Thursday Crossword — September 10, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/10/1981. By Herb L. Risteen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: These make flights (6)
- STAIRS
- 7 Across: Cheekiness (5)
- BRASS
- 12 Across: Goes rapidly (7)
- HASTENS
- 14 Across: Flayed (7)
- ROASTED
- 16 Across: Nero's first wife (7)
- OCTAVIA
- 17 Across: Name on a silver dollar (7)
- ANTHONY
- 18 Across: Ebro, for one (3)
- RIO
- 19 Across: Joins (7)
- SPLICES
- 21 Across: Spread (3)
- RAN
- 22 Across: Raison d'___ (4)
- ETRE
- 24 Across: Water bird (5)
- EIDER
- 25 Across: Info (4)
- DATA
- 26 Across: "Plaza ___," Simon play (5)
- SUITE
- 28 Across: "___ M," Christie novel (3)
- NOR
- 29 Across: Zoo equipment (5)
- CAGES
- 30 Across: Symbol of aridity (6)
- SAHARA
- 32 Across: "Least said, ___ mended" (7)
- SOONEST
- 34 Across: Prefix with bar or bath (3)
- ISO
- 35 Across: Grimalkin (3)
- HAG
- 36 Across: Fanciful notion (7)
- CONCEIT
- 40 Across: Mussulman (6)
- MOSLEM
- 43 Across: Flawless (5)
- IDEAL
- 44 Across: "Te ___," Ovidian valentine (3)
- AMO
- 46 Across: Of tissue (5)
- TELAR
- 48 Across: What brevity is to wit (4)
- SOUL
- 49 Across: Frugal (5)
- SPARE
- 51 Across: This comes before tat (4)
- RATA
- 52 Across: Sleeper, e.g. (3)
- CAR
- 53 Across: Canton residents (7)
- OHIOANS
- 55 Across: Year in Leif Ericson's era (3)
- MIV
- 56 Across: He wrote "The Last Hurrah" (7)
- OCONNOR
- 58 Across: Item served with soup (7)
- SALTINE
- 60 Across: Five Nations group (7)
- SENECAS
- 61 Across: Moppet's vehicle (7)
- SCOOTER
- 62 Across: Be displeasing to (5)
- REPEL
- 63 Across: Arikara abodes (6)
- TEPEES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Props (6)
- SHORES
- 2 Down: Roman historian (7)
- TACITUS
- 3 Down: W. Irving work (7)
- ASTORIA
- 4 Down: Give ___ try (3)
- ITA
- 5 Down: Intensifies, with "up" (4)
- REVS
- 6 Down: Bog bird (5)
- SNIPE
- 7 Down: Goof (5)
- BONER
- 8 Down: Pshaw! (4)
- RATS
- 9 Down: Hardwood (3)
- ASH
- 10 Down: Cold ___ (7)
- STORAGE
- 11 Down: Roman councils (7)
- SENATES
- 13 Down: City in central Kansas (6)
- SALINA
- 14 Down: Foyt, Unser et al. (6)
- RACERS
- 15 Down: Hereditary ruler (6)
- DYNAST
- 20 Down: Pledge to the preacher (3)
- IDO
- 23 Down: Morally right (7)
- ETHICAL
- 25 Down: Misused participle (7)
- DANGLER
- 27 Down: Canvas support (5)
- EASEL
- 29 Down: Take it easy (5)
- COAST
- 31 Down: Louis Philippe, for one (3)
- ROI
- 33 Down: Exclamation (3)
- OHO
- 36 Down: Lake herrings (6)
- CISCOS
- 37 Down: Roman Empire conqueror (7)
- ODOACER
- 38 Down: Nerve cell (7)
- NEURONE
- 39 Down: Tropical American animals (6)
- TAPIRS
- 40 Down: Fen (6)
- MORASS
- 41 Down: Babylonian's neighbor (7)
- ELAMITE
- 42 Down: Broadway event (7)
- MATINEE
- 45 Down: His wife was in the Gang of Four (3)
- MAO
- 47 Down: Their words are absurd (6)
- RAVERS
- 49 Down: Mass of bass (5)
- SHOAL
- 50 Down: What legislatures do (5)
- ENACT
- 53 Down: Formerly (4)
- ONCE
- 54 Down: Plumlike fruit (4)
- SLOE
- 57 Down: Little knot (3)
- NEP
- 59 Down: Plaything (3)
- TOP
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