Friday Crossword — October 2, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/2/1981. By A. J. Santora.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Temple teacher (5)
- RABBI
- 6 Across: Brooks (5)
- ARDEN
- 11 Across: Lady Capulet's cry (3)
- OME
- 14 Across: Buffalo neighbor (5)
- OLEAN
- 15 Across: "How to Succeed . . . " actor (5)
- MORSE
- 16 Across: High sign (3)
- NOD
- 17 Across: Game Morris and Mickey play? (11)
- CATANDMOUSE
- 19 Across: Dope; sap (3)
- LUG
- 20 Across: One of the little foxes (3)
- KIT
- 21 Across: Mild cheese (4)
- EDAM
- 22 Across: Notify (6)
- ADVISE
- 24 Across: Like a nomad (6)
- ERRANT
- 26 Across: Possible successor to the quart (5)
- LITER
- 27 Across: By a whisker (6)
- BARELY
- 29 Across: Enclosed, as a pupa (6)
- OBTECT
- 32 Across: " . . . merry, merry month ___" (5)
- OFMAY
- 33 Across: Rulers of muzhiks (5)
- TSARS
- 34 Across: Cut off (3)
- LOP
- 37 Across: Discontinue (4)
- DROP
- 38 Across: Soft (5)
- DOWNY
- 39 Across: Fahrenheit reading (4)
- ZERO
- 40 Across: Part of i.o.u. (3)
- YOU
- 41 Across: Super or ultra ending (5)
- SONIC
- 42 Across: At a central point (5)
- FOCAL
- 43 Across: Confined (6)
- SHUTIN
- 45 Across: Coda (6)
- FINALE
- 46 Across: What inspired Watt (5)
- STEAM
- 48 Across: Birthstone for F.D.R. (6)
- GARNET
- 50 Across: Abduct Felix? (6)
- CATNAP
- 52 Across: Suit to ___ (4)
- ATEE
- 53 Across: Radio program subj.: 1944–58 (3)
- FBI
- 56 Across: Kind of valve (3)
- AIR
- 57 Across: Anything "super," to a flapper (11)
- THECATSMEOW
- 60 Across: Body blueprint (3)
- DNA
- 61 Across: Match (5)
- RIVAL
- 62 Across: Tuscan city (5)
- SIENA
- 63 Across: Saturate (3)
- SOP
- 64 Across: Winged ant (5)
- ALATE
- 65 Across: ___ Park, Colo. (5)
- ESTES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: This might be punk (4)
- ROCK
- 2 Down: Kirghiz range (4)
- ALAI
- 3 Down: Inventor's challenge? (15)
- BETTERMOUSETRAP
- 4 Down: Pasture sound (3)
- BAA
- 5 Down: Pleasantly familiar (7)
- INNERLY
- 6 Down: Ancient Philadelphia, today (5)
- AMMAN
- 7 Down: Dance floor for a hippie? (15)
- ROOMTOSWINGACAT
- 8 Down: Joanne of films (3)
- DRU
- 9 Down: Weather satellite (4)
- ESSA
- 10 Down: Goads (7)
- NEEDLES
- 11 Down: How Sandburg's fog tiptoes (15)
- ONLITTLECATFEET
- 12 Down: Black eye (5)
- MOUSE
- 13 Down: Lawn trimmer (5)
- EDGER
- 18 Down: Time for Ike's big push (4)
- DDAY
- 23 Down: Tayback of TV (3)
- VIC
- 25 Down: Bring in crops (4)
- REAP
- 27 Down: Legislature, for one (4)
- BODY
- 28 Down: Bouffant hair style (4)
- AFRO
- 30 Down: Char-a-___ (British bus) (4)
- BANC
- 31 Down: Endeavor (3)
- TRY
- 33 Down: Writer Morrison (4)
- TONI
- 35 Down: Kind of contract (4)
- ORAL
- 36 Down: No. 1 slot at the track (4)
- POLE
- 38 Down: Part of "i" (3)
- DOT
- 39 Down: Type of defense in some sports (4)
- ZONE
- 41 Down: Where Palembang is (7)
- SUMATRA
- 42 Down: Bridge ploy (7)
- FINESSE
- 44 Down: Darth's foe (3)
- HAN
- 45 Down: Violin feature (4)
- FRET
- 46 Down: Large amounts (5)
- SCADS
- 47 Down: Arawakan tongue (5)
- TAINO
- 49 Down: Start of a Dickens title (5)
- ATALE
- 51 Down: TV's Donahue (4)
- PHIL
- 54 Down: T or aitch (4)
- BONE
- 55 Down: "When ___ a lad . . . " (4)
- IWAS
- 58 Down: Spacewalk, for short (3)
- EVA
- 59 Down: Musical syllables (3)
- MIS
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