Saturday Crossword — May 29, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/29/1982. By Whitman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tangle (3)
MAT
4 Across: Peruvian Indian (4)
ANTI
8 Across: Loggia del Mercato site (4)
PISA
12 Across: One of Cleopatra's maids (4)
IRAS
14 Across: Peers of the ___ (5)
REALM
16 Across: R. Strauss character (4)
OCHS
17 Across: Pekin fiber (4)
SILK
18 Across: Thumb one's nose (10)
COCKASNOOK
20 Across: Stage dance (8)
CAKEWALