Friday Crossword — April 3, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 4/3/1981. By Robert Katz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pow! (4)
WHAM
5 Across: Wood for skis (3)
ASH
8 Across: Steeplejack's item (4)
IBAR
12 Across: Part of a horse collar (4)
HAME
13 Across: Zeno was one (5)
STOIC
15 Across: Appoint (4)
NAME
16 Across: Acroamatic (4)
ORAL
17 Across: Key ___, Fla. (5)
LARGO
18 Across: Brother of Eris (4)
ARES
19 Across: He loves man (14)
PHILANTHROPIST
22 Across: Six, in Siena (3)
SEI
23 Across: Half of MCII (3)
DLI
24 Across: Man-haters (12)
MISANTHROPES
30 Across: Money in Zagreb (5)
DINAR
31 Across: Chaucerian pilgrim (5)
REEVE
32 Across: "Swann's ___," Proust book (3)
WAY
35 Across: Half the checkers, usually (4)
REDS
36 Across: Neighbor of Tibet (5)
BURMA
37 Across: Flank (4)
SIDE
38 Across: Prefix for cycle or sex (3)
UNI
39 Across: Take care of (5)
SEETO
40 Across: Heaters (5)
ETNAS
41 Across: The study of man (12)
ANTHROPOLOGY
44 Across: The path of virtue in Confucianism (3)
TAO
45 Across: Leave a little something (3)
TIP
46 Across: Man-eater (14)
ANTHROPOPHAGUS
54 Across: Did a garden job (4)
HOED
55 Across: "A ___ santé!" (5)
VOTRE
56 Across: Ancient Syria (4)
ARAM
58 Across: On the sheltered side (4)
ALEE
59 Across: Organic compound (5)
ESTER
60 Across: Senate employee (4)
PAGE
61 Across: Big-___ theory (4)
BANG
62 Across: Trifle (3)
TOY
63 Across: Cole follower (4)
SLAW

Down Answers

1 Down: Kern song (3)
WHO
2 Down: Lyre's relative (4)
HARP
3 Down: Oriental nurse (4)
AMAH
4 Down: Singer Manchester et al. (8)
MELISSAS
5 Down: Mussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition" (4)
ATAN
6 Down: Classify (4)
SORT
7 Down: On cloud nine (4)
HIGH
8 Down: Locale of two dozen blackbirds (6)
INAPIE
9 Down: Where to visit the San Nicola Church (4)
BARI
10 Down: Singer Ed (4)
AMES
11 Down: Enjoy a timeout (4)
REST
13 Down: Done in (5)
SLAIN
14 Down: City ENE of Seville (7)
CORDOVA
20 Down: Cordelia's father (4)
LEAR
21 Down: Pitcher for Pericles (4)
OLPE
24 Down: Aspect (4)
MIEN
25 Down: Land where Moguls once reigned (5)
INDIA
26 Down: More faithful (5)
TRUER
27 Down: "Leave ___ Heaven," 1945 film (5)
HERTO
28 Down: Swab the decks again (5)
REMOP
29 Down: Goodman's realm (5)
SWING
30 Down: Actress Joanne (3)
DRU
33 Down: Call it ___ (4)
ADAY
34 Down: Affirmative (3)
YES
36 Down: Be ethically necessary (7)
BEHOOVE
37 Down: Makeshift solutions (8)
STOPGAPS
39 Down: Play the lead (4)
STAR
40 Down: Lamb (4)
ELIA
42 Down: Utmost: Abbr. (6)
NTHDEG
43 Down: The ___ woman (5)
OTHER
46 Down: Melville captain (4)
AHAB
47 Down: Town near Naples (4)
NOLA
48 Down: Preadult (4)
TEEN
49 Down: Mail (4)
POST
50 Down: Preminger (4)
OTTO
51 Down: Mouse, to an owl (4)
PREY
52 Down: ___ Mountains (4)
URAL
53 Down: "Volsunga ___" (4)
SAGA
57 Down: The spicknel (3)
MEW

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