Thursday Crossword — September 3, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/3/1981. By Louis Sabin.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Clerical vestments (4)
- ALBS
- 5 Across: ___ père ou fils (5)
- DUMAS
- 10 Across: Fellow (4)
- CHAP
- 14 Across: Tabby talk (4)
- MEOW
- 15 Across: Pointless (5)
- INANE
- 16 Across: Aura (4)
- HALO
- 17 Across: Herman or George Herman (4)
- BABE
- 18 Across: Portents for Pompey (5)
- OMINA
- 19 Across: "___ Your Face Before Me," 1937 song (4)
- ISEE
- 20 Across: Diabolic (8)
- INFERNAL
- 22 Across: Algonquian gelt (6)
- WAMPUM
- 24 Across: Jackets (5)
- ETONS
- 25 Across: Most ashen (6)
- PALEST
- 26 Across: He "hit 'em where they ain't" (12)
- WILLIEKEELER
- 29 Across: Sacred (4)
- HOLY
- 30 Across: States of health, prosperity, etc. (8)
- WELFARES
- 34 Across: Gobbled (3)
- ATE
- 35 Across: Mixes (5)
- STIRS
- 37 Across: Ordinal-number ender (3)
- ETH
- 38 Across: 26-inning game, e.g. (8)
- MARATHON
- 41 Across: Modern hairdo (4)
- AFRO
- 42 Across: St. Louis Browns Hall of Famer (12)
- GEORGESISLER
- 46 Across: Like a bright night (6)
- STARRY
- 48 Across: Brooklyn's "Kentucky Colonel" (5)
- REESE
- 49 Across: Run the 100 (6)
- SPRINT
- 50 Across: Epithet for Napoleon, with "the" (8)
- CORSICAN
- 53 Across: ___ Man McGinnity (4)
- IRON
- 54 Across: Cremonan violinmaker (5)
- AMATI
- 56 Across: French battle site in W.W. II (4)
- STLO
- 57 Across: Catches (4)
- GETS
- 58 Across: Magic maker (5)
- GENIE
- 59 Across: Labor (4)
- TOIL
- 60 Across: Cozy spot (4)
- NEST
- 61 Across: Veeps, mgrs., etc. (5)
- EXECS
- 62 Across: Sp. miss (4)
- SRTA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Prefix with dextrous (4)
- AMBI
- 2 Down: Slender (4)
- LEAN
- 3 Down: "Rapid Robert" of no-hit fame (9)
- BOBFELLER
- 4 Down: In a very nice way (7)
- SWEETLY
- 5 Down: Canadian quints' name (6)
- DIONNE
- 6 Down: Reveal (6)
- UNMASK
- 7 Down: Junk or fan follower (4)
- 8 Down: Massachusetts cape (3)
- ANN
- 9 Down: Shoreline protectors (8)
- SEAWALLS
- 10 Down: Foolish fancy (7)
- CHIMERA
- 11 Down: Metal straps (5)
- HASPS
- 12 Down: Alaskan native (5)
- ALEUT
- 13 Down: Cowper creation (4)
- POEM
- 21 Down: Louis XIV was one (3)
- ROI
- 23 Down: "A" to Moishe (4)
- ALEF
- 25 Down: Earl or duke (4)
- PEER
- 26 Down: Sound of a solid hit (4)
- WHAM
- 27 Down: Jot (4)
- IOTA
- 28 Down: Buck ___, baseball Hall of Famer (5)
- EWING
- 31 Down: Type of telescope (9)
- REFLECTOR
- 32 Down: Antoine's "to be" (4)
- ETRE
- 33 Down: Memorable baseball-mad restaurateur (4)
- SHOR
- 35 Down: Deficit (8)
- SHORTAGE
- 36 Down: Royalist of '76 (4)
- TORY
- 39 Down: Versus (7)
- AGAINST
- 40 Down: Lottery prize (4)
- TERN
- 41 Down: "A" on box scores (7)
- ASSISTS
- 43 Down: Amatory (6)
- EROTIC
- 44 Down: World ___ (6)
- SERIES
- 45 Down: Plural endings (3)
- IES
- 46 Down: Binge (5)
- SPREE
- 47 Down: Meadowlands events (5)
- TROTS
- 49 Down: Coach-to-batter gesture (4)
- SIGN
- 50 Down: Malacca (4)
- CANE
- 51 Down: Landed (4)
- ALIT
- 52 Down: Piano theme song for Vincent Lopez (4)
- NOLA
- 55 Down: "Super ___" (Lee Trevino) (3)
- MEX
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