Monday Crossword — December 14, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/14/1981. By N. M. Meyer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Crow's cry (3)
- CAW
- 4 Across: After-dinner sweet (4)
- MINT
- 8 Across: Moved quickly (4)
- SPED
- 12 Across: Operatic solo (4)
- ARIA
- 14 Across: Melville work (4)
- OMOO
- 15 Across: Worry (4)
- CARE
- 16 Across: Glut on the market (10)
- OVERSUPPLY
- 18 Across: Algerian seaport (4)
- ORAN
- 19 Across: Best (6)
- FINEST
- 20 Across: Hotspur's fault (8)
- RASHNESS
- 22 Across: Level (4)
- FLAT
- 23 Across: "Pater Noster" finale (4)
- AMEN
- 25 Across: Yet, to Shakespeare (3)
- EEN
- 26 Across: Sackcloth and ___ (5)
- ASHES
- 28 Across: Expedite (6)
- HASTEN
- 31 Across: Canadian peninsula (5)
- GASPE
- 34 Across: Flower (5)
- ASTER
- 36 Across: "___ Maria" (3)
- AVE
- 37 Across: Accumulated (7)
- AMASSED
- 39 Across: Power losses (7)
- OUTAGES
- 41 Across: Title of respect (3)
- SIR
- 42 Across: Bow's opposite (5)
- STERN
- 44 Across: Happening (5)
- EVENT
- 45 Across: Noted English archeologist-Egyptologist: 1853–1942 (6)
- PETRIE
- 47 Across: Scene of four major W.W. I battles (5)
- AISNE
- 49 Across: Cry of triumph (3)
- OHO
- 50 Across: Mussolini title (4)
- DUCE
- 51 Across: Housecoat (4)
- ROBE
- 55 Across: ___ medicine (type of jurisprudence) (8)
- FORENSIC
- 58 Across: Crushed (6)
- MASHED
- 60 Across: San ___ Obispo (4)
- LUIS
- 61 Across: Appease (10)
- PROPITIATE
- 63 Across: Jacob's twin (4)
- ESAU
- 64 Across: Fever and chills (4)
- AGUE
- 65 Across: Wrongdoing, to a judge (4)
- TORT
- 66 Across: Snakelike fish (4)
- EELS
- 67 Across: Take it easy (4)
- REST
- 68 Across: Mamie Eisenhower, ___ Doud (3)
- NEE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Quibble (5)
- CAVIL
- 2 Down: Sporting area (5)
- ARENA
- 3 Down: Kin of "bugs" (8)
- WIRETAPS
- 4 Down: Swab (3)
- MOP
- 5 Down: Leave one's mark (7)
- IMPRESS
- 6 Down: Lynn ___ Ryan of baseball (5)
- NOLAN
- 7 Down: Pre-Christmas best sellers (4)
- TOYS
- 8 Down: Scottish cakes (6)
- SCONES
- 9 Down: Family-tree item (9)
- PARENTAGE
- 10 Down: Historical periods (4)
- ERAS
- 11 Down: Lairs (4)
- DENS
- 13 Down: Beast of burden (3)
- ASS
- 16 Down: Out of tune (3)
- OFF
- 17 Down: Beehive State (4)
- UTAH
- 21 Down: Encourage (7)
- HEARTEN
- 24 Down: Union general (5)
- MEADE
- 27 Down: Group meeting (7)
- SESSION
- 28 Down: Cicero's "Alas!" (3)
- HEU
- 29 Down: Flush (4)
- EVEN
- 30 Down: Shelter for a shoveler (4)
- NEST
- 31 Down: Struggle for air (4)
- GASP
- 32 Down: Girlfriend: Fr. (4)
- AMIE
- 33 Down: Of men's attire (9)
- SARTORIAL
- 35 Down: Invigorating potion (5)
- TONIC
- 38 Down: Juillet, août, etc. (3)
- ETE
- 40 Down: Intense dislike (8)
- AVERSION
- 43 Down: Loud and rowdy (7)
- RAUCOUS
- 46 Down: Research monkey (6)
- RHESUS
- 48 Down: Tractor-trailer (4)
- SEMI
- 50 Down: Lament (5)
- DIRGE
- 52 Down: Chicago airport (5)
- OHARE
- 53 Down: Actress Davis (5)
- BETTE
- 54 Down: Dutch commune (3)
- EDE
- 55 Down: Run away from home (4)
- FLEE
- 56 Down: Name of three English rivers (4)
- OUSE
- 57 Down: Box (4)
- SPAR
- 59 Down: D.A. (3)
- ATT
- 62 Down: Favorite (3)
- PET
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