Saturday Crossword — February 20, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/20/1982. By Bert Rosenfield.

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Across Answers

1 Across: He played Pasteur (4)
MUNI
5 Across: ___, Baker, Charlie (4)
ABLE
9 Across: Aglets (4)
TAGS
13 Across: Neroli (9)
ORANGEOIL
15 Across: He painted "Clair de Lune" (5)
DUPRE
16 Across: Prepare a data card (9)
PERFORATE
17 Across: Deport (5)
EXPEL
18 Across: Miss Sweeney of "Anything Goes" (4)
RENO
19 Across: Hebrew letter (3)
MEM
21 Across: Monogram of "The Nun of Amherst" (3)
EED
22 Across: Have ___ (watch out) (5)
ACARE
24 Across: Words of interest (9)
PRIMERATE
27 Across: Macadamia, e.g. (3)
NUT
28 Across: Yellow or White (3)
SEA
29 Across: Emulates Aiken's Senlin (6)
ARISES
30 Across: Zwei follower (4)
DREI
32 Across: 72, usually (3)
PAR
33 Across: More precise (5)
NICER
34 Across: Hammer home (9)
REITERATE
37 Across: Dig find (5)
SHARD
39 Across: Masterson (3)
BAT
40 Across: Harbor vessel (4)
SCOW
44 Across: First-year headgear (6)
BEANIE
45 Across: Milieu for curlers who are hurlers (3)
ICE
46 Across: Salt Lake City athlete (3)
UTE
47 Across: Use a certain route in a dispute (9)
ARBITRATE
49 Across: A Davis (5)
BETTE
51 Across: Sweet age, to Sulla (3)
XVI
52 Across: B.&O. and D.L.&W. (3)
RYS
53 Across: Mosel tributary (4)
SAAR
54 Across: Boxer's prize (5)
TITLE
56 Across: Spread through (9)
PENETRATE
61 Across: "Maria ___," 1933 song (5)
ELENA
62 Across: Not subtle or refined (9)
ELEMENTAL
63 Across: Warren Beatty film (4)
REDS
64 Across: Himmler, for one (4)
NAZI
65 Across: Like some sitcoms (4)
SEXY

Down Answers

1 Down: Item wielded by a char (3)
MOP
2 Down: Suffix with press (3)
URE
3 Down: What Chaucer's pilgrims do (7)
NARRATE
4 Down: Imply's opposite, in a way (5)
INFER
5 Down: Baltic island (4)
AERO
6 Down: Nile green (3)
BOA
7 Down: Sozzled (3)
LIT
8 Down: Plastic resin (5)
ELEMI
9 Down: Wear for the maître d' (3)
TUX
10 Down: Do a Chamberlain (7)
APPEASE
11 Down: One in the Kennedy crowd (7)
GREETER
12 Down: He wrote "The Seven Lively Arts" (6)
SELDES
14 Down: Away (4)
GONE
15 Down: Punitive mark (7)
DEMERIT
20 Down: Debouch (7)
EMANATE
22 Down: Furthermore (3)
AND
23 Down: Vile one (3)
CUR
24 Down: Bog product (4)
PEAT
25 Down: Tangy snack (7)
RAREBIT
26 Down: Elmer and Grantland (5)
RICES
28 Down: Long, thin and angular (7)
SPIDERY
31 Down: Apt rhyme for Bani (5)
IRANI
35 Down: Its capital is Asmara (7)
ERITREA
36 Down: NASCAR event (4)
RACE
37 Down: Obsequious (7)
SERVILE
38 Down: In costume (7)
HABITED
41 Down: Cheap (7)
CUTRATE
42 Down: "Master Melvin" (3)
OTT
43 Down: Minuscule (3)
WEE
44 Down: A Union hero at Gettysburg (6)
BAXTER
48 Down: Western ski center (5)
ASPEN
49 Down: Lessen (4)
BATE
50 Down: Wins bread (5)
EARNS
53 Down: Turnpike rig (4)
SEMI
55 Down: Highway divs. (3)
LNS
57 Down: Guidonian note (3)
ELA
58 Down: Gris or Blanc follower (3)
NEZ
59 Down: Strain (3)
TAX
60 Down: English cathedral city (3)
ELY

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