STEPQUOTE FOR '82 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/3/1982. By E.T.M..
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Start of Stepquote (6)
- LORDMA
- 7 Across: Propounded (5)
- POSED
- 12 Across: Love song (6)
- BALLAD
- 18 Across: Yukon garb (6)
- ANORAK
- 19 Across: Daydream (7)
- REVERIE
- 21 Across: Panay port (6)
- ILOILO
- 22 Across: Safe (6)
- SECURE
- 23 Across: Diaskeuast's task (7)
- EDITING
- 24 Across: Principal's kin (6)
- RECTOR
- 25 Across: Haven (3)
- ARK
- 26 Across: Indulge in cabotinage (5)
- EMOTE
- 28 Across: Black-belt art (6)
- KARATE
- 30 Across: Norris Dam agcy. (3)
- TVA
- 31 Across: Darrow client (4)
- LOEB
- 33 Across: Stepquote: Part III (6)
- EWISER
- 36 Across: Hebrew letter (4)
- RESH
- 37 Across: Absquatulated (4)
- FLED
- 38 Across: Pandurinas (5)
- LUTES
- 40 Across: More recent (6)
- LATTER
- 42 Across: The sandbox set (8)
- TODDLERS
- 44 Across: Perfume (7)
- ESSENCE
- 46 Across: Lifetime, to Lucretius (5)
- AEVUM
- 48 Across: "Father of French Surgery" (4)
- PARE
- 49 Across: Gate (6)
- PORTAL
- 51 Across: Month after Ab (4)
- ELUL
- 53 Across: "___ Have Broadway," 1906 song (6)
- YOUCAN
- 57 Across: Item raised by some sharks (8)
- INTEREST
- 60 Across: German seaport (6)
- BREMEN
- 62 Across: Disposed (5)
- PRONE
- 63 Across: Affair at a salon (6)
- SOIREE
- 64 Across: "___ Valentine" (4)
- TOMY
- 66 Across: Jerseys' laments (4)
- MOOS
- 68 Across: Beatles' Pepper (3)
- SGT
- 69 Across: Slews (4)
- LOTS
- 70 Across: Considerable sum of money (11)
- PRETTYPENNY
- 73 Across: Appear (4)
- SEEM
- 74 Across: "Spring ahead" in N.Y.C. (3)
- EDT
- 75 Across: Gypsum (4)
- YESO
- 76 Across: Saarinen (4)
- EERO
- 77 Across: Mrs. Kowalski (6)
- STELLA
- 79 Across: Oleoresin (5)
- ELEMI
- 82 Across: Mouth: Comb. form (6)
- STOMAT
- 84 Across: Beating of a drum (8)
- RATAPLAN
- 86 Across: Scrutinize (6)
- PERUSE
- 88 Across: Aspersion (4)
- SLUR
- 89 Across: Delitescent (6)
- LATENT
- 90 Across: "___ little prayer . . . " (4)
- SAYA
- 92 Across: Inspiration for Pindar (5)
- ERATO
- 94 Across: Query in I Samuel 17 (7)
- AMIADOG
- 98 Across: Site of a Bernini baldacchino (8)
- STPETERS
- 102 Across: Accrues (6)
- ENURES
- 104 Across: Canyon or Carlton (5)
- STEVE
- 105 Across: Cries of triumph (4)
- AHAS
- 106 Across: European coal basin (4)
- SAAR
- 108 Across: Stepquote: Part V (6)
- DBETTE
- 110 Across: Legendary Irish king (4)
- EBER
- 111 Across: Suffix with cash (3)
- IER
- 112 Across: Drooped (6)
- LOLLED
- 114 Across: Soothing word (5)
- THERE
- 116 Across: Estuary (3)
- ARM
- 117 Across: Segovia's companion (6)
- GUITAR
- 119 Across: Issue forth (7)
- EMANATE
- 122 Across: Early center of Christianity (6)
- EDESSA
- 124 Across: Take for granted (6)
- ASSUME
- 125 Across: Naval stores item (7)
- PINETAR
- 126 Across: Dancer-actor Ben (6)
- VEREEN
- 127 Across: Titles in colonial India (6)
- SAHIBS
- 128 Across: Headline word in July 1973 (5)
- TAPES
- 129 Across: End of Stepquote (6)
