Friday Crossword — July 31, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/31/1981. By Nancy McCarthy.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Maturing agent (4)
- AGER
- 5 Across: Like London in 1666 (5)
- AFIRE
- 10 Across: Columnist's line (4)
- ITEM
- 14 Across: Netman Nastase (4)
- ILIE
- 15 Across: Limited in space (5)
- LOCAL
- 16 Across: Soft leather (4)
- NAPA
- 17 Across: Opera by Kienzl: 1898 (10)
- DONQUIXOTE
- 19 Across: Stew (4)
- SNIT
- 20 Across: Windmill arm (3)
- AWE
- 21 Across: "It might have ___" (4)
- BEEN
- 22 Across: Boxers' embrace (6)
- CLINCH
- 24 Across: Affectionate (4)
- FOND
- 25 Across: Squirrel away (5)
- STASH
- 26 Across: Locale for J.R. Ewing (6)
- DALLAS
- 29 Across: Assert to be true (8)
- MAINTAIN
- 32 Across: Expect (5)
- AWAIT
- 33 Across: Tadpole, for one (5)
- LARVA
- 34 Across: Caucho (3)
- ULE
- 35 Across: Steam-engine inventor (4)
- WATT
- 36 Across: Burn superficially (5)
- SINGE
- 37 Across: Large land mass (4)
- ASIA
- 38 Across: Commit a boo-boo (3)
- ERR
- 39 Across: Discontinue (5)
- CEASE
- 40 Across: Drudgery (5)
- SWEAT
- 41 Across: Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose is one (8)
- SEAPLANE
- 43 Across: Excoriate (6)
- SCORCH
- 44 Across: Member of a string quartet (5)
- VIOLA
- 45 Across: Biblical king (4)
- SAUL
- 46 Across: Kind of benefit (6)
- FRINGE
- 48 Across: Kind of bridge (4)
- TOLL
- 49 Across: Good buddy (3)
- PAL
- 52 Across: Desired role (4)
- LEAD
- 53 Across: Opera by Wagner: 1856 (10)
- DIEWALKURE
- 56 Across: Architectural pier (4)
- ANTA
- 57 Across: Frittered time away (5)
- IDLED
- 58 Across: Large lake (4)
- ERIE
- 59 Across: Rend (4)
- TEAR
- 60 Across: Comes close (5)
- NEARS
- 61 Across: Twelve moons (4)
- YEAR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Opera by Verdi: 1871 (4)
- AIDA
- 2 Down: Word before worm (4)
- GLOW
- 3 Down: German article (4)
- EINE
- 4 Down: Necessary: Abbr. (3)
- REQ
- 5 Down: Noncitizens (6)
- ALIENS
- 6 Down: Outwitted (5)
- FOXED
- 7 Down: Graven image (4)
- ICON
- 8 Down: Norway ___ (3)
- RAT
- 9 Down: Choice on campus (8)
- ELECTIVE
- 10 Down: Assert emphatically (6)
- INSIST
- 11 Down: Another opera by Wagner: 1845 (10)
- TANNHAUSER
- 12 Down: Grand in scope (4)
- EPIC
- 13 Down: School subj. (4)
- MATH
- 18 Down: German naval weapon (5)
- UBOAT
- 23 Down: One of the Woods (4)
- LANA
- 24 Down: Dart (4)
- FLIT
- 25 Down: Looey's aide (5)
- SARGE
- 26 Down: Veep under Coolidge (5)
- DAWES
- 27 Down: Not in the dark (5)
- AWARE
- 28 Down: Another opera by Verdi: 1853 (10)
- LATRAVIATA
- 29 Down: Parsonage (5)
- MANSE
- 30 Down: Sacro follower (5)
- ILIAC
- 31 Down: Below, to Byron (5)
- NEATH
- 33 Down: Tropical climber (5)
- LIANA
- 36 Down: Shut up hermetically (8)
- SEALEDIN
- 37 Down: Military misdemeanor (4)
- AWOL
- 39 Down: Choke up (4)
- CLOG
- 40 Down: Kind of rowboat (5)
- SCULL
- 42 Down: Greek odist (6)
- PINDAR
- 43 Down: Dinner greens (6)
- SALADS
- 45 Down: Farmer, at times (5)
- SOWER
- 46 Down: Below the true pitch (4)
- FLAT
- 47 Down: Poet Sully Prudhomme (1901 Nobelist) (4)
- RENE
- 48 Down: Weblike tissue (4)
- TELA
- 49 Down: Unadulterated (4)
- PURE
- 50 Down: Opera highlight (4)
- ARIA
- 51 Down: Eye wickedly (4)
- LEER
- 54 Down: Edible fish (3)
- IDE
- 55 Down: Essential (3)
- KEY
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