Friday Crossword — June 5, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/5/1981. By Massi.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Jazz improvisation (4)
- VAMP
- 5 Across: Against (4)
- ANTI
- 9 Across: Denture (5)
- PLATE
- 14 Across: Conductor Buketoff (4)
- IGOR
- 15 Across: Norman who invaded TV (4)
- LEAR
- 16 Across: Mr. Dithers of the comics, for one (5)
- RAGER
- 17 Across: Cartoonist or river (4)
- ARNO
- 18 Across: Skirt style (4)
- MAXI
- 19 Across: Structural member (5)
- IBEAM
- 20 Across: Madame de Staël, ___ Necker (3)
- NEE
- 21 Across: Does it pack a wallop in Warsaw? (11)
- POLISHVODKA
- 23 Across: Holds back (7)
- DETAINS
- 25 Across: Markham memorialized him (4)
- HOER
- 26 Across: Like Joe in a Foster song (3)
- OLD
- 27 Across: Plant disease (4)
- SMUT
- 28 Across: Guided (3)
- LED
- 31 Across: Kind of glass or house (5)
- OPERA
- 34 Across: Greek letters (4)
- CHIS
- 35 Across: A waiter for Godot (4)
- GOGO
- 36 Across: Lisbon born? (15)
- PORTUGUESEBREAD
- 39 Across: "Sempre libera" is one (4)
- ARIA
- 40 Across: Assist, usually nefariously (4)
- ABET
- 41 Across: Disorderly (5)
- ROWDY
- 42 Across: Billina in the Oz tales (3)
- HEN
- 43 Across: Clothed (4)
- CLAD
- 44 Across: Simba's foot (3)
- PAW
- 45 Across: Campbell (4)
- GLEN
- 46 Across: Church dignitary (7)
- PRELATE
- 50 Across: Senado votes? (11)
- SPANISHEYES
- 54 Across: Japanese sect (3)
- ZEN
- 55 Across: Spring bloom (5)
- LILAC
- 56 Across: That girl, in Gers (4)
- ELLE
- 57 Across: Baseball ploy (4)
- BUNT
- 58 Across: Religious group (5)
- AMISH
- 59 Across: Black (4)
- EBON
- 60 Across: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 61 Across: Use a Jacuzzi (5)
- BATHE
- 62 Across: Goggles part (4)
- LENS
- 63 Across: Natty Bumppo's quarry (4)
- DEER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Something to eat (5)
- VIAND
- 2 Down: Concur (5)
- AGREE
- 3 Down: "Cape Martin" painter (5)
- MONET
- 4 Down: Expert (3)
- PRO
- 5 Down: Nut (6)
- ALMOND
- 6 Down: Elaine and Patricia (5)
- NEALS
- 7 Down: TV sit-com (4)
- TAXI
- 8 Down: Fog in a Dublin bar? (9)
- IRISHMIST
- 9 Down: Hedge shrub (6)
- PRIVET
- 10 Down: Sec. Donovan's concern (5)
- LABOR
- 11 Down: Mellowed (4)
- AGED
- 12 Down: Wood for shipbuilding (4)
- TEAK
- 13 Down: Bombeck (4)
- ERMA
- 21 Down: Rice dish (5)
- PILAU
- 22 Down: Abode (5)
- HOUSE
- 24 Down: Artery (5)
- AORTA
- 27 Down: He wrote "Muhammad Ali" (5)
- SHEED
- 28 Down: Theater-chain name (4)
- LOEW
- 29 Down: Relative of "Zounds!" (4)
- EGAD
- 30 Down: Goodman, the comedienne (4)
- DODY
- 31 Down: Niger-Congo fish (4)
- OPAH
- 32 Down: Minute opening (4)
- PORE
- 33 Down: Where banshees wail (4)
- ERIN
- 34 Down: Caribbean cad? (9)
- CUBANHEEL
- 35 Down: Guttural sound (5)
- GROWL
- 37 Down: High winds (5)
- GALES
- 38 Down: Bonnie spots (5)
- BRAES
- 43 Down: Trite expression (6)
- CLICHE
- 44 Down: Dolls up (6)
- PREENS
- 45 Down: Grind one's teeth (5)
- GNASH
- 46 Down: Gateway building (5)
- PYLON
- 47 Down: Shade of blue (5)
- AZURE
- 48 Down: Up-tight (5)
- TENSE
- 49 Down: Employ an ingress (5)
- ENTER
- 50 Down: Thick slice (4)
- SLAB
- 51 Down: Cotton shirting (4)
- PIMA
- 52 Down: Dismounted (4)
- ALIT
- 53 Down: North Sea feeder (4)
- ELBE
- 57 Down: River bottom (3)
- BED
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