Friday Crossword — June 26, 1981 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 6/26/1981. By Julian Ochrymowych.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Source of a fountain drink (7)
COLANUT
8 Across: Layers (6)
STRATA
14 Across: Region of Turkey (8)
ANATOLIA
16 Across: Etnean cavity (6)
CRATER
17 Across: Prokofiev work (15)
PETERANDTHEWOLF
19 Across: Spaces (5)
AREAS
20 Across: Football forces (5)
TEAMS
21 Across: Moms (3)
MAS
22 Across: Ancient people of Gaul (4)
REMI
24 Across: Deprivation (4)
LOSS
26 Across: Egyptian cobra (3)
ASP
29 Across: Concerning (4)
INRE
31 Across: Lhasa ___, Tibetan breed of dog (4)
APSO
35 Across: Type of type (6)
ITALIC
38 Across: Surrounds with an aura (8)
ENHALOES
41 Across: Vaughan Williams work (15)
SERENADETOMUSIC
43 Across: African body of water (8)
LAKECHAD
44 Across: Eye part (6)
RETINA
45 Across: Tower in Gen. 35:21 (4)
EDAR
46 Across: Water surface, to a poet (4)
RYME
48 Across: ___ Borch, Dutch painter (3)
TER
49 Across: Went like the Titanic (4)
SANK
52 Across: Wanes (4)
EBBS
55 Across: Family member, for short (3)
SIS
58 Across: Perch (5)
ROOST
60 Across: Facilitated (5)
EASED
64 Across: Menotti work, with "The" (15)
TRIALOFTHEGYPSY
67 Across: Icons, e.g. (6)
IMAGES
68 Across: Insecticide substance (8)
ROTENONE
69 Across: Having branches (6)
RAMOSE
70 Across: Makes a sergeant into a corporal (7)
DEMOTES

Down Answers

1 Down: ___-pie (from head to foot) (4)
CAPA
2 Down: Unique person (4)
ONER
3 Down: Tardy (4)
LATE
4 Down: Go on ___ (carouse) (5)
ATEAR
5 Down: Of Oslo origin (5)
NORSE
6 Down: Diminutive suffix (3)
ULA
7 Down: Rin ___ (6)
TINTIN
8 Down: Fool, Yiddish style (5)
SCHMO
9 Down: Bit on a scalp (5)
TRESS
10 Down: Uncooked (3)
RAW
11 Down: Part of a molecule (4)
ATOM
12 Down: Seaport in Honduras (4)
TELA
13 Down: Sounds from Sandy (4)
ARFS
15 Down: Summer cooler (3)
ADE
18 Down: Natural ability (6)
TALENT
23 Down: Bible book (5)
MICAH
25 Down: Port du ___, yellowish cheese (5)
SALUT
26 Down: Bridal path (5)
AISLE
27 Down: Follower of home or bed (5)
STEAD
28 Down: Winter wear (5)
PARKA
30 Down: Frail; slender (5)
REEDY
32 Down: Assume to be factual (5)
POSIT
33 Down: River of Paris (5)
SEINE
34 Down: Role in "The Odd Couple" (5)
OSCAR
36 Down: Sly looks (5)
LEERS
37 Down: Relative of co. and ltd. (3)
INC
39 Down: Mount Sinai's alias (5)
HOREB
40 Down: Soul, in 50 Down (3)
AME
42 Down: "___ the Moon," B'way play (6)
DARKOF
47 Down: Way of doing something (6)
METHOD
50 Down: City on the Rhone (5)
ARLES
51 Down: Loop and running knot (5)
NOOSE
53 Down: Add jewels to (5)
BEGEM
54 Down: "I Cain't ___," 1943 song (5)
SAYNO
55 Down: Cooking instruction (4)
STIR
56 Down: "___ La Douce" (4)
IRMA
57 Down: Anna's place abroad (4)
SIAM
59 Down: Gibraltar is one: Abbr. (3)
STR
61 Down: Espy (4)
SPOT
62 Down: Slave on Anglo-Saxon estates (4)
ESNE
63 Down: Coloring agents (4)
DYES
65 Down: Give it ___ (try) (3)
AGO
66 Down: Season after printemps (3)
ETE

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