Monday Crossword — May 4, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/4/1981. By Kay Sullivan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "___ in the hand . . . " (5)
ABIRD
6 Across: Tangle (3)
MAT
9 Across: ___ Loeveberg, Norwegian soprano (4)
AASE
13 Across: Street show (5)
RAREE
14 Across: Den (4)
LAIR
15 Across: Companion of dry (4)
DRIP
16 Across: Runway (5)
STRIP
17 Across: Earth goddess (4)
ERDA
18 Across: Evil (4)
VILE
19 Across: Small villages (7)
HAMLETS
21 Across: Imagine (6)
IDEATE
23 Across: Great temple of Athena (9)
PARTHENON
25 Across: Make amends (5)
ATONE
27 Across: Choice, as a wine (7)
VINTAGE
31 Across: Part of a carrousel (5)
HORSE
32 Across: Catkin or idiot (5)
AMENT
34 Across: Moo (3)
LOW
35 Across: Indian of the Great Lakes region (4)
ERIE
36 Across: Smart (5)
STING
37 Across: Challenge (4)
DARE
38 Across: Govt. agency (3)
FTC
39 Across: Feelings (5)
MOODS
40 Across: Pair of socks (5)
MATES
41 Across: "Winner ___" (7)
TAKEALL
43 Across: Fed up (5)
SATED
44 Across: Henry Moore's forte (9)
SCULPTURE
47 Across: Kind of window or arch (6)
LANCET
50 Across: Digresses (7)
RAMBLES
53 Across: Sector (4)
AREA
54 Across: Kaminska and Lupino (4)
IDAS
56 Across: Talks like a child (5)
LISPS
58 Across: Cinch (4)
SNAP
59 Across: Chances (4)
ODDS
60 Across: Weariness of the bored (5)
ENNUI
61 Across: "You Can't Get There From ___": Ogden Nash (4)
HERE
62 Across: Kind of impressionist (3)
NEO
63 Across: What they project, you might expect (5)
SEERS

Down Answers

1 Down: "___ gratia artis" (3)
ARS
2 Down: Tub rub (4)
BATH
3 Down: Singer Petina (4)
IRRA
4 Down: Levy anew (8)
REIMPOSE
5 Down: Get off at O'Hare (7)
DEPLANE
6 Down: Salt ___ (grassland beside the sea) (5)
MARSH
7 Down: Helping hand (3)
AID
8 Down: Boxer's prebout activity (8)
TRAINING
9 Down: Arrival (6)
ADVENT
10 Down: Springboard for Sills' trills (4)
ARIA
11 Down: Part of a delta (4)
SILT
12 Down: Fencer's need (4)
EPEE
14 Down: Inhabitant of a Baltic region (4)
LETT
20 Down: Before, to a poet (3)
ERE
22 Down: "___ tread on me" (4)
DONT
24 Down: Makes level (5)
EVENS
25 Down: Main artery (5)
AORTA
26 Down: Lobster ___ (night shift) (5)
TRICK
28 Down: Winged (5)
ALATE
29 Down: Like some skirts (5)
GORED
30 Down: Part of a flock (4)
EWES
31 Down: Influence; weight (4)
HEFT
32 Down: Bikini, e.g. (5)
ATOLL
33 Down: "___ pleasures and . . . " (3)
MID
36 Down: Puzzle fan's goal (8)
SOLUTION
37 Down: This goes along the 180th meridian (8)
DATELINE
39 Down: Spiked club (4)
MACE
40 Down: Elgin ___ (from 23 Across) (7)
MARBLES
42 Down: Vamoose from a calaboose (6)
ESCAPE
43 Down: It goes with substance (3)
SUM
45 Down: Madrid's great museum (5)
PRADO
46 Down: Foreign news service (4)
TASS
47 Down: Pupil protector (4)
LASH
48 Down: Composer for Addison's "Rosamund" (4)
ARNE
49 Down: Approach (4)
NEAR
51 Down: Laborer in Ivanhoe's day (4)
ESNE
52 Down: Stimulus (4)
SPUR
55 Down: H.S.T. follower (3)
DDE
57 Down: Relative, for short (3)
SIS

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