Saturday Crossword — February 6, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/6/1982. By John Greenman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Educ. network (3)
PBS
4 Across: Place at a slant (4)
SKEW
8 Across: Gland: Comb. form (4)
ADEN
12 Across: De ___, in "The Green Pastures" (4)
LAWD
14 Across: Queenly name (4)
ANNE
15 Across: Given to glumness (5)
MOODY
16 Across: Afghan pass (4)
UNAI
17 Across: Abode for a queen (4)
HIVE
18 Across: Become worn (5)
ERODE
19 Across: Map abbr. (4)
MTNS
20 Across: Bygone days (3)
AGO
21 Across: Contestant (5)
ENTRY
22 Across: June holiday, in Boston (13)
BUNKERHILLDAY
25 Across: Breadth, for short (3)
LAT
26 Across: Wynn and Sullivan (3)
EDS
27 Across: Clerical robe (3)
ALB
30 Across: Personal benefits (5)
SAKES
34 Across: Rte. of a sort (3)
AVE
35 Across: Ma Bell's code (4)
AREA
36 Across: May holiday, in Missouri (15)
TRUMANSBIRTHDAY
40 Across: Affectations (4)
AIRS
41 Across: "And when I ___ my lips . . . ": Shak. (3)
OPE
42 Across: Padlock adjuncts (5)
HASPS
43 Across: Jerboa's kin (3)
RAT
44 Across: Actress Arthur (3)
BEA
45 Across: Hubbub (3)
ADO
47 Across: November holiday, in Oklahoma (13)
WILLROGERSDAY
54 Across: Yields (5)
CEDES
55 Across: "Gone ___ the days . . . " (3)
ARE
56 Across: Verdi work (4)
AIDA
57 Across: Extrinsic (5)
ALIEN
58 Across: Choreographic unit (4)
STEP
59 Across: "The Fallen ___," 1948 film (4)
IDOL
60 Across: ___ days (5)
SALAD
61 Across: Lose one's sunburn (4)
PEEL
62 Across: Class (4)
SORT
63 Across: Word divs. (4)
SYLS
64 Across: Singer Gibb (4)
ANDY
65 Across: Monsarrat's "The Cruel ___" (3)
SEA

Down Answers

1 Down: Probe into (5)
PLUMB
2 Down: African language group (5)
BANTU
3 Down: Proust protagonist (5)
SWANN
4 Down: Arid region (6)
SAHARA
5 Down: Order of the Garter member (6)
KNIGHT
6 Down: Ballade's finale (5)
ENVOI
7 Down: Minuscule (3)
WEE
8 Down: Trunk within a trunk (5)
AORTA
9 Down: Frontage plots (9)
DOORYARDS
10 Down: Air current (4)
EDDY
11 Down: Actress Carrie (3)
NYE
13 Down: Paten (4)
DISK
15 Down: Uses a darning egg (5)
MENDS
21 Down: Church officer (5)
ELDER
23 Down: "Born Free" cat (4)
ELSA
24 Down: A son of Leah and Jacob (4)
LEVI
28 Down: Kind of year (4)
LEAP
29 Down: Wall recesses (4)
BAYS
30 Down: Vega or attraction at Vegas (4)
STAR
31 Down: "Tosca" treat (4)
ARIA
32 Down: Composer of "Street Scene" (9)
KURTWEILL
33 Down: Quartet in "I Remember Mama" (3)
EMS
34 Down: Famous February nickname (3)
ABE
35 Down: Historians' org. (3)
AHA
37 Down: Holiday songs (5)
NOELS
38 Down: Help Holmes to tune up (4)
SPAR
39 Down: Eponym for the fifth of seven (4)
THOR
44 Down: Harmonize (5)
BLEND
45 Down: Of one opinion (6)
AGREED
46 Down: With profundity (6)
DEEPLY
48 Down: Notions (5)
IDEAS
49 Down: Containing a grain (5)
OATEN
50 Down: Ancient Egyptian city (4)
SAIS
51 Down: Pranks (5)
DIDOS
52 Down: Anagram for oread (5)
ADORE
53 Down: Conference site of 1945 (5)
YALTA
54 Down: Kind of pigeon (4)
CLAY
57 Down: Zebra's cousin (3)
ASS
58 Down: Where to "take the waters" (3)
SPA

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