Saturday Crossword — October 17, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 10/17/1981. By Lytle.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Froth (4)
- FOAM
- 5 Across: Young oysters (5)
- SPATS
- 10 Across: Platform (4)
- DAIS
- 14 Across: Writer Bontemps (4)
- ARNA
- 15 Across: Bones corresponding to fibulae (5)
- ULNAE
- 16 Across: ___ dixit (4)
- IPSE
- 17 Across: Nothing, in Tours (4)
- RIEN
- 18 Across: Pipkins' cousins (5)
- PAILS
- 19 Across: Maculation (4)
- SPOT
- 20 Across: Lust (13)
- CONCUPISCENCE
- 23 Across: Exalts (9)
- ENTHRONES
- 24 Across: Constellation (3)
- ARA
- 25 Across: D.C. body (3)
- USS
- 26 Across: Come forth (6)
- EMERGE
- 29 Across: Unit of pain (3)
- DOL
- 32 Across: Torpid state during the hot season (11)
- AESTIVATION
- 36 Across: Ditto (4)
- IDEM
- 38 Across: Electron tube (5)
- DIODE
- 39 Across: Noted Danish composer (4)
- ENNA
- 40 Across: Mom-and-Pop place, perhap (11)
- RETAILSTORE
- 43 Across: Muffin (3)
- GEM
- 44 Across: Privileged convict (6)
- TRUSTY
- 45 Across: Certain drs. (3)
- GPS
- 47 Across: Cologne-to-Trier (3)
- SSE
- 48 Across: With an amused expression (9)
- SMILINGLY
- 54 Across: Shrewd (13)
- PERSPICACIOUS
- 56 Across: City on the Wabash (4)
- PERU
- 58 Across: Cloth pattern (5)
- PLAID
- 59 Across: The Danube, in Hungary (4)
- DUNA
- 60 Across: Pity! (4)
- ALAS
- 61 Across: ___ Semple McPherson (5)
- AIMEE
- 62 Across: Nervous (4)
- EDGY
- 63 Across: Breed of terrier (4)
- SKYE
- 64 Across: Foments (5)
- STIRS
- 65 Across: Make an incised mark (4)
- RASE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Mockery (5)
- FARCE
- 2 Down: Apollo 16 lunar lander (5)
- ORION
- 3 Down: Pertaining to (5)
- ANENT
- 4 Down: Chinese dynasty (6)
- MANCHU
- 5 Down: Assumer's adverb (10)
- SUPPOSEDLY
- 6 Down: Clear (5)
- PLAIN
- 7 Down: Flavorsome herb (5)
- ANISE
- 8 Down: Rubs with a certain powder (5)
- TALCS
- 9 Down: Mobutu ___ Seko, President of Zaire (4)
- SESE
- 10 Down: Unrelated (8)
- DISCRETE
- 11 Down: "Now" follower on a marquee (9)
- APPEARING
- 12 Down: Prefix with bar (3)
- ISO
- 13 Down: Prescribe (3)
- SET
- 21 Down: Bear up in the skies (4)
- URSA
- 22 Down: Hottentot (4)
- NAMA
- 26 Down: ___ National Park, Fla. (10)
- EVERGLADES
- 27 Down: Start of a Mitchell title (4)
- GONE
- 28 Down: City of Judah (4)
- ENAM
- 29 Down: Gossip (4)
- DIRT
- 30 Down: Baltic feeder (4)
- ODER
- 31 Down: Cleric's exhortation (9)
- LETUSPRAY
- 33 Down: Sibling, for short (3)
- SIS
- 34 Down: Add (up) (3)
- TOT
- 35 Down: Words to a J.P. (3)
- IDO
- 37 Down: Rubdown expert (8)
- MASSEUSE
- 41 Down: Roman route (4)
- ITER
- 42 Down: Heroic (4)
- EPIC
- 46 Down: Duke of diamond fame (6)
- SNIDER
- 48 Down: Take it on the lam (5)
- SPLIT
- 49 Down: Orange Bowl locale (5)
- MIAMI
- 50 Down: More frigid (5)
- ICIER
- 51 Down: Dutch cheese (5)
- GOUDA
- 52 Down: Skin divers' gear, for short (5)
- LUNGS
- 53 Down: Belgian composer-conductor (5)
- YSAYE
- 55 Down: Resorts (4)
- SPAS
- 56 Down: Ballet step (3)
- PAS
- 57 Down: Wearer of a tooth (3)
- ELK
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