Friday Crossword — August 14, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/14/1981. By Eli Wesoff.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Gather (4)
- REAP
- 5 Across: Humble (5)
- ABASE
- 10 Across: Boxer's quick, straight punch (3)
- JAB
- 13 Across: "Comus" composer (4)
- ARNE
- 14 Across: Joshua or Ella (5)
- LOGAN
- 15 Across: Hurricane's little cousin (4)
- GALE
- 16 Across: Omen (4)
- SIGN
- 17 Across: A style of wrestling (10)
- GRECOROMAN
- 19 Across: Trifled or quibbled (8)
- PALTERED
- 21 Across: Stirred up (6)
- ROUSED
- 22 Across: Propelled a wherry (5)
- OARED
- 23 Across: Self-righteous (4)
- SMUG
- 24 Across: Toy weapon (6)
- CAPGUN
- 26 Across: One definitely not on the run (8)
- LOITERER
- 30 Across: ___ committee (5)
- ADHOC
- 31 Across: Tritons (5)
- NEWTS
- 32 Across: Treat badly (3)
- USE
- 33 Across: Check (4)
- REIN
- 34 Across: Flock of partridges (5)
- COVEY
- 35 Across: N.A.A.C.P., e.g. (4)
- ASSN
- 36 Across: Tennis term for "tied" (3)
- ALL
- 37 Across: Small candle (5)
- TAPER
- 38 Across: ___ du Louvre (5)
- MUSEE
- 39 Across: Be on the wagon (8)
- TEETOTAL
- 41 Across: Elaborate hoaxes (6)
- PUTONS
- 42 Across: Upon which legions marched (4)
- ITER
- 43 Across: Richard ___, one of the Hartford wits (5)
- ALSOP
- 44 Across: Pollen producer (6)
- STAMEN
- 47 Across: Took, as would a crook (8)
- SNATCHED
- 50 Across: Group encouraging free trade (10)
- EUROMARKET
- 52 Across: Part (4)
- ROLE
- 53 Across: Kind of sapphire (4)
- STAR
- 54 Across: Mock (5)
- TAUNT
- 55 Across: French ecclesiastic (4)
- ABBE
- 56 Across: Prefix with let or lease (3)
- SUB
- 57 Across: Related on the mother's side (5)
- ENATE
- 58 Across: Rend (4)
- TEAR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Harsh sound (4)
- RASP
- 2 Down: Term for a worm (4)
- ERIA
- 3 Down: He's all for Great Britain (10)
- ANGLOPHILE
- 4 Down: Brass base (8)
- PENTAGON
- 5 Down: Author of "The Man with the Golden Arm" (6)
- ALGREN
- 6 Down: Drilled (5)
- BORED
- 7 Down: Adjective for Enos (4)
- AGED
- 8 Down: N.A. Indian (3)
- SAC
- 9 Down: Outrageous act (8)
- ENORMITY
- 10 Down: Spreads for breads (4)
- JAMS
- 11 Down: Amor's adjuncts (4)
- ALAE
- 12 Down: Give in; yield (4)
- BEND
- 15 Down: Chisel for cutting grooves in wood (5)
- GOUGE
- 18 Down: Disorderly retreats (5)
- ROUTS
- 20 Down: Cordage fiber (4)
- ERUC
- 23 Down: Plantation employee (5)
- SOWER
- 24 Down: Gem weight (5)
- CARAT
- 25 Down: Fred Astaire's sister (5)
- ADELE
- 26 Down: On the ___ (honest) (5)
- LEVEL
- 27 Down: He's afraid of the big, bad Bear (10)
- RUSSOPHOBE
- 28 Down: Where Krupp put up his works (5)
- ESSEN
- 29 Down: Coty and Clair (5)
- RENES
- 31 Down: Without face value, as stocks (5)
- NOPAR
- 34 Down: Form into a chain (8)
- CATENATE
- 35 Down: "The ___ of the Breakfast Table": O. W. Holmes (8)
- AUTOCRAT
- 37 Down: Type of pole (5)
- TOTEM
- 38 Down: Compulsion (4)
- MUST
- 40 Down: ___ Sea, arm of the Indian Ocean (5)
- TIMOR
- 41 Down: River flowing to the Missouri (6)
- PLATTE
- 43 Down: Concerning (5)
- ANENT
- 44 Down: Meeting: Abbr. (4)
- SESS
- 45 Down: Ballet skirt (4)
- TUTU
- 46 Down: Waif (4)
- ARAB
- 47 Down: Predatory sea gull (4)
- SKUA
- 48 Down: Island in a palindrome (4)
- ELBA
- 49 Down: Kind of crossing (4)
- DEER
- 51 Down: Sought office (3)
- RAN
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