Saturday Crossword — August 8, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 8/8/1981. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Pen (5)
- WRITE
- 6 Across: Simulacrum (5)
- IMAGE
- 11 Across: Not random (6)
- CAUSAL
- 12 Across: Harmful (6)
- NOCENT
- 14 Across: Famed lexicographer (15)
- DRSAMUELJOHNSON
- 17 Across: Famed cowboy singer (5)
- AUTRY
- 18 Across: Loud (5)
- GAUDY
- 19 Across: Taradiddle (3)
- LIE
- 20 Across: Actor Douglas (4)
- KIRK
- 21 Across: Wed (5)
- MARRY
- 22 Across: High wind (4)
- GALE
- 23 Across: Enzyme (3)
- ASE
- 24 Across: Spree (5)
- BINGE
- 25 Across: Macadamized (5)
- PAVED
- 26 Across: Trust (8)
- RELIANCE
- 28 Across: Uniform (6)
- LIVERY
- 29 Across: TV recording medium (9)
- VIDEOTAPE
- 31 Across: Farmer's concern (6)
- PARITY
- 34 Across: Recidivist (8)
- REPEATER
- 38 Across: Certain moldings (5)
- OGEES
- 39 Across: Conform (5)
- ADAPT
- 40 Across: Wish one hadn't (3)
- RUE
- 41 Across: Pops (4)
- DADS
- 42 Across: Addicts (5)
- USERS
- 43 Across: Insipid (4)
- DULL
- 44 Across: Adherent: Suffix (3)
- ITE
- 45 Across: Lead-in, for short (5)
- INTRO
- 46 Across: Portage craft (5)
- CANOE
- 47 Across: Lexicographer, to 14 Across (15)
- AHARMLESSDRUDGE
- 50 Across: Star in Aquila (6)
- ALTAIR
- 51 Across: Without bias (6)
- EVENLY
- 52 Across: Bivouac units (5)
- TENTS
- 53 Across: Dos y cinco (5)
- SIETE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Spendthrift (7)
- WASTREL
- 2 Down: He wrote "Poor No More": 1959 (5)
- RUARK
- 3 Down: "The Lord ___ shepherd . . . " (4)
- ISMY
- 4 Down: Greek letter (3)
- TAU
- 5 Down: Polish (8)
- ELEGANCE
- 6 Down: Do harm (6)
- INJURE
- 7 Down: Temperamental (5)
- MOODY
- 8 Down: Caught in the grip of la grippe (4)
- ACHY
- 9 Down: Brig. or Lt. follower (3)
- GEN
- 10 Down: Subjugate (7)
- ENSLAVE
- 11 Down: Junket at sea (6)
- CRUISE
- 13 Down: Workman (6)
- TOILER
- 14 Down: Senegal's capital (5)
- DAKAR
- 15 Down: Difficult tasks (11)
- LARGEORDERS
- 16 Down: Hard up (5)
- NEEDY
- 21 Down: "Mork and ___" (5)
- MINDY
- 22 Down: ___ darn (cared) (5)
- GAVEA
- 24 Down: Uses a come-on (5)
- BAITS
- 25 Down: Lab glassware (5)
- PIPET
- 27 Down: Climbers on campus, perhaps (5)
- IVIES
- 28 Down: Reindeer herdsmen (5)
- LAPPS
- 30 Down: Flowers named for their scent (8)
- TEAROSES
- 31 Down: Spots for Mehta and Ozawa (5)
- PODIA
- 32 Down: Christie (6)
- AGATHA
- 33 Down: Provided another hand (7)
- REDEALT
- 35 Down: Move on wheels (7)
- TRUNDLE
- 36 Down: Panegyric (6)
- EULOGY
- 37 Down: Book by D. S. Freeman (5)
- RELEE
- 39 Down: Garden bloomers (6)
- ASTERS
- 42 Down: Dark (5)
- UNLIT
- 43 Down: Cow (5)
- DAUNT
- 45 Down: "___ Old Cowhand" (4)
- IMAN
- 46 Down: American Indian (4)
- CREE
- 48 Down: Hwy. (3)
- RTE
- 49 Down: Twice CCLIII (3)
- DVI
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