Monday Crossword — February 22, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/22/1982. By Sidney L. Robbins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Con artist's ploy (4)
SCAM
5 Across: ___ donna (5)
PRIMA
10 Across: Sailor Masefield's steering aid (4)
STAR
14 Across: A Maxwell (4)
ELSA
15 Across: Support for Georgia O'Keeffe (5)
EASEL
16 Across: Call for Mr. Morris (4)
PAGE
17 Across: Competition (4)
MEET
18 Across: Emulate Raines of the Expos (5)
STEAL
19 Across: Work animals (4)
OXEN
20 Across: Bright words from Conrad Aiken (15)
IFACETHESUNRISE
23 Across: Target on a green (4)
HOLE
24 Across: Loss, at bridge (3)
SET
25 Across: Deposit (3)
PUT
28 Across: An uncle of Saul (3)
NER
29 Across: Frozen water in Berlin (3)
EIS
30 Across: Next after bi (3)
TRI
33 Across: Particular (4)
ITEM
35 Across: Stamped out (8)
SCOTCHED
37 Across: Heliophile's favorite phrase from "The Deserted Village" (15)
ETERNALSUNSHINE
41 Across: Rebukes (8)
CENSURES
42 Across: Theater org. (4)
ANTA
43 Across: Bitter vetch (3)
ERS
44 Across: Stack the deck (3)
RIG
45 Across: ___ Albert (3)
FAT
48 Across: Abbr. at a service station (3)
GAL
49 Across: Burro (3)
ASS
50 Across: Omnium-gatherum (4)
OLIO
52 Across: Thoroughfare for fading stars? (15)
SUNSETBOULEVARD
60 Across: Former TV sitcom (4)
ENOS
61 Across: Passageway (5)
AISLE
62 Across: Wiesel or Siegmeister (4)
ELIE
63 Across: Feminine ending (4)
ETTE
64 Across: Wire: Abbr. (5)
TELEG
65 Across: Dilemma in a drama (4)
NODE
66 Across: Keats or Yeats (4)
POET
67 Across: Wear down (5)
ERODE
68 Across: Pit (4)
SEED

Down Answers

1 Down: Prefix with tone (4)
SEMI
2 Down: Musical sign (4)
CLEF
3 Down: On the Coral (4)
ASEA
4 Down: Borg-McEnroe thriller (5)
MATCH
5 Down: Mortar pounder (6)
PESTLE
6 Down: Cronkite's successor (6)
RATHER
7 Down: Words of comprehension (4)
ISEE
8 Down: Yd. or in. (4)
MEAS
9 Down: Passing reference (8)
ALLUSION
10 Down: Big spender (5)
SPORT
11 Down: Run along a runway (4)
TAXI
12 Down: Ripens (4)
AGES
13 Down: Coty (4)
RENE
21 Down: Long period (3)
EON
22 Down: Homes for hoopoes (5)
NESTS
25 Down: Section (5)
PIECE
26 Down: Extreme (5)
UTTER
27 Down: Some salad days (5)
TEENS
29 Down: Shield or old coin (3)
ECU
30 Down: "Let's Call the Whole ___ Off" (5)
THING
31 Down: Designer de la ___ (5)
RENTA
32 Down: Perfection (5)
IDEAL
34 Down: Gamp or Grundy (3)
MRS
35 Down: Draft org. (3)
SSS
36 Down: Half the name of a dance (3)
CHA
38 Down: Tend the ill (5)
NURSE
39 Down: Awned (8)
ARISTATE
40 Down: Part of a trek (3)
LEG
45 Down: Hit very low, in boxing (6)
FOULED
46 Down: Assert sans evidence (6)
ALLEGE
47 Down: A must for a man in many a cafe (3)
TIE
49 Down: Liability's antithesis (5)
ASSET
51 Down: Kilns (5)
OVENS
52 Down: Ooze (4)
SEEP
53 Down: Preposition (4)
UNTO
54 Down: Observe (4)
NOTE
55 Down: Rathskeller quaff (4)
BIER
56 Down: Site of the Nobel Institute (4)
OSLO
57 Down: Succulent plant of dry areas (4)
ALOE
58 Down: Use a bridle path (4)
RIDE
59 Down: Title document (4)
DEED

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