Friday Crossword — July 3, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/3/1981. By Gerald Brooks.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Type of squash (8)
- ZUCCHINI
- 9 Across: Bogyman (6)
- SCARER
- 15 Across: Strived to equal (8)
- EMULATED
- 16 Across: Fascination (6)
- ALLURE
- 17 Across: Inherent craving (8)
- APPETITE
- 18 Across: Samples (6)
- TASTES
- 19 Across: Sass (3)
- LIP
- 20 Across: Properties (7)
- ESTATES
- 22 Across: Latin-lesson word (3)
- AMO
- 23 Across: Nymph (5)
- OREAD
- 25 Across: W.W. II acronym (3)
- ETO
- 26 Across: Vaccine developer (5)
- SABIN
- 28 Across: Scray (4)
- TERN
- 29 Across: Vegetable vendor's adjective (5)
- FRESH
- 31 Across: Nurse shark (4)
- GATA
- 32 Across: Egyptian goddess (4)
- ISIS
- 34 Across: Chlorine or iodine (7)
- HALOGEN
- 36 Across: Bizet opera (6)
- CARMEN
- 39 Across: Ruler (6)
- DYNAST
- 40 Across: Not consumed (7)
- UNEATEN
- 42 Across: Bolognese painter: 1575–1642 (4)
- RENI
- 43 Across: Hurl (4)
- CAST
- 44 Across: V.P. under Coolidge (5)
- DAWES
- 46 Across: Dross (4)
- SLAG
- 50 Across: Speak (5)
- UTTER
- 52 Across: Felt shoe (3)
- PAC
- 53 Across: 35.315 cubic feet (5)
- STERE
- 54 Across: Conductance unit (3)
- MHO
- 55 Across: Letter before phi (7)
- UPSILON
- 58 Across: Mass. cape (3)
- ANN
- 59 Across: Big ___, German gun (6)
- BERTHA
- 61 Across: Escamillo, e.g. (8)
- TOREADOR
- 63 Across: Arab princes (6)
- EMEERS
- 64 Across: Endive (8)
- ESCAROLE
- 65 Across: Most unusual (6)
- RAREST
- 66 Across: Kin of culs-de-sac (8)
- DEADENDS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Fanatic (6)
- ZEALOT
- 2 Down: Bill Klem was one (6)
- UMPIRE
- 3 Down: Metalworks employee (6)
- CUPPER
- 4 Down: Diminutive suffix (3)
- CLE
- 5 Down: Loathed (5)
- HATED
- 6 Down: Beckett's "How ___" (4)
- ITIS
- 7 Down: Some cod-carrying Communists (7)
- NETTERS
- 8 Down: Think (6)
- IDEATE
- 9 Down: Fill (4)
- SATE
- 10 Down: Track bettor's consideration (5)
- CLASS
- 11 Down: Kaline and Pacino (3)
- ALS
- 12 Down: Turnip (8)
- RUTABAGA
- 13 Down: Hermits (8)
- EREMITES
- 14 Down: Echoing (8)
- RESONANT
- 21 Down: Twaddle (4)
- TOSH
- 24 Down: Alive (7)
- ANIMATE
- 27 Down: Competitor or contestant (7)
- AGONIST
- 29 Down: Amerced (5)
- FINED
- 30 Down: Hell (5)
- HADES
- 33 Down: Tennis unit (3)
- SET
- 35 Down: Brook follower in N.Y. (3)
- LYN
- 36 Down: Salad ingredient (8)
- CUCUMBER
- 37 Down: Curse (8)
- ANATHEMA
- 38 Down: Specialist working at the Tate (8)
- RESTORER
- 41 Down: Dozes (4)
- NAPS
- 42 Down: Shut again (7)
- RECLOSE
- 45 Down: Bided one's time (6)
- WAITED
- 47 Down: Induce (6)
- LEADON
- 48 Down: W.W. II general Hap ___ (6)
- ARNOLD
- 49 Down: Distinctive styles (6)
- GENRES
- 51 Down: German river and valley (5)
- RUHRS
- 53 Down: Sam or J. C. (5)
- SNEAD
- 56 Down: Beyond (4)
- PAST
- 57 Down: Killer whale (4)
- ORCA
- 60 Down: Ess chaser (3)
- TEE
- 62 Down: Verb that sounds like a letter (3)
- ARE
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