50 Across: George ___ Hill, director of a 1973 Oscar winner (3)
ROY
53 Across: Makeshift (4)
RUDE
54 Across: Oscar winner: 1961 (10)
RITAMORENO
57 Across: Nebraska City's county (4)
OTOE
58 Across: Take effect (5)
ENURE
59 Across: Côte d'___, on the Riviera (4)
AZUR
60 Across: Mallard's milieu (4)
POND
61 Across: Blue-pencils (5)
EDITS
62 Across: Bench's protection (4)
MASK

Down Answers

1 Down: Oscar-winning director Ford: 1935 (4)
JOHN
2 Down: Layer of the iris (4)
UVEA
3 Down: Tartan skirt (4)
KILT
4 Down: Dutch commune (3)
EDE
5 Down: Lucy in "The Bride of Lammermoor" (6)
ASHTON
6 Down: Novel by Anatole France (5)
THAIS
7 Down: Skates (4)
RAYS
8 Down: "___ Got a Secret" (3)
IVE
9 Down: Lover of beauty (8)
AESTHETE
10 Down: "If I Only Had ___" (6)
AHEART
11 Down: Oscar winner: 1969 (10)
GOLDIEHAWN
12 Down: Midler role (4)
ROSE
13 Down: Distant (4)
AFAR
18 Down: Where to see the Maison Carrée (5)
NIMES
23 Down: Criticize (3)
RAP
24 Down: Ethereal (4)
AERY
25 Down: Oscar-winner George: 1970 (5)
SCOTT
26 Down: Simple melody (5)
CHANT
27 Down: Artery (5)
AORTA
28 Down: Oscar winner: 1968 (10)
RUTHGORDON
29 Down: Highly informal language (5)
SLANG
30 Down: Princess in the East (5)
RANEE
31 Down: Mushing necessities (5)
SLEDS
33 Down: Delivers a haymaker (5)
STUNS
36 Down: Article in a bootery (8)
SHOETREE
37 Down: Kind of lens (4)
ZOOM
40 Down: Mild cigar (5)
CLARO
42 Down: Settled differences (6)
AGREED
43 Down: Oscar-winning director McCarey: 1944 (3)
LEO
44 Down: Some doorbells (6)
CHIMES
46 Down: Stylish (5)
SMART
47 Down: Brace; bolster (4)
PROP
48 Down: Stanley Steamer, e.g. (4)
AUTO
49 Down: Small case (4)
ETUI
50 Down: Mohammed ___ Pahlavi (4)
REZA
51 Down: Charge (4)
ONUS
52 Down: Sergeant ___, W.W. I hero (4)
YORK
55 Down: Sen. Lugar's home (3)
IND
56 Down: Fordham mascot (3)
RAM

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