Saturday Crossword — April 4, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 4/4/1981. By George P. Sphicas.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Oriental weight (4)
- TAEL
- 5 Across: Twilight of the ___ (4)
- GODS
- 9 Across: Singer Janet Baker et al. (5)
- DAMES
- 14 Across: Hawkeye in a TV series (4)
- ALDA
- 15 Across: Film roll (4)
- REEL
- 16 Across: Growing out (5)
- ENATE
- 17 Across: Alertness (9)
- VIGILANCE
- 19 Across: Hit hard (5)
- PASTE
- 20 Across: Sib (4)
- AKIN
- 21 Across: Let in (8)
- ADMITTED
- 23 Across: "The boast of ___ . . . ": Gray (8)
- HERALDRY
- 26 Across: Discomfort (4)
- ACHE
- 27 Across: An oc. (3)
- ATL
- 28 Across: French spirit (3)
- AME
- 29 Across: Bixin and oleate (6)
- ESTERS
- 31 Across: Pronoun for a hind (3)
- SHE
- 32 Across: ___ emptor (6)
- CAVEAT
- 34 Across: Tease (4)
- MOCK
- 36 Across: "___ generally shammin' . . . ": Kipling (4)
- ANES
- 38 Across: Sixth ___ (5)
- SENSE
- 39 Across: At a distance (4)
- AFAR
- 40 Across: This is served at Sing Sing (4)
- TIME
- 41 Across: Pub (6)
- TAVERN
- 43 Across: Theater sign (3)
- SRO
- 44 Across: Strike out (6)
- CANCEL
- 46 Across: News agcy. (3)
- UPI
- 47 Across: Recent: Prefix (3)
- CEN
- 48 Across: Aldebaran, e.g. (4)
- STAR
- 49 Across: Hot-tempered person (8)
- SPITFIRE
- 51 Across: City celebrated by William Carlos Williams (8)
- PATERSON
- 54 Across: Gardner first name (4)
- ERLE
- 55 Across: Idiot (5)
- AMENT
- 56 Across: Between earls and barons (9)
- VISCOUNTS
- 60 Across: She changed men into swine (5)
- CIRCE
- 61 Across: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 62 Across: The Iberian Madonna is one (4)
- ICON
- 63 Across: Detroit lemon (5)
- EDSEL
- 64 Across: Wets with drops (4)
- DEWS
- 65 Across: Refuse (4)
- DENY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Hebrew letter (3)
- TAV
- 2 Down: He won in Zaire: 1974 (3)
- ALI
- 3 Down: "Spoon River" poet (15)
- EDGARLEEMASTERS
- 4 Down: Space dog (5)
- LAIKA
- 5 Down: Expert chess players (12)
- GRANDMASTERS
- 6 Down: Wine: Comb. form (3)
- OEN
- 7 Down: Caries (5)
- DECAY
- 8 Down: Follower of bob or dog (4)
- SLED
- 9 Down: Show graphically (6)
- DEPICT
- 10 Down: Ecclesiastical ban (8)
- ANATHEMA
- 11 Down: University degree (15)
- MASTEROFSCIENCE
- 12 Down: Diminutive suffix (4)
- ETTE
- 13 Down: Something for the birds (4)
- SEED
- 18 Down: Color or flower (5)
- LILAC
- 22 Down: Acclaimed creations (12)
- MASTERPIECES
- 23 Down: Attacks (5)
- HASAT
- 24 Down: Member of a minority group (6)
- ETHNIC
- 25 Down: Disclose (6)
- REVEAL
- 29 Down: Abate (6)
- EASEUP
- 30 Down: One who frightens (6)
- SCARER
- 33 Down: P.O. item (3)
- ENV
- 35 Down: Danish or Norwegian monetary unit (5)
- KRONE
- 37 Down: Judge's pronouncement (8)
- SENTENCE
- 42 Down: Part of TNT (5)
- NITRO
- 45 Down: OPEC is one (6)
- CARTEL
- 49 Down: Derogatory, in a sly way (5)
- SNIDE
- 50 Down: Shifting (5)
- FLUID
- 51 Down: Tempo (4)
- PACE
- 52 Down: During (4)
- AMID
- 53 Down: Roman poet (4)
- OVID
- 57 Down: Emulate Betsy Ross (3)
- SEW
- 58 Down: Fashion (3)
- TON
- 59 Down: Upward bend in timber (3)
- SNY
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