Tuesday Crossword — September 22, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/22/1981. By Platt.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Greek letters (4)
- PSIS
- 5 Across: This precedes Baker (4)
- ABLE
- 9 Across: Does road work of a sort (5)
- SALTS
- 14 Across: "Ma, He's Making Eyes ___" (4)
- ATME
- 15 Across: Fire's foe (4)
- FOAM
- 16 Across: Corvette's prey (5)
- UBOAT
- 17 Across: Teen-ager's infatuation (9)
- PUPPYLOVE
- 19 Across: "___ say die" (5)
- NEVER
- 20 Across: Mysterious obj. in the skies (3)
- UFO
- 21 Across: Decorated the walls (7)
- PAPERED
- 23 Across: French pronoun (3)
- ILS
- 24 Across: Validate (6)
- AFFIRM
- 26 Across: Ache (5)
- YEARN
- 28 Across: Gear features (5)
- TEETH
- 31 Across: Leading man, now and then (6)
- REAGAN
- 34 Across: Rueful exclamation (4)
- ALAS
- 36 Across: French cookbook word (4)
- ROTI
- 38 Across: Shadow: Comb. form (4)
- SCIO
- 39 Across: Matinee ___ (4)
- IDOL
- 40 Across: Actress Saint's middle name (5)
- MARIE
- 41 Across: Sound from Tabby's "motor" (4)
- PURR
- 42 Across: Third son of Jacob (4)
- LEVI
- 43 Across: Church part (4)
- APSE
- 44 Across: Pinches (4)
- NIPS
- 45 Across: Massages (6)
- KNEADS
- 47 Across: Crime causing a conflagration (5)
- ARSON
- 49 Across: Kind of preview (5)
- SNEAK
- 51 Across: Claros or conchas (6)
- CIGARS
- 55 Across: "Ulalume" author (3)
- POE
- 57 Across: Theater districts (7)
- RIALTOS
- 60 Across: Welcome ___ (3)
- MAT
- 61 Across: This may end a dream (5)
- ALARM
- 63 Across: Court score (9)
- FORTYLOVE
- 65 Across: Central Asian mountain system (5)
- ALTAI
- 66 Across: Any letter in NATO (4)
- INIT
- 67 Across: Clothes or family follower (4)
- TREE
- 68 Across: Scratches out (5)
- RASES
- 69 Across: Relatives of sens. (4)
- REPS
- 70 Across: Tear (4)
- REND
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Another name for New Guinea (5)
- PAPUA
- 2 Down: Fill (5)
- STUFF
- 3 Down: " . . . ___ blind desire": Kipling (5)
- IMPOF
- 4 Down: Follower of Aug. (3)
- SEP
- 5 Down: Greatly excited (6)
- AFLAME
- 6 Down: Betty of cartoons (4)
- BOOP
- 7 Down: Flow along or against (4)
- LAVE
- 8 Down: Kind of board (5)
- EMERY
- 9 Down: Fountain fare (6)
- SUNDAE
- 10 Down: Ribicoff (3)
- ABE
- 11 Down: Trophy (9)
- LOVINGCUP
- 12 Down: Asian weight unit (4)
- TAEL
- 13 Down: Mus. group (4)
- STRS
- 18 Down: Battle site in 1914, 1915 and 1917 (5)
- YPRES
- 22 Down: Strange (5)
- EERIE
- 25 Down: Native of Leghorn (7)
- ITALIAN
- 27 Down: Grating upon (7)
- RASPING
- 29 Down: Kind of door (4)
- TRAP
- 30 Down: Brother of Hengist (5)
- HORSA
- 32 Down: What snobs put on (4)
- AIRS
- 33 Down: Conjunction (3)
- NOR
- 34 Down: Arabian gulf (4)
- ADEN
- 35 Down: Parlor pieces (9)
- LOVESEATS
- 37 Down: Rank (4)
- TIER
- 39 Down: Sort (3)
- ILK
- 40 Down: Kenyan native (5)
- MASAI
- 44 Down: Like blue jays and catbirds (5)
- NOISY
- 46 Down: Skin layer (6)
- DERMIS
- 48 Down: Dred and Walter (6)
- SCOTTS
- 50 Down: Grain sorghum (5)
- KAFIR
- 52 Down: Love, to 25 Down (5)
- AMORE
- 53 Down: Despoil (5)
- RAVEN
- 54 Down: Bucephalus, for one (5)
- STEED
- 55 Down: Former talk-show host (4)
- PAAR
- 56 Down: Highly seasoned meat dish (4)
- OLLA
- 58 Down: "The ___ Eagle" (4)
- LONE
- 59 Down: Hockey foul (4)
- TRIP
- 62 Down: Actress Charlotte (3)
- RAE
- 64 Down: P.O. concern (3)
- LTR
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