Friday Crossword — April 10, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/10/1981. By Kay Sullivan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Unruly child (4)
BRAT
5 Across: Greek letters (5)
BETAS
10 Across: Humdinger (4)
LULU
14 Across: Where Diamond Head is (4)
OAHU
15 Across: "The Sheik of ___," 1921 song (5)
ARABY
16 Across: Kind of type: Abbr. (4)
ITAL
17 Across: "All ___," Albee play (4)
OVER
18 Across: Plot (5)
CABAL
19 Across: Part of a church (4)
NAVE
20 Across: Town in Mali, near the Niger (8)
TIMBUKTU
22 Across: Shaping machine (5)
LATHE
24 Across: Northern Italian lake (4)
ISEO
25 Across: Dwindle (4)
WANE
26 Across: Gold digger, e.g. (5)
MINER
28 Across: Condense; summarize (8)
TABULATE
32 Across: Money in Prague (5)
HALER
33 Across: Bed cover of a sort (5)
QUILT
34 Across: Word with transit (3)
SIC
35 Across: Robin's-___ blue (3)
EGG
36 Across: Rigoletto's concern (5)
CURSE
37 Across: Three-time Burmese prime minister (3)
UNU
38 Across: Brawl (3)
ROW
39 Across: One of the Dionnes (5)
QUINT
40 Across: Redacts (5)
EDITS
42 Across: "Bathers," "Clowns" and other paintings (8)
ROUAULTS
44 Across: Lures (5)
BAITS
45 Across: Spin (4)
RIDE
46 Across: Middling (4)
SOSO
47 Across: Cite (5)
QUOTE
49 Across: Sign carried by a picket (8)
ONSTRIKE
53 Across: Teacher, especially in India (4)
GURU
54 Across: Marner (5)
SILAS
56 Across: Art school subj. (4)
ANAT
57 Across: Buys at auction (4)
BIDS
58 Across: "___ for the Tsar," Glinka opera (5)
ALIFE
59 Across: Lemon balm, for one (4)
MINT
60 Across: Eject (4)
SPUE
61 Across: Obscure (5)
CLOUD
62 Across: U.S. island near U.S.S.R. (4)
ATTU

Down Answers

1 Down: A Wellington or Napoleon (4)
BOOT
2 Down: Shankar, the musician (4)
RAVI
3 Down: Throat sound (4)
AHEM
4 Down: Rotary engine (7)
TURBINE
5 Down: Angel (6)
BACKER
6 Down: Muse or dryad (5)
ERATO
7 Down: Forbidden (4)
TABU
8 Down: Arabian garment (3)
ABA
9 Down: Word part (8)
SYLLABLE
10 Down: Door beam (6)
LINTEL
11 Down: A Mountain State (4)
UTAH
12 Down: Bathe (4)
LAVE
13 Down: Rubber tree (3)
ULE
21 Down: Consumer (4)
USER
23 Down: "Neither can you crack ___": Emerson (4)
ANUT
25 Down: Place for a girdle (5)
WAIST
26 Down: Myopic cartoon character (5)
MAGOO
27 Down: Clothing makers' org. (5)
ILGWU
28 Down: Rolls over (5)
TURNS
29 Down: " . . . for I'll have ___ of sables": Hamlet (5)
ASUIT
30 Down: Shades (5)
TINTS
31 Down: Old French coins (4)
ECUS
32 Down: Gentleman of Bonn (4)
HERR
33 Down: Altogether (5)
QUITE
36 Down: Dead end (8)
CULDESAC
39 Down: Give up (4)
QUIT
40 Down: Orient (4)
EAST
41 Down: Miniature scene (7)
DIORAMA
43 Down: Wake (6)
AROUSE
44 Down: Ruled the roost (6)
BOSSED
46 Down: Mixed up, G.I. style (5)
SNAFU
47 Down: Gibe or jest (4)
QUIP
48 Down: A language of India (4)
URDU
49 Down: Miscellany (4)
OLIO
50 Down: "What's ___ for me?" (4)
INIT
51 Down: Immanuel ___: 1724–1804 (4)
KANT
52 Down: Famous last words (4)
ETTU
53 Down: Literary monogram (3)
GBS
55 Down: "___ Be Seeing You," 1938 song (3)
ILL

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