Thursday Crossword — October 29, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/29/1981. By John Greenman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Blockhead (4)
- DOLT
- 5 Across: Chatter indiscreetly (4)
- BLAB
- 9 Across: Schoolgoer of rhyme (4)
- LAMB
- 13 Across: Having side petals (4)
- ALAR
- 14 Across: "The City in the Sea" poet (5)
- EAPOE
- 16 Across: Slangy suffix with switch (4)
- EROO
- 17 Across: First of the Astaire-Rogers films: 1933 (15)
- FLYINGDOWNTORIO
- 20 Across: Kind of bud (5)
- TASTE
- 21 Across: Gland: Comb. form (5)
- ADENO
- 22 Across: Globe (3)
- ORB
- 23 Across: H, to Hippocrates (3)
- ETA
- 25 Across: Fugitive (7)
- RUNAWAY
- 27 Across: Erica Jong novel: 1973 (12)
- FEAROFFLYING
- 32 Across: Certain means: Abbr. (3)
- AVS
- 33 Across: Stick for señor (4)
- PALO
- 34 Across: Bed of roses (4)
- EASE
- 37 Across: Wedding-cake feature (4)
- TIER
- 39 Across: Part of R.A.F. (5)
- ROYAL
- 42 Across: Places (4)
- LOCI
- 44 Across: Land west of Vietnam (4)
- LAOS
- 46 Across: One of a radio pair (4)
- AMOS
- 48 Across: Gold, to Cortés (3)
- ORO
- 49 Across: TV sitcom: 1967–70 (12)
- THEFLYINGNUN
- 53 Across: Fife's cousin (7)
- PICCOLO
- 56 Across: Inits. of a teaching group (3)
- NEA
- 57 Across: Número ___ (3)
- UNO
- 58 Across: Forward a message (5)
- RELAY
- 61 Across: Clean up after a chalk talk (5)
- ERASE
- 65 Across: Rodents that glide through the air (15)
- FLYINGSQUIRRELS
- 68 Across: Columbo portrayer (4)
- FALK
- 69 Across: Letter closure (5)
- YOURS
- 70 Across: A son of Aphrodite (4)
- EROS
- 71 Across: ___ Pea, Popeye's "adoptic infink" (4)
- SWEE
- 72 Across: Possible coll. major (4)
- MATH
- 73 Across: Kind of bag (4)
- TOTE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Dotty (4)
- DAFT
- 2 Down: Stewing pot (4)
- OLLA
- 3 Down: Ballads (4)
- LAYS
- 4 Down: More commonplace (6)
- TRITER
- 5 Down: Panhandle (3)
- BEG
- 6 Down: Terhune's "___ Dog" (4)
- LADA
- 7 Down: Two peas in ___ (4)
- APOD
- 8 Down: Section of Manhattan (6)
- BOWERY
- 9 Down: Zodiacal sign (3)
- LEO
- 10 Down: Sherwood Forest missile (5)
- ARROW
- 11 Down: Ballerina Shearer (5)
- MOIRA
- 12 Down: Kind of trap (5)
- BOOBY
- 15 Down: Boredom (5)
- ENNUI
- 18 Down: Pilgrim greeting to an Indian (5)
- NETOP
- 19 Down: One thousand kilograms (5)
- TONNE
- 24 Down: From a distance (4)
- AFAR
- 26 Down: Arab's headband (4)
- AGAL
- 27 Down: Superfluity (3)
- FAT
- 28 Down: Ominous (4)
- EVIL
- 29 Down: On a cruise (4)
- ASEA
- 30 Down: Polly Holliday TV role (3)
- FLO
- 31 Down: Allegiant (5)
- LOYAL
- 35 Down: Presently (4)
- SOON
- 36 Down: Not quite off-white (4)
- ECRU
- 38 Down: U.S. Army training branch (4)
- ROTC
- 40 Down: Alcott of the links (3)
- AMY
- 41 Down: Kind of cloth (4)
- LOIN
- 43 Down: Charged atom (3)
- ION
- 45 Down: Fleeced (5)
- SHORN
- 47 Down: Scornful expression (5)
- SNEER
- 50 Down: Lamentation (5)
- ELEGY
- 51 Down: Noted N.M. archeological site (6)
- FOLSOM
- 52 Down: Attic (6)
- GARRET
- 53 Down: Inflates (5)
- PUFFS
- 54 Down: Sargent Shriver, to E.M.K. (5)
- INLAW
- 55 Down: Irish novelist Kathleen ___ (5)
- COYLE
- 59 Down: Greenish hue (4)
- AQUA
- 60 Down: Portable tent (4)
- YURT
- 62 Down: Prefix with sol or space (4)
- AERO
- 63 Down: Piggy-bank aperture (4)
- SLOT
- 64 Down: Latin ancestor of "essence" (4)
- ESSE
- 66 Down: Newscaster Pappas (3)
- IKE
- 67 Down: Ending for bull or bear (3)
- ISH
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