Saturday Crossword — June 13, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/13/1981. By Benson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Labyrinth (4)
MAZE
5 Across: Spongy cake (4)
BABA
9 Across: Resource (5)
ASSET
14 Across: Take ___ view of (4)
ADIM
15 Across: Israel's former U.N. representative (4)
EBAN
16 Across: Release from bonds (5)
UNTIE
17 Across: Indian princess (4)
RANI
18 Across: Eustis or Jay (4)
FORT
19 Across: Movable personal property (5)
GOODS
20 Across: Mary ___, late black educator (13)
MCLEODBETHUNE
23 Across: Common French verb (4)
ETRE
24 Across: Paravane (5)
OTTER
25 Across: Matelot's milieu (3)
MER
28 Across: Prynne et al. (7)
HESTERS
31 Across: Kind of accent (5)
ACUTE
33 Across: Madison Ave. output (3)
ADS
34 Across: Study hard and late (4)
CRAM
38 Across: First black woman elected to Congress (15)
SHIRLEYCHISHOLM
42 Across: Broadway's Oscar (4)
TONY
43 Across: Muumuu accessory (3)
LEI
44 Across: Waste maker (5)
HASTE
45 Across: Word with bed or brain (7)
FEATHER
48 Across: Sparks's desperate call (3)
SOS
49 Across: Driving force (5)
STEAM
52 Across: Quaff for Quintilius (4)
AQUA
54 Across: "The Moses of her people" (13)
HARRIETTUBMAN
59 Across: Fong of Hawaii (5)
HIRAM
60 Across: Pro ___ (4)
RATA
61 Across: Unwraps, poetically (4)
OPES
63 Across: Ragged (5)
EROSE
64 Across: Promote peccancy (4)
ABET
65 Across: Parade ___ (4)
REST
66 Across: European yard (5)
METER
67 Across: Word with handed or footed (4)
SURE
68 Across: Gaelic (4)
ERSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Botch (3)
MAR
2 Down: First of the first pair (4)
ADAM
3 Down: Metallic element (4)
ZINC
4 Down: Rousseau classic (5)
EMILE
5 Down: Caption in a diet-pill ad (6)
BEFORE
6 Down: Casas, maisons, etc. (6)
ABODES
7 Down: Stinging remark (4)
BARB
8 Down: Join a poker game (4)
ANTE
9 Down: Zeros (6)
AUGHTS
10 Down: Miss Piggy's prominence (5)
SNOUT
11 Down: Item for Danny Fisher (5)
STONE
12 Down: Duck down (5)
EIDER
13 Down: Thy, in Tours (3)
TES
21 Down: Late blues singer Waters (5)
ETHEL
22 Down: Trunks (5)
TORSI
25 Down: Galleon part (4)
MAST
26 Down: Ham's call word for E (4)
ECHO
27 Down: Acropolis sight (4)
RUIN
29 Down: Still (5)
TACIT
30 Down: Th, in Anglo-Saxon days (3)
EDH
32 Down: Essay (3)
TRY
34 Down: Slangy suffix with hot or got (3)
CHA
35 Down: Singer-actress Diana (4)
ROSS
36 Down: Choir voice (4)
ALTO
37 Down: Fr. titles (4)
MMES
39 Down: Tropical resin (5)
ELEMI
40 Down: Apt anagram for aye (3)
YEA
41 Down: Landscaping item (5)
SHRUB
45 Down: Former CORE director (6)
FARMER
46 Down: Carroll's crazy character (6)
HATTER
47 Down: Treat as identical (6)
EQUATE
49 Down: Stallone's co-star in "Rocky" (5)
SHIRE
50 Down: Mystical card (5)
TAROT
51 Down: Clear the board (5)
ERASE
53 Down: Subject of some Italian songs (5)
AMORE
55 Down: Historic periods (4)
ERAS
56 Down: Verboten (4)
TABU
57 Down: Little is one (4)
APER
58 Down: Gangsters' former nemesis (4)
NESS
59 Down: Fimbriate (3)
HEM
62 Down: Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
STE

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