Monday Crossword — September 21, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/21/1981. By Joy L. Wouk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Thick piece (4)
- SLAB
- 5 Across: Reading, e.g. (4)
- GAOL
- 9 Across: Diminish (5)
- ABATE
- 14 Across: Chanel (4)
- COCO
- 15 Across: Bullets, etc., for short (4)
- AMMO
- 16 Across: Panamanian city (5)
- COLON
- 17 Across: Publisher Adolph (4)
- OCHS
- 18 Across: City on the Truckee (4)
- RENO
- 19 Across: Hollywood employee (5)
- EXTRA
- 20 Across: Emlyn Williams play (14)
- THECORNISGREEN
- 23 Across: Word with flower or water (3)
- BED
- 24 Across: Entry in a teacher's roll bk. (3)
- ABS
- 25 Across: Young member of a pride (6)
- LIONET
- 29 Across: Dutch disease victim (3)
- ELM
- 31 Across: Dir. from Zurich to Lucerne (3)
- SSW
- 34 Across: Port in Caesar's day (5)
- OSTIA
- 35 Across: Ratite bird (4)
- EMEU
- 36 Across: Companion of tear (4)
- WEAR
- 37 Across: Salinger opus (15)
- CATCHERINTHERYE
- 40 Across: "Just ___ doch-an'-dorris": Lauder (4)
- AWEE
- 41 Across: Electrical unit (4)
- VOLT
- 42 Across: Choreographer Ailey (5)
- ALVIN
- 43 Across: Small ape (3)
- LAR
- 44 Across: Pompous one (3)
- ASS
- 45 Across: Bits of land in water (6)
- ISLETS
- 46 Across: Edict of a sort (3)
- BAN
- 48 Across: Holder of an LL.B. (3)
- ATT
- 49 Across: "Oats, peas, ___ grow," start of a nursery jingle (14)
- BEANSANDBARLEY
- 57 Across: Yellowstone Park denizens (5)
- BEARS
- 58 Across: Musical ending (4)
- CODA
- 59 Across: Bog (4)
- OOZE
- 60 Across: Grand (5)
- LARGE
- 61 Across: Imposing work (4)
- EPIC
- 62 Across: Rail (4)
- SORA
- 63 Across: A Ford (5)
- EDSEL
- 64 Across: Secretary, e.g. (4)
- DESK
- 65 Across: Oriental maid (4)
- AMAH
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Dundee native (4)
- SCOT
- 2 Down: Ness or Lomond (4)
- LOCH
- 3 Down: Word with head or tooth (4)
- ACHE
- 4 Down: Brown pear (4)
- BOSC
- 5 Down: Attic (6)
- GARRET
- 6 Down: Improve (5)
- AMEND
- 7 Down: Prefix with potent or present (4)
- OMNI
- 8 Down: She wrote "A Girl Like I" (4)
- LOOS
- 9 Down: Bitter (5)
- ACERB
- 10 Down: Emulates Larry Holmes (5)
- BOXES
- 11 Down: Der ___ (Adenauer) (4)
- ALTE
- 12 Down: Rent (4)
- TORN
- 13 Down: Spanish queen before Sophia (3)
- ENA
- 21 Down: West Indian sorcery (5)
- OBEAH
- 22 Down: Range (5)
- GAMUT
- 25 Down: Kind of train or government (5)
- LOCAL
- 26 Down: "___ ship a-sailing . . . " (5)
- ISAWA
- 27 Down: Aquatic mammal (5)
- OTTER
- 28 Down: Riviera resort (4)
- NICE
- 29 Down: Jannings and Ludwig (5)
- EMILS
- 30 Down: Imparted (4)
- LENT
- 31 Down: Tennis play (5)
- SERVE
- 32 Down: Berlin's "___ with Music": 1921 (5)
- SAYIT
- 33 Down: British naval women (5)
- WRENS
- 35 Down: Antithesis of Eris or Ares (4)
- EROS
- 36 Down: In good health (4)
- WELL
- 38 Down: Mary Ann ___ (George Eliot) (5)
- EVANS
- 39 Down: "___ la vista!" (5)
- HASTA
- 45 Down: "Give ___ to the Indians," 1939 song (6)
- ITBACK
- 46 Down: Lighter (5)
- BARGE
- 47 Down: Photographer Adams (5)
- ANSEL
- 48 Down: ___ Ababa (5)
- ADDIS
- 49 Down: Gun sight (4)
- BEAD
- 50 Down: Pitcher parts (4)
- EARS
- 51 Down: Made a hole-in-one (4)
- ACED
- 52 Down: Slangy negative (4)
- NOPE
- 53 Down: Ponselle or Bonheur (4)
- ROSA
- 54 Down: Weaver's gear (4)
- LOOM
- 55 Down: Actor Stone (4)
- EZRA
- 56 Down: Opposite of 52 Down (4)
- YEAH
- 57 Down: Breton grain (3)
- BLE
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