Thursday Crossword — September 24, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/24/1981. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: N'Djamena is its capital (4)
- CHAD
- 5 Across: ___ with (experienced) (5)
- METUP
- 10 Across: Hopped a plane (4)
- FLEW
- 14 Across: ___ Rud, river on Afghanistan's boundary (4)
- HARI
- 15 Across: Man of Masqat (5)
- OMANI
- 16 Across: "Damn Yankees" gal (4)
- LOLA
- 17 Across: Don Juan's mother (4)
- INEZ
- 18 Across: Uris novel (5)
- TOPAZ
- 19 Across: Gooey or gluey (4)
- ICKY
- 20 Across: Newspaper (7)
- GAZETTE
- 22 Across: Clowns (6)
- ZANIES
- 24 Across: Not busy (4)
- IDLE
- 25 Across: "Wozzeck" composer (4)
- BERG
- 26 Across: Alter (6)
- CHANGE
- 29 Across: Effluvium (4)
- AURA
- 30 Across: Like Mary Quant's style (3)
- MOD
- 33 Across: "Roots" author (5)
- HALEY
- 34 Across: Coal source (9)
- STRIPMINE
- 36 Across: Spring bloomer (4)
- IRIS
- 37 Across: Luigi's mail (5)
- POSTA
- 38 Across: Of a period (4)
- ERAL
- 39 Across: Exigencies (9)
- PRESSURES
- 41 Across: Actor-musician Nelson (5)
- OZZIE
- 42 Across: Def., maybe (3)
- SYN
- 43 Across: Pound (4)
- EZRA
- 44 Across: Oz V.I.P. (6)
- WIZARD
- 45 Across: Unclear (4)
- HAZY
- 46 Across: Actress Louise (4)
- TINA
- 47 Across: Raucous cry (6)
- SQUALL
- 50 Across: Coiffure tuft (7)
- TOPKNOT
- 53 Across: Influence (4)
- PULL
- 54 Across: "The Man ___," 1924 song (5)
- ILOVE
- 56 Across: Romantic interlude (4)
- IDYL
- 58 Across: Article for Hans (4)
- EINE
- 59 Across: Arch-consumerist (5)
- NADER
- 60 Across: Slangy turndown (4)
- NOPE
- 61 Across: Dictator (4)
- CZAR
- 62 Across: Coarse (5)
- GROSS
- 63 Across: An Olympian (4)
- EROS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Greek letter (3)
- CHI
- 2 Down: Put up drapes (4)
- HANG
- 3 Down: Environs (4)
- AREA
- 4 Down: Vertigo (9)
- DIZZINESS
- 5 Down: Blotch (6)
- MOTTLE
- 6 Down: Ham it up (5)
- EMOTE
- 7 Down: Finish line (4)
- TAPE
- 8 Down: "___ voce poco far," Rossini aria (3)
- UNA
- 9 Down: Fast-food place (8)
- PIZZERIA
- 10 Down: Cast (5)
- FLING
- 11 Down: Places (4)
- LOCI
- 12 Down: Actress Sommer (4)
- ELKE
- 13 Down: Methods (4)
- WAYS
- 21 Down: Nervous (4)
- EDGY
- 23 Down: Not care ___ (4)
- ARAP
- 25 Down: Lancaster et al. (5)
- BURTS
- 26 Down: TV cop show (5)
- CHIPS
- 27 Down: Bandleader James (5)
- HARRY
- 28 Down: Sci-fi heavy (5)
- ALIEN
- 29 Down: Confused (5)
- ATSEA
- 30 Down: Persian prince's title (5)
- MIRZA
- 31 Down: Walking ___ (elated) (5)
- ONAIR
- 32 Down: X-ed (5)
- DELED
- 34 Down: Rueful (5)
- SORRY
- 35 Down: Theater area (9)
- MEZZANINE
- 37 Down: Enigmatic (8)
- PUZZLING
- 40 Down: Close tightly (4)
- SEAL
- 41 Down: Piggery sound (4)
- OINK
- 44 Down: Car attachments (6)
- WIPERS
- 45 Down: Czech coin (5)
- HALER
- 46 Down: Jabberwocky word (5)
- TOVES
- 47 Down: Blueprint datum, for short (4)
- SPEC
- 48 Down: Cross-examine (4)
- QUIZ
- 49 Down: Bone attached to a ginglymus (4)
- ULNA
- 50 Down: Rowdydow (4)
- TODO
- 51 Down: What anosmic people do not sense (4)
- ODOR
- 52 Down: Erratum (4)
- TYPO
- 55 Down: Gibbon (3)
- LAR
- 57 Down: Author Whitten (3)
- LES
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