Saturday Crossword — December 5, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/5/1981. By Fraas.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Now he belongs to the ___" (4)
- AGES
- 5 Across: Lodge (4)
- ROOM
- 9 Across: Salk (5)
- JONAS
- 14 Across: Shade of brown (4)
- RUST
- 15 Across: Bombeck (4)
- ERMA
- 16 Across: "Lakme," e.g. (5)
- OPERA
- 17 Across: Winglike parts (4)
- ALAE
- 18 Across: Change direction (4)
- VEER
- 19 Across: ___ hand (5)
- HIRED
- 20 Across: Casual wear (9)
- BLUEJEANS
- 22 Across: ___ stores (resinous products) (5)
- NAVAL
- 23 Across: Garnish (4)
- LARD
- 24 Across: How some puddings are prepared (7)
- HASTILY
- 26 Across: Wretched (6)
- ABJECT
- 29 Across: Baluster shaper (5)
- LATHE
- 30 Across: Heep and Cratchit (6)
- CLERKS
- 31 Across: Oil: Comb. form (4)
- OLEO
- 32 Across: Opposite of yang (3)
- YIN
- 35 Across: "Midnight Cowboy" character (5)
- RATSO
- 36 Across: ___ Nidre (Yom Kippur prayer) (3)
- KOL
- 37 Across: Spain's national museum (5)
- PRADO
- 39 Across: Printemps follower (3)
- ETE
- 40 Across: Rested (4)
- LAIN
- 42 Across: Pierce (6)
- SKEWER
- 43 Across: Nickname of Edward VIII's bride (5)
- WALLY
- 44 Across: Upset (6)
- TIPPED
- 45 Across: Denoting rank (7)
- ORDINAL
- 48 Across: Healthy, in Brindisi (4)
- SANO
- 49 Across: Purpose (5)
- POINT
- 50 Across: Elite Turkish soldier, formerly (9)
- JANISSARY
- 55 Across: Quash, in law (5)
- ABATE
- 56 Across: Buck heroine (4)
- OLAN
- 57 Across: Wading bird (4)
- IBIS
- 58 Across: Solitarian (5)
- LONER
- 59 Across: Bind (4)
- YOKE
- 60 Across: Blue or White (4)
- NILE
- 61 Across: Niña's end (5)
- STERN
- 62 Across: Germ (4)
- SEED
- 63 Across: Grandpa Walton was his most noted role (4)
- GEER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Swift horse (4)
- ARAB
- 2 Down: Dupe (4)
- GULL
- 3 Down: A son of Rebekah (4)
- ESAU
- 4 Down: Four-time Super Bowl winners (8)
- STEELERS
- 5 Down: Goes back (7)
- REVERTS
- 6 Down: Echo, e.g. (5)
- OREAD
- 7 Down: Sign (4)
- OMEN
- 8 Down: Secretary of State: 1947–49 (8)
- MARSHALL
- 9 Down: U.S. financier-philanthropist: 1795–1873 (12)
- JOHNSHOPKINS
- 10 Down: Narcotic (6)
- OPIATE
- 11 Down: Innovative Italian architect (5)
- NERVI
- 12 Down: Regional (5)
- AREAL
- 13 Down: With sorrow (5)
- SADLY
- 21 Down: Ignis fatuus (12)
- JACKOLANTERN
- 25 Down: Eroded (3)
- ATE
- 26 Down: Mediterranean port (4)
- ACRE
- 27 Down: Calf's complaint (4)
- BLAT
- 28 Down: Ballet jump (4)
- JETE
- 29 Down: Off one's rocker (5)
- LOONY
- 32 Down: Raucous cry (4)
- YAWP
- 33 Down: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 34 Down: Far northern French department (4)
- NORD
- 36 Down: Party poopers (8)
- KILLJOYS
- 38 Down: Abed (8)
- REPOSING
- 41 Down: So. state (3)
- ALA
- 42 Down: Like panes in rose windows (7)
- STAINED
- 43 Down: July–August in Australia (6)
- WINTER
- 45 Down: Geyserites (5)
- OPALS
- 46 Down: Golem, for one (5)
- ROBOT
- 47 Down: Steak ___ (with cognac and sherry) (5)
- DIANE
- 48 Down: Treacherous person (5)
- SNAKE
- 51 Down: Medicinal herb (4)
- ALOE
- 52 Down: Anne Nichols hero (4)
- ABIE
- 53 Down: Irritate (4)
- RILE
- 54 Down: North Sea feeder (4)
- YSER
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