Saturday Crossword — March 13, 1982 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 3/13/1982. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cups, saucers, etc. (6)
- TEASET
- 7 Across: Action at Aqueduct (6)
- PARLAY
- 13 Across: Stockman (7)
- RANCHER
- 14 Across: Fatty esters (7)
- OLEATES
- 16 Across: At the last instant (15)
- INTHENICKOFTIME
- 18 Across: Crosscut (5)
- SAWED
- 19 Across: Karpov's forte (5)
- CHESS
- 20 Across: Méditerranée, e.g. (3)
- MER
- 21 Across: Protection (4)
- EGIS
- 22 Across: "The ___ Hand," Auden work: 1963 (5)
- DYERS
- 23 Across: "Va ___!" (Italian's approval) (4)
- BENE
- 24 Across: E.M.K., e.g. (3)
- SEN
- 25 Across: Leads the pack (5)
- PACES
- 26 Across: Break up a prom pair (5)
- CUTIN
- 27 Across: Sells wares (7)
- RETAILS
- 29 Across: Downcast (6)
- MOROSE
- 30 Across: Arbitrator's goal (9)
- AGREEMENT
- 32 Across: Lifting device (6)
- PULLEY
- 35 Across: It sounds like a glockenspiel (7)
- CELESTA
- 38 Across: Group whose name means "wild cats" (5)
- ERIES
- 39 Across: Having a bluish-gray hue (5)
- SLATY
- 40 Across: Banking abbr. (3)
- INT
- 42 Across: Does handwork (4)
- TATS
- 43 Across: Seeks truffles (5)
- ROOTS
- 44 Across: Go a round (4)
- SPAR
- 45 Across: Soldier or slave (3)
- ANT
- 46 Across: Bottle size (5)
- FIFTH
- 47 Across: Key letter (5)
- KAPPA
- 48 Across: Plant that may fade without shade (15)
- LILYOFTHEVALLEY
- 51 Across: Jack must be nimble here (7)
- STEEPLE
- 52 Across: Hermetically sealed (7)
- AIRLESS
- 53 Across: A use for art gum (6)
- ERASER
- 54 Across: Play turncoat (6)
- DESERT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Woodland bird (7)
- TANAGER
- 2 Down: Interweave (7)
- ENTWINE
- 3 Down: "My heart ___ . . . ": Keats (5)
- ACHES
- 4 Down: Unload (4)
- SHED
- 5 Down: Poetic word (3)
- EEN
- 6 Down: Kiddie car (8)
- TRICYCLE
- 7 Down: Fireplace tools (6)
- POKERS
- 8 Down: At ___ (nonplused) (5)
- ALOSS
- 9 Down: Grid "zebras" (4)
- REFS
- 10 Down: Map abbr. (3)
- LAT
- 11 Down: "___ to be born, and . . . " (7)
- ATIMETO
- 12 Down: Sana natives (7)
- YEMENIS
- 13 Down: Bullish times (5)
- RISES
- 15 Down: Peaceful (6)
- SERENE
- 17 Down: Fabric sometimes used as a strainer (11)
- CHEESECLOTH
- 22 Down: Kind of farm (5)
- DAIRY
- 23 Down: Reynolds and Lancaster (5)
- BURTS
- 25 Down: Leaves (5)
- PAGES
- 26 Down: European rabbit (5)
- CONEY
- 28 Down: Writ that summons new jurors (5)
- TALES
- 29 Down: Dissolves (5)
- MELTS
- 31 Down: Bunker's epithet for his son-in-law (8)
- MEATHEAD
- 32 Down: Potpourri ingredients (6)
- PETALS
- 33 Down: Chief ore of a fissionable element (7)
- URANITE
- 34 Down: U.S. Open winner: 1961 (7)
- LITTLER
- 36 Down: Pot-valiant, perhaps (7)
- TIPPLER
- 37 Down: Metrical foot (7)
- ANAPEST
- 39 Down: Not so hard (6)
- SOFTER
- 41 Down: Servers (5)
- TRAYS
- 43 Down: Ransack (5)
- RIFLE
- 44 Down: Château feature (5)
- SALLE
- 46 Down: Dandies (4)
- FOPS
- 47 Down: Periodically war-torn Turkish city (4)
- KARS
- 49 Down: Verily (3)
- YEA
- 50 Down: "Une ___," Maupassant novel (3)
- VIE
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