Saturday Crossword — August 1, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/1/1981. By A. J. Santora.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Airport arr. estimates (4)
- ETAS
- 5 Across: Asiatic palm (4)
- NIPA
- 9 Across: Not straight (5)
- ASKEW
- 14 Across: Seduce (4)
- VAMP
- 15 Across: Singer Ed (4)
- AMES
- 16 Across: Pat or Debbie (5)
- BOONE
- 17 Across: Melville title (4)
- OMOO
- 18 Across: Urban aeries (10)
- PENTHOUSES
- 20 Across: Meter unit (12)
- KILOWATTHOUR
- 22 Across: Mezzo-soprano Obraztsova (5)
- ELENA
- 23 Across: Air: Comb. form (3)
- AER
- 24 Across: Author Tarbell (3)
- IDA
- 27 Across: Urged (on) (5)
- EGGED
- 30 Across: It's common or proper (4)
- NOUN
- 32 Across: Gibson girl's shape (15)
- HOURGLASSFIGURE
- 38 Across: One of the Siamese twins (3)
- ENG
- 39 Across: Old World cont. (3)
- EUR
- 40 Across: Goal (3)
- AIM
- 41 Across: Get benched (3)
- SIT
- 42 Across: Tropes (15)
- FIGURESOFSPEECH
- 46 Across: Drudge (4)
- TOIL
- 47 Across: Composed type (5)
- METAL
- 48 Across: Dissenting voice (3)
- NAY
- 49 Across: Perez stat. (3)
- RBI
- 51 Across: Double this for a perfume-yielding tree (5)
- ILANG
- 55 Across: William Safire, once (12)
- SPEECHWRITER
- 59 Across: Resin source (10)
- BALSAMTREE
- 62 Across: Bone: Comb. form (4)
- OSSE
- 63 Across: Zodiacal sign (5)
- ARIES
- 64 Across: "Mean ___," 1929 song (4)
- TOME
- 65 Across: Henri's head (4)
- TETE
- 66 Across: Plaster used as a surface (5)
- GESSO
- 67 Across: Oklahoma city (4)
- ENID
- 68 Across: Kind of master (4)
- TASK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Summon (5)
- EVOKE
- 2 Down: Dravidian tongue (5)
- TAMIL
- 3 Down: Soap plant (5)
- AMOLE
- 4 Down: Inadvertent creator of phrases like "well-boiled icicle" (7)
- SPOONER
- 5 Down: Valley of the grapes (4)
- NAPA
- 6 Down: "___ a man with . . . " (4)
- IMET
- 7 Down: Five-year periods (7)
- PENTADS
- 8 Down: "Just ___ twig is bent . . . ": Pope (5)
- ASTHE
- 9 Down: "___ Ben Adhem" (4)
- ABOU
- 10 Down: Turning to vinegar (7)
- SOURING
- 11 Down: Hagler stats. (3)
- KOS
- 12 Down: Wind dir. (3)
- ENE
- 13 Down: Singer Montgomery (3)
- WES
- 19 Down: Mount where Aaron died (3)
- HOR
- 21 Down: Word with tail or tongue (6)
- WAGGER
- 25 Down: Drench (5)
- DOUSE
- 26 Down: Of gold (5)
- AURIC
- 28 Down: Stick on (4)
- GLUE
- 29 Down: What "the walls have" (4)
- EARS
- 31 Down: One of the Low Countries: Abbr. (4)
- NETH
- 32 Down: Clout (4)
- HEFT
- 33 Down: Kind of soup (5)
- ONION
- 34 Down: Boredom, to Sophia (5)
- UGGIA
- 35 Down: Unthreatened (4)
- SAFE
- 36 Down: Printing sign (4)
- FIST
- 37 Down: Damage (6)
- IMPAIR
- 43 Down: Joyce book (7)
- ULYSSES
- 44 Down: Fraternity letter (7)
- OMICRON
- 45 Down: Gould or Nugent (7)
- ELLIOTT
- 49 Down: Ad ___ (pertinent) (3)
- REM
- 50 Down: Midler (5)
- BETTE
- 52 Down: Confused (5)
- ATSEA
- 53 Down: Hideaways (5)
- NESTS
- 54 Down: Irene Papas, e.g. (5)
- GREEK
- 56 Down: Mexican's "Give way!" (4)
- PASO
- 57 Down: Half: Prefix (4)
- HEMI
- 58 Down: Tobacco, informally (4)
- WEED
- 59 Down: Valise (3)
- BAG
- 60 Down: Land measure (3)
- ARE
- 61 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3)
- LIS
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