Friday Crossword — May 1, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/1/1981. By Jim Modney.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Jolt (5)
- SHOCK
- 6 Across: Harsh speech (6)
- TIRADE
- 12 Across: Sweet yeast bread (7)
- STOLLEN
- 14 Across: Fools (7)
- DONKEYS
- 15 Across: Loot (7)
- PILLAGE
- 16 Across: Trees, to a botanist (7)
- ARBORES
- 17 Across: New York island (5)
- ELLIS
- 18 Across: Ford, Adams or Grant (5)
- ACTOR
- 20 Across: Chalcopyrite, ___ of copper (3)
- ORE
- 21 Across: Most devious (6)
- SLYEST
- 23 Across: Arrested (5)
- RANIN
- 25 Across: Davenport's location (4)
- IOWA
- 27 Across: Cut ivories (6)
- TEETHE
- 31 Across: Word with white or head (3)
- EGG
- 34 Across: Loud noise on the Day of Judgment (11)
- CRACKOFDOOM
- 36 Across: Movie plantation (4)
- TARA
- 38 Across: Ukulele ___ (Cliff Edwards) (3)
- IKE
- 39 Across: Emulated Tracy Caulkins (4)
- SWAM
- 40 Across: Daybreak (11)
- CRACKOFDAWN
- 45 Across: Org. supported by many hunters (3)
- NRA
- 46 Across: Cross (6)
- HYBRID
- 47 Across: Greek peak (4)
- OSSA
- 48 Across: Provide income (5)
- ENDOW
- 50 Across: Like Nike (6)
- WINGED
- 55 Across: Aircraft housing (3)
- POD
- 58 Across: Topi's relative (5)
- ELAND
- 60 Across: Singer Liza's half-sister (5)
- LORNA
- 61 Across: Howard Hughes was one (7)
- AVIATOR
- 63 Across: Apocope (7)
- ELISION
- 65 Across: Licenses (7)
- PERMITS
- 66 Across: Roman legion subdivision (7)
- MANIPLE
- 67 Across: Capers (6)
- ANTICS
- 68 Across: Fairy-tale heavies (5)
- OGRES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Kind of photo (5)
- STILL
- 2 Down: American ___, state tree of Del. (5)
- HOLLY
- 3 Down: Stan's partner (5)
- OLLIE
- 4 Down: Treasured work (7)
- CLASSIC
- 5 Down: Powder holder (3)
- KEG
- 6 Down: Where to see a Blue Jay (7)
- TORONTO
- 7 Down: Succinctly (7)
- INBRIEF
- 8 Down: Famous movie studio initials (3)
- RKO
- 9 Down: Beginning for sphere or space (4)
- AERO
- 10 Down: He wrote "Your Erroneous Zones" (4)
- DYER
- 11 Down: To be, to Caesar (4)
- ESSE
- 12 Down: Goddess of hope (4)
- SPES
- 13 Down: Govt. aid to opera, drama, etc. (3)
- NEA
- 14 Down: Computer fodder (4)
- DATA
- 19 Down: Newly appointed disciplinarian's measure (9)
- CRACKDOWN
- 22 Down: Craggy hill (3)
- TOR
- 24 Down: Buntline and Calmer (4)
- NEDS
- 26 Down: Abandoned tot (4)
- WAIF
- 28 Down: Lewis's Gopher Prairie (4)
- TOWN
- 29 Down: Frost (4)
- HOAR
- 30 Down: Madame Bovary (4)
- EMMA
- 31 Down: Impress clearly in the mind (4)
- ETCH
- 32 Down: Great Lakes city (4)
- GARY
- 33 Down: Seize (4)
- GRAB
- 35 Down: New Zealand parrots (4)
- KEAS
- 37 Down: Land unit (4)
- ACRE
- 41 Down: Pertaining to motion (7)
- KINETIC
- 42 Down: Small blocks of stock (7)
- ODDLOTS
- 43 Down: Dir. from Albany to Binghamton (3)
- WSW
- 44 Down: Carpenter's activity (7)
- NAILING
- 49 Down: Sculls (4)
- OARS
- 51 Down: Private's reply (5)
- NOSIR
- 52 Down: Beef (5)
- GRIPE
- 53 Down: Organic compounds (5)
- ENOLS
- 54 Down: Sometimes it's Great (4)
- DANE
- 55 Down: The O.M. (4)
- PAPA
- 56 Down: Hot spot (4)
- OVEN
- 57 Down: Scandal-sheet contents (4)
- DIRT
- 59 Down: Rep.'s opponent (3)
- DEM
- 62 Down: Buddy in Boulogne (3)
- AMI
- 64 Down: Southeast Asian (3)
- LAO
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