Friday Crossword — October 23, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/23/1981. By Rabinowitz.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Lucre (4)
- PELF
- 5 Across: Duchesse, e.g. (5)
- SATIN
- 10 Across: Whistlers on courts (4)
- REFS
- 14 Across: Redolence (4)
- ODOR
- 15 Across: Finale (5)
- CLOSE
- 16 Across: Charlie Plumb's "___ Cinders" (4)
- ELLA
- 17 Across: Asian staple (4)
- TARO
- 18 Across: Mrs. Chaplin et al. (5)
- OONAS
- 19 Across: Marianas isle (4)
- GUAM
- 20 Across: With 48 Across, a Shakespearean line (13)
- MENOFFEWWORDS
- 23 Across: President who became a Chief Justice (4)
- TAFT
- 24 Across: Glance (4)
- PEEK
- 25 Across: Tunes (4)
- AIRS
- 27 Across: Type of parking (5)
- VALET
- 30 Across: Prefix with plasm (4)
- ECTO
- 31 Across: Subject of a Kant critique (6)
- REASON
- 33 Across: Batman and Robin, e.g. (3)
- DUO
- 36 Across: Shakespearean trio (15)
- THEWEIRDSISTERS
- 39 Across: Eternally, to a poet (3)
- EER
- 40 Across: Ukrainian river (6)
- DONETS
- 41 Across: Shakespearean villain (4)
- IAGO
- 42 Across: Gunpowder ingredient (5)
- NITER
- 43 Across: "Merry Wives . . . " lass (4)
- ANNE
- 44 Across: Oil cartel (4)
- OPEC
- 46 Across: Safety and straight (4)
- PINS
- 48 Across: See 20 Across (13)
- ARETHEBESTMEN
- 54 Across: Xeric (4)
- ARID
- 55 Across: Rousseau novel (5)
- EMILE
- 56 Across: Deesis (4)
- ICON
- 58 Across: Bear's order (4)
- SELL
- 59 Across: Eastern V.I.P. (5)
- AMEER
- 60 Across: "There is no living with ___": Addison (4)
- THEE
- 61 Across: Fainéant (4)
- IDLE
- 62 Across: Peep show (5)
- RAREE
- 63 Across: Darn this thing (4)
- HOLE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Smugglers' "grass" (3)
- POT
- 2 Down: Dutch cheese (4)
- EDAM
- 3 Down: Wisdom (4)
- LORE
- 4 Down: Area near the pit (8)
- FRONTROW
- 5 Down: Sneer (5)
- SCOFF
- 6 Down: In the air (5)
- ALOFT
- 7 Down: Pitch (4)
- TONE
- 8 Down: "The Last Time ___ Paris" (4)
- ISAW
- 9 Down: Vane letters (4)
- NESW
- 10 Down: Rue (6)
- REGRET
- 11 Down: Dodge (5)
- ELUDE
- 12 Down: Ampulla (5)
- FLASK
- 13 Down: Houston (3)
- SAM
- 21 Down: Western alliance initials (3)
- OAS
- 22 Down: Gapes (5)
- OPENS
- 25 Down: Relative of smart (4)
- ACHE
- 26 Down: Road for Cato (4)
- ITER
- 27 Down: Darth of "Star Wars" (5)
- VADER
- 28 Down: Aide: Abbr. (4)
- ASST
- 29 Down: Clark's girl (4)
- LOIS
- 30 Down: Nice summer (3)
- ETE
- 31 Down: Uproar (4)
- RIOT
- 32 Down: Fish hawk's cousin (4)
- ERNE
- 33 Down: Martin or Jagger (4)
- DEAN
- 34 Down: Yen (4)
- URGE
- 35 Down: Bear, to Pedro (3)
- OSO
- 37 Down: Ukase (5)
- EDICT
- 38 Down: Metalworker (8)
- TINSMITH
- 42 Down: Pester (6)
- NEEDLE
- 43 Down: Pismire (3)
- ANT
- 44 Down: Sculled (5)
- OARED
- 45 Down: Rich copper ore (5)
- PRILL
- 46 Down: Martinique menace (5)
- PELEE
- 47 Down: French department (5)
- ISERE
- 49 Down: Audition (4)
- HEAR
- 50 Down: Austen heroine (4)
- EMMA
- 51 Down: Rathskeller quaff (4)
- BIER
- 52 Down: Nymph who loved Narcissus (4)
- ECHO
- 53 Down: Coward (4)
- NOEL
- 54 Down: "The World ___ See It": Einstein (3)
- ASI
- 57 Down: George Eliot, ___ Evans (3)
- NEE
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