Saturday Crossword — May 15, 1982 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/15/1982. By I. Judah Koolyk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Wicker basket (4)
- SKEP
- 5 Across: Macbeth, e.g. (4)
- SCOT
- 9 Across: Chinese firm (4)
- HONG
- 13 Across: "La Gioconda" first name (4)
- LISA
- 14 Across: Nirvana seeker (4)
- LAMA
- 15 Across: Arab sheikdom (5)
- DUBAI
- 16 Across: Type type: Abbr. (4)
- ITAL
- 17 Across: Parcel of land (4)
- ACRE
- 18 Across: Moslem "commanders" (5)
- EMIRS
- 19 Across: Brief outline (15)
- THUMBNAILSKETCH
- 22 Across: Baum's canine (4)
- TOTO
- 23 Across: Nasser's union: Abbr. (3)
- UAR
- 24 Across: Tree knot (5)
- GNARL
- 27 Across: Comedienne Lily et al. (7)
- TOMLINS
- 31 Across: Hitchhikers' code? (11)
- RULEOFTHUMB
- 34 Across: Kind of cloth or can (3)
- OIL
- 36 Across: Groundless (4)
- IDLE
- 37 Across: Stir (5)
- ROUSE
- 38 Across: Futhark character (4)
- RUNE
- 39 Across: Links org. (3)
- PGA
- 40 Across: Small fish (11)
- FINGERLINGS
- 42 Across: Escaroles (7)
- ENDIVES
- 44 Across: Assault (5)
- ONSET
- 45 Across: Prefix for system or sphere (3)
- ECO
- 46 Across: McEnroe rival (4)
- BORG
- 48 Across: Punch, in slanguage (15)
- KNUCKLESANDWICH
- 56 Across: Part of R.F.D. (5)
- RURAL
- 57 Across: Suite "bread" (4)
- RENT
- 58 Across: Miscellany (4)
- OLIO
- 59 Across: See 26 Down (5)
- ADALE
- 60 Across: Hindu title (4)
- RAJA
- 61 Across: Liturgy (4)
- RITE
- 62 Across: Certain colloids (4)
- GELS
- 63 Across: Word on an octagon (4)
- STOP
- 64 Across: National League's M.V.P. in 1954 (4)
- MAYS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Slash (4)
- SLIT
- 2 Down: Friends (4)
- KITH
- 3 Down: Jacob's twin (4)
- ESAU
- 4 Down: Where to get a date (8)
- PALMTREE
- 5 Down: Bevel (5)
- SLANT
- 6 Down: Chocolate source (5)
- CACAO
- 7 Down: A king of Israel (4)
- OMRI
- 8 Down: Asian weight (4)
- TAEL
- 9 Down: Scapulae neighbors (6)
- HUMERI
- 10 Down: Bio of sorts (4)
- OBIT
- 11 Down: Fed (4)
- NARC
- 12 Down: Dorothy or Lillian of stage fame (4)
- GISH
- 15 Down: Illinois city or county (6)
- DEKALB
- 20 Down: Kind of machete (4)
- BOLO
- 21 Down: Time to estivate (6)
- SUMMER
- 24 Down: Valise (4)
- GRIP
- 25 Down: Elbow (5)
- NUDGE
- 26 Down: With 59 Across, one of Robin Hood's men (5)
- ALLAN
- 27 Down: Hooligans (5)
- THUGS
- 28 Down: Name of three English rivers (4)
- OUSE
- 29 Down: Proper words, sometimes (5)
- NOUNS
- 30 Down: Burn (5)
- SINGE
- 32 Down: Trifle (6)
- FRIVOL
- 33 Down: Resiliency (4)
- TONE
- 35 Down: "___ we forget" (4)
- LEST
- 38 Down: Tinea (8)
- RINGWORM
- 40 Down: Like Lady Luck (6)
- FICKLE
- 41 Down: Title C. P. Snow held (4)
- LORD
- 43 Down: Transfers (6)
- DECALS
- 46 Down: Bluegrass instrument (5)
- BANJO
- 47 Down: Available (5)
- ONTAP
- 48 Down: Former Danish prime minister (4)
- KRAG
- 49 Down: Duchamp's "___ Descending a Staircase" (4)
- NUDE
- 50 Down: River to the Caspian (4)
- URAL
- 51 Down: Fluffs a fly (4)
- ERRS
- 52 Down: Exchange membership (4)
- SEAT
- 53 Down: Pelvic bones (4)
- ILIA
- 54 Down: Chaplin's "___ Lights" (4)
- CITY
- 55 Down: Mrs. Van Buren's maiden name (4)
- HOES
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