Thursday Crossword — December 31, 1981 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/31/1981. By Robert Katz.
Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.
Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle
Across Answers
- 1 Across: January happening (4)
- SALE
- 5 Across: Verona's river (5)
- ADIGE
- 10 Across: Gave cause for a fine (4)
- SPED
- 14 Across: Famed Scottish reformer (4)
- KNOX
- 15 Across: Scrooge or Harpagon (5)
- MISER
- 16 Across: "Kiss Me, ___" (4)
- KATE
- 17 Across: Suffix with Israel (4)
- ITIC
- 18 Across: Feudal workers (5)
- ESNES
- 19 Across: Later (4)
- ANON
- 20 Across: U.S. expansionists' dream (15)
- MANIFESTDESTINY
- 23 Across: Car shoe (4)
- TIRE
- 24 Across: Jeanne d'Arc's title: Abbr. (3)
- STE
- 25 Across: " . . . ___ Kalamazoo" (5)
- GALIN
- 28 Across: Legendary bird (3)
- ROC
- 31 Across: Part of B.P.O.E. (5)
- ORDER
- 35 Across: Norse god (4)
- ODIN
- 36 Across: Italian thespians (6)
- ATTORI
- 38 Across: Gene material (3)
- RNA
- 39 Across: L.B.J.'s dream (15)
- THEGREATSOCIETY
- 42 Across: Kind of dog or foot (3)
- HOT
- 43 Across: "New Girl ___," 1957 musical (6)
- INTOWN
- 44 Across: Agrippina's son (4)
- NERO
- 45 Across: Disdain (5)
- SCORN
- 47 Across: Ending for Japan or Siam (3)
- ESE
- 48 Across: Food, in Frankfurt (5)
- ESSEN
- 49 Across: Many moons ___ (3)
- AGO
- 51 Across: Water buffalo (4)
- ARNI
- 53 Across: Rights enunciated by F.D.R. (15)
- THEFOURFREEDOMS
- 61 Across: Carry on (4)
- RANT
- 62 Across: Did a roofing job (5)
- TILED
- 63 Across: Give off (4)
- EMIT
- 64 Across: Ye ___ tea shoppe (4)
- OLDE
- 65 Across: The fullest possible (5)
- EVERY
- 66 Across: Boston Marathon, e.g. (4)
- RACE
- 67 Across: Room part (4)
- DOOR
- 68 Across: Della or Pee Wee (5)
- REESE
- 69 Across: Cinch (4)
- SNAP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Glide; sail (4)
- SKIM
- 2 Down: Theater org. (4)
- ANTA
- 3 Down: Beef cut (4)
- LOIN
- 4 Down: Like a roller-coaster ride (8)
- EXCITING
- 5 Down: Moslem prince (5)
- AMEER
- 6 Down: Discourse at length (10)
- DISSERTATE
- 7 Down: "If This ___ Love," 1946 song (4)
- ISNT
- 8 Down: Turned to the right (4)
- GEED
- 9 Down: Scottish and Irish Gaelic (5)
- ERSES
- 10 Down: Fleming or Hamill (6)
- SKATER
- 11 Down: Polish title for a married woman (4)
- PANI
- 12 Down: Kind of collar (4)
- ETON
- 13 Down: Repudiate (4)
- DENY
- 21 Down: Half a sawbuck (3)
- FIN
- 22 Down: Silent sufferer (5)
- STOIC
- 25 Down: Germanic people (5)
- GOTHS
- 26 Down: Committee type (5)
- ADHOC
- 27 Down: Nautical phrase (5)
- LIETO
- 29 Down: Preminger and Kruger (5)
- OTTOS
- 30 Down: Compurgators (10)
- COSWEARERS
- 32 Down: Endures, in Inverness (5)
- DREES
- 33 Down: ___ nous (5)
- ENTRE
- 34 Down: Early synthetic (5)
- RAYON
- 36 Down: Of copper or bronze: Abbr. (3)
- AEN
- 37 Down: R.R., to friends (3)
- RON
- 40 Down: A Starr (5)
- RINGO
- 41 Down: Those in the know (8)
- INSIDERS
- 46 Down: Beam (6)
- RAFTER
- 48 Down: Compass pt. (3)
- ENE
- 50 Down: ___ space (5)
- OUTER
- 52 Down: Tint again (5)
- REDYE
- 53 Down: Trampled (4)
- TROD
- 54 Down: Angel's accessory (4)
- HALO
- 55 Down: Prefix for skeleton or spore (4)
- ENDO
- 56 Down: Sunder (4)
- RIVE
- 57 Down: Take a powder (4)
- FLEE
- 58 Down: Gulf sultanate (4)
- OMAN
- 59 Down: Silicate (4)
- MICA
- 60 Down: Footfall (4)
- STEP
Ready to play?
Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.