Saturday Crossword — May 23, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/23/1981. By Joe Clonick.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: President, actor or actress (5)
- ADAMS
- 6 Across: President, comedian or actress (6)
- WILSON
- 12 Across: Footstool (7)
- OTTOMAN
- 14 Across: May and Stritch (7)
- ELAINES
- 16 Across: Toxic liquid (7)
- BROMINE
- 17 Across: Ancestry (7)
- LINEAGE
- 18 Across: Nol of Cambodia (3)
- LON
- 19 Across: Item cast at a casino (3)
- DIE
- 20 Across: Stripling (3)
- LAD
- 21 Across: " . . . for me and my ___" (3)
- GAL
- 22 Across: Wou-wous (4)
- APES
- 24 Across: " . . . faces in the ___": Pound (5)
- CROWD
- 26 Across: Honor (4)
- FETE
- 27 Across: Pithy (5)
- TERSE
- 29 Across: "No seats" sign (3)
- SRO
- 30 Across: Philosopher Kierkegaard (5)
- SOREN
- 31 Across: Ancient ascetic (6)
- ESSENE
- 33 Across: Co-writer of "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (8)
- BRICUSSE
- 35 Across: Study group (7)
- SEMINAR
- 37 Across: Mousse au ___ (8)
- CHOCOLAT
- 41 Across: Sister of Moses (6)
- MIRIAM
- 46 Across: Nongregarious one (5)
- LONER
- 47 Across: Lynx or cougar (3)
- CAT
- 49 Across: Barry or Robert of film fame (5)
- MORSE
- 50 Across: Fit to ___ (4)
- ATEE
- 51 Across: Derived from apples (5)
- MALIC
- 53 Across: Prepare a salad (4)
- TOSS
- 54 Across: Japanese statesman (3)
- ITO
- 55 Across: Ethylene, e.g. (3)
- GAS
- 56 Across: Fabled bird (3)
- ROC
- 58 Across: She wrote "The House of Incest": 1949 (3)
- NIN
- 59 Across: Leaseholders (7)
- RENTERS
- 61 Across: Worship (7)
- IDOLIZE
- 63 Across: Soviet republic (7)
- ESTONIA
- 64 Across: Those imposing retribution (7)
- NEMESES
- 65 Across: President, actor or actress (6)
- TAYLOR
- 66 Across: President, actor or actress (5)
- GRANT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Expiators (7)
- ATONERS
- 2 Down: Monastic title (3)
- DOM
- 3 Down: Surrounded by (4)
- AMID
- 4 Down: ___-depressive (5)
- MANIC
- 5 Down: Shows scorn (6)
- SNEERS
- 6 Down: Commonplace (8)
- WELLWORN
- 7 Down: Epic about a siege (5)
- ILIAD
- 8 Down: Alight (4)
- LAND
- 9 Down: They, in Thüringen (3)
- SIE
- 10 Down: Wild asses or catapults (7)
- ONAGERS
- 11 Down: Invalidates (7)
- NEGATES
- 12 Down: Flattened at the poles (6)
- OBLATE
- 13 Down: Figures of speech (6)
- TROPES
- 15 Down: Moon goddess (6)
- SELENE
- 23 Down: Dir. (3)
- SSE
- 25 Down: Like a satellite's path (7)
- ORBITAL
- 26 Down: Crazy, in Crécy (3)
- FOU
- 28 Down: Belgian Surrealist: 1860–1949 (5)
- ENSOR
- 30 Down: Sheer cloth used for curtains (5)
- SCRIM
- 32 Down: Conger (3)
- EEL
- 34 Down: "___ a Camera" (3)
- IAM
- 36 Down: Indonesian port or hair oil (8)
- MACASSAR
- 37 Down: Chennault of Air Force fame (6)
- CLAIRE
- 38 Down: Most peppery (7)
- HOTTEST
- 39 Down: New York city (7)
- ONEONTA
- 40 Down: Third letter (3)
- CEE
- 42 Down: Putrefy (3)
- ROT
- 43 Down: Socrates, at times (7)
- IRONIST
- 44 Down: Judicial inquiry (6)
- ASSIZE
- 45 Down: Certain feudal lords (6)
- MESNES
- 48 Down: Somewhat weary (6)
- TIRING
- 51 Down: Lanza or Cavaradossi (5)
- MARIO
- 52 Down: Cryptographer (5)
- CODER
- 55 Down: Mil. rank of 37 Down (4)
- GENL
- 57 Down: Book by Robin Cook (4)
- COMA
- 60 Down: Bandalore, e.g. (3)
- TOY
- 62 Down: Deighton or Dawson (3)
- LEN
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