Friday Crossword — February 26, 1982 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/26/1982. By Mel Rosen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Disintegrate (7)
- ATOMIZE
- 8 Across: Cheer (7)
- HEARTEN
- 15 Across: Kin of a cookie jar (7)
- CAKEBOX
- 16 Across: Get (7)
- ACQUIRE
- 17 Across: Translucent type of glass (7)
- OPALINE
- 18 Across: School figure (7)
- STUDENT
- 19 Across: Tie fabric (3)
- REP
- 20 Across: Factions (5)
- SECTS
- 22 Across: Early Dr. Kildare (5)
- AYRES
- 23 Across: Creek (3)
- RIA
- 25 Across: One-on-one contests (5)
- DUELS
- 27 Across: 12-year-old (7)
- PRETEEN
- 29 Across: Sounds of laughter (4)
- HAHA
- 33 Across: Used air-to-ground machine guns (7)
- STRAFED
- 35 Across: Thoroughfare (6)
- AVENUE
- 37 Across: Came (7)
- ARRIVED
- 38 Across: One who evades the issue (7)
- SKIRTER
- 39 Across: Hot, to a hood (6)
- STOLEN
- 40 Across: Shrove ___ (7)
- TUESDAY
- 41 Across: Arthur Garfield ___ (4)
- HAYS
- 42 Across: Metrical foot (7)
- SPONDEE
- 44 Across: TV's Verdugo (5)
- ELENA
- 45 Across: Coq ___ (3)
- DOR
- 48 Across: Plane (5)
- SHAVE
- 53 Across: City northeast of Venice (5)
- UDINE
- 55 Across: Fight (3)
- ROW
- 57 Across: Gear for Ansel Adams (7)
- CAMERAS
- 59 Across: Bucolic poem (7)
- ECLOGUE
- 61 Across: Surplus (7)
- OVERAGE
- 62 Across: Ravel-proof edge (7)
- SELVAGE
- 63 Across: Tutelary deities (7)
- PENATES
- 64 Across: Got ready for action (7)
- TRAINED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Acidity (4)
- ACOR
- 2 Down: Come to a point gradually (5)
- TAPER
- 3 Down: Giraffe's cousin (5)
- OKAPI
- 4 Down: Torme (3)
- MEL
- 5 Down: Wading bird (4)
- IBIS
- 6 Down: Gridiron ploy (11)
- ZONEDEFENSE
- 7 Down: Carried out (8)
- EXECUTED
- 8 Down: Be a pain in the neck (6)
- HASSLE
- 9 Down: Outer: Prefix (3)
- ECT
- 10 Down: Light greenish blue (4)
- AQUA
- 11 Down: Vallee (4)
- RUDY
- 12 Down: Pinafore (4)
- TIER
- 13 Down: Lake in Ireland (4)
- ERNE
- 14 Down: Jersey cagers (4)
- NETS
- 21 Down: ___ off (irate) (4)
- TEED
- 24 Down: " . . . young ___ blue surprise": O'Donnell (6)
- APRILS
- 26 Down: One in a zigzag procession (11)
- SNAKEDANCER
- 28 Down: Hoped-for review (4)
- RAVE
- 29 Down: Kept in line (6)
- HERDED
- 30 Down: Architectural pier (4)
- ANTA
- 31 Down: One of the Long fellows (4)
- HUEY
- 32 Down: Atmosphere: Prefix (3)
- AER
- 33 Down: Mex. girl's title (4)
- SRTA
- 34 Down: To which Helen was taken (4)
- TROY
- 36 Down: Shop tool (4)
- VISE
- 37 Down: Eliot's "___ Wednesday" (3)
- ASH
- 38 Down: Least clouded over (8)
- SUNNIEST
- 40 Down: ___ the line (behaved) (4)
- TOED
- 43 Down: Assets (6)
- PLUSES
- 46 Down: Radio City Music Hall feature (5)
- ORGAN
- 47 Down: Makeup (5)
- ROUGE
- 48 Down: Old minstrel (4)
- SCOP
- 49 Down: Experience (4)
- HAVE
- 50 Down: It is so (4)
- AMEN
- 51 Down: Vague on the screen (4)
- VERA
- 52 Down: What "est" becomes tomorrow (4)
- ERAT
- 54 Down: Name meaning "elfin" (4)
- ELLA
- 56 Down: Knawel is one (4)
- WEED
- 58 Down: Ripen (3)
- AGE
- 60 Down: Egg: Prefix (3)
- OVI
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