Monday Crossword — April 5, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/5/1982. By Charles Engler.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Foiler of 40 felons (4)
BABA
5 Across: Bob the bait (3)
DIB
8 Across: "What a relief!" (4)
WHEW
12 Across: Antiquing device (4)
AGER
13 Across: Vehicle for a V.I.P. (4)
LIMO
14 Across: Rain-forest climber (5)
LIANA
15 Across: Composer of "Fidelio" (9)
BEETHOVEN
17 Across: Illinois city (5)
ALTON
18 Across: Hankering (3)
YEN
19 Across: Biblical blessings (10)
BEATITUDES
21 Across: Capt.'s deck aide (4)
BOSN
22 Across: Pay dirt (3)
ORE
23 Across: Teems (6)
SWARMS
26 Across: Fleshy fruit (4)
POME
28 Across: Passé: Abbr. (3)
OBS
31 Across: Lesser Antilles Indian (5)
CARIB
32 Across: Summer buzzer (9)
BUMBLEBEE
34 Across: Part of a car (4)
AXLE
35 Across: Edward Everett and Nathan (5)
HALES
36 Across: Fuzz (4)
LINT
37 Across: Yeoman of the king's guard (9)
BEEFEATER
39 Across: Argosy (5)
FLEET
40 Across: Draft org. (3)
SSS
41 Across: German song (4)
LIED
42 Across: Magician's word (6)
PRESTO
43 Across: Arithmetic stat. (3)
AVG
44 Across: Lo or chow ___ (4)
MEIN
45 Across: W.C. Handy's "___ Blues" (11)
BEALESTREET
50 Across: Bar need (3)
ICE
53 Across: Abalone (5)
ORMER
54 Across: Fallen angel in "Paradise Lost" (9)
BEELZEBUB
56 Across: Consumers (5)
USERS
57 Across: Tiny hill-builders (4)
ANTS
58 Across: "Rio ___" (4)
RITA
59 Across: Kind of tube (4)
TEST
60 Across: ___ gestae (things done) (3)
RES
61 Across: A Yemini capital (4)
ADEN

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ Snooks (4)
BABY
2 Down: He wrote "The Morning Watch" (4)
AGEE
3 Down: "I've ___ to London . . . " (4)
BEEN
4 Down: Knack (3)
ART
5 Down: Setting for an odalisque (5)
DIVAN
6 Down: "___ a man who wasn't there" (4)
IMET
7 Down: Extra pay, in Provence (4)
BONI
8 Down: "De Profundis" author (5)
WILDE
9 Down: Abominate (4)
HATE
10 Down: "Country" Slaughter (4)
ENOS
11 Down: Languid (3)
WAN
13 Down: Loamy deposit (5)
LOESS
14 Down: Symbol of victory (6)
LAUREL
16 Down: Exploder at Eniwetok: 1952 (5)
HBOMB
20 Down: Cenotaphs (5)
TOMBS
21 Down: Sketchy (5)
BRIEF
23 Down: Finks (5)
SCABS
24 Down: Polishes (5)
WAXES
25 Down: Van Gogh painted here (5)
ARLES
26 Down: Whined (5)
PULED
27 Down: Hebrew dry measure (4)
OMER
28 Down: Off Broadway kudos (5)
OBIES
29 Down: He wrote "John Brown's Body" (5)
BENET
30 Down: Begin earnestly (5)
SETTO
32 Down: Moderate (4)
BATE
33 Down: Glasgow (5)
ELLEN
35 Down: Alexander M. and Sir Douglas (5)
HAIGS
38 Down: Young eels (6)
ELVERS
39 Down: Ex-Veep Mondale, to pals (5)
FRITZ
42 Down: What a stripper does (5)
PEELS
43 Down: Wide-awake (5)
ALERT
44 Down: Fits (5)
MEETS
45 Down: Ring battle (4)
BOUT
46 Down: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
47 Down: City on the Skunk (4)
AMES
48 Down: Skiers' lift (4)
TBAR
49 Down: "Good King ___" of old Naples (4)
RENE
50 Down: Footnote abbr. (4)
IBID
51 Down: Petite and pretty (4)
CUTE
52 Down: Abba of Israel (4)
EBAN
55 Down: Notable time (3)
ERA

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