Friday Crossword — September 25, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/25/1981. By Jeanette K. Brill.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Border on (4)
- ABUT
- 5 Across: Port city of Iraq (5)
- BASRA
- 10 Across: Accepted standards (4)
- PARS
- 14 Across: Stalagmite milieu (4)
- CAVE
- 15 Across: Modern Greek name for Greece (5)
- ELLAS
- 16 Across: Trans-___, U.S.S.R. range (4)
- ALAI
- 17 Across: Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" (15)
- THERITEOFSPRING
- 20 Across: Word in a film ad (8)
- STARRING
- 21 Across: Kind of kitchen (5)
- EATIN
- 22 Across: Stassen, to Eisenhower in 1953 (4)
- AIDE
- 23 Across: Large crucifix (4)
- ROOD
- 25 Across: Pass (6)
- ELAPSE
- 28 Across: Moderated (8)
- TEMPERED
- 32 Across: Ear: Comb. form (4)
- AURI
- 33 Across: Item for John Sloan (5)
- EASEL
- 34 Across: Deity who became Tahiti's national god (3)
- ORO
- 35 Across: Behave in a formal manner (15)
- STANDONCEREMONY
- 39 Across: Chariot chaser (3)
- EER
- 40 Across: Gossip (5)
- ONDIT
- 41 Across: Date for Duclos (4)
- AMIE
- 42 Across: Too long, as a speech (8)
- DRAWNOUT
- 44 Across: Danish chess master (6)
- LARSEN
- 46 Across: Regarding (4)
- INRE
- 47 Across: Insincere statements (4)
- CANT
- 48 Across: Plant fiber (5)
- ISTLE
- 51 Across: "And the ___ stars set their watch": T. Campbell (8)
- SENTINEL
- 55 Across: S. Y. Agnon novel (15)
- THEBRIDALCANOPY
- 58 Across: In ___ (in position) (4)
- SITU
- 59 Across: Singer Haggard (5)
- MERLE
- 60 Across: Churchill's foreign minister (4)
- EDEN
- 61 Across: Declare positively (4)
- AVER
- 62 Across: Abbot's subordinate (5)
- PRIOR
- 63 Across: Lillums Lovewell's beau (4)
- TEEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: New Testament book (4)
- ACTS
- 2 Down: Thai money (4)
- BAHT
- 3 Down: Eye part (4)
- UVEA
- 4 Down: Diamondback inhabiting a salt marsh (8)
- TERRAPIN
- 5 Down: Happen (to) (6)
- BETIDE
- 6 Down: Coeur d'___, Idaho (5)
- ALENE
- 7 Down: Plod in paludous places (4)
- SLOG
- 8 Down: Brit. air arm (3)
- RAF
- 9 Down: " . . . egregiously an ___": Iago (3)
- ASS
- 10 Down: Ostentation (6)
- PARADE
- 11 Down: Came down to terra firma (4)
- ALIT
- 12 Down: Romany wife (4)
- RANI
- 13 Down: Index (4)
- SIGN
- 18 Down: Georgia O'Keeffe's "Black ___" (4)
- IRIS
- 19 Down: Streisand hit song (6)
- PEOPLE
- 23 Down: Adjust an alarm clock (5)
- RESET
- 24 Down: Henri Philippe Benoni ___ Joseph Pétain (4)
- OMER
- 25 Down: Let up (5)
- EASED
- 26 Down: Minstrel (5)
- LUTER
- 27 Down: Palm cockatoo of Australia (5)
- ARARA
- 28 Down: Unexpressed but implied (5)
- TACIT
- 29 Down: Studies (5)
- ROOMS
- 30 Down: The Cubs banked on him for years (5)
- ERNIE
- 31 Down: Ranking member of a group (5)
- DOYEN
- 33 Down: Provide, as with talents (5)
- ENDUE
- 36 Down: California mountain pass (6)
- DONNER
- 37 Down: ___ about (approximately) (4)
- ONOR
- 38 Down: Strict French general: 17th century (8)
- MARTINET
- 43 Down: He straightened up and flew right (6)
- WILBUR
- 44 Down: Fierce piercer on a steed (6)
- LANCER
- 45 Down: B'way org. (4)
- ANTA
- 47 Down: Instrument for Yo-Yo Ma (5)
- CELLO
- 48 Down: Words before boy or girl (4)
- ITSA
- 49 Down: Weapon for Mack the Knife (4)
- SHIV
- 50 Down: Place for a chapeau (4)
- TETE
- 51 Down: Kálmán operetta (4)
- SARI
- 52 Down: Knot (4)
- NODE
- 53 Down: Fleuret's kin (4)
- EPEE
- 54 Down: Redgrave or Fontanne (4)
- LYNN
- 56 Down: Deviling (3)
- IMP
- 57 Down: Lehár's "___ Rastelbinder" (3)
- DER
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