- ERYDAY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: He named Louisiana (7)
- LASALLE
- 2 Down: Burdensome (7)
- ONEROUS
- 3 Down: "And the ___ red glare . . . " (7)
- ROCKETS
- 4 Down: Actress Joanne (3)
- DRU
- 5 Down: Stable belle (4)
- MARE
- 6 Down: Stepquote: Part II (5)
- AKEME
- 7 Down: Place for an idol (8)
- PEDESTAL
- 8 Down: Egg: Comb. form (3)
- OVI
- 9 Down: Coterie (3)
- SET
- 10 Down: Composer Satie (4)
- ERIK
- 11 Down: Coin in Qain (5)
- DINAR
- 12 Down: "A ___ Thought" (Stepquote source) (8)
- BIRTHDAY
- 13 Down: Nautical term (4)
- ALEE
- 14 Down: ___ cit. (footnote) (3)
- LOC
- 15 Down: Popular impersonator (6)
- LITTLE
- 16 Down: "It was ___ and his lass": Shak. (6)
- ALOVER
- 17 Down: Catfish (6)
- DORADS
- 19 Down: Neural networks (5)
- RETIA
- 20 Down: Showy bird (5)
- EGRET
- 27 Down: Young hooters (6)
- OWLETS
- 29 Down: Soaking wet (4)
- ASOP
- 32 Down: Devices emitting signals (7)
- BEEPERS
- 34 Down: Printemps follower (3)
- ETE
- 35 Down: Stepquote: Part IV (13)
- REVERYYEARAND
- 37 Down: ___-de-lis (5)
- FLEUR
- 39 Down: Saw cords in bed (5)
- SNORE
- 41 Down: Govern (4)
- RULE
- 43 Down: Tackle; sack (4)
- DROP
- 45 Down: Like a ghost story (6)
- CREEPY
- 47 Down: Pantomimist (6)
- MUMMER
- 50 Down: Certifies under oath (7)
- ATTESTS
- 52 Down: "Il Trovatore" heroine (7)
- LEONORA
- 54 Down: TV sportscaster (6)
- COSELL
- 55 Down: Writer Thirkell (6)
- ANGELA
- 56 Down: Connors is one (6)
- NETMAN
- 57 Down: "And miles to go before ___": Frost (6)
- ISLEEP
- 58 Down: Tickle the keys idly (6)
- NOODLE
- 59 Down: Giggle (6)
- TITTER
- 60 Down: N.Y.C. subway (3)
- BMT
- 61 Down: Sine qua ___ (3)
- NON
- 65 Down: Burton's co-star in "Becket" (6)
- OTOOLE
- 67 Down: Complex of schools (6)
- SYSTEM
- 71 Down: In medias ___ (3)
- RES
- 72 Down: Cosset (3)
- PET
- 73 Down: Partitioned (7)
- SEPTATE
- 78 Down: Ancient Egyptian city (5)
- TANIS
- 80 Down: Ponders (5)
- MUSES
- 81 Down: "___ engaged in guessing . . . ": Poe (4)
- ISAT
- 83 Down: Imprison (4)
- MURE
- 85 Down: "___ of Honey" (6)
- ATASTE
- 87 Down: Sights that are blights (8)
- EYESORES
- 89 Down: Young and Swit (8)
- LORETTAS
- 91 Down: Sea in Turkestan (4)
- ARAL
- 93 Down: Junior's Saturday evening post (3)
- TUB
- 95 Down: Lowered (7)
- DEBASED
- 96 Down: Abroad, to a Londoner (7)
- OVERSEA
- 97 Down: Where to get good marks (7)
- GERMANY
- 98 Down: Siberian antelopes (6)
- SAIGAS
- 99 Down: Les Etats-Unis (6)
- THEUSA
- 100 Down: Celtics' center (6)
- PARISH
- 101 Down: Starchy foodstuff (5)
- SALEP
- 103 Down: Wide blue yonder (5)
- ETHER
- 107 Down: Pardon (5)
- REMIT
- 109 Down: Stepquote: Part VI (5)
- EREVE
- 112 Down: Author of the Stepquote (4)
- LAMB
- 113 Down: Famed newspaper editor: 1819–97 (4)
- DANA
- 115 Down: River joining the Fulda (4)
- EDER
- 118 Down: Parson bird (3)
- TUI
- 120 Down: Cotton knot (3)
- NEP
- 121 Down: Spenserian hag (3)
- ATE
- 123 Down: Suffix with cook or rook (3)
- ERY
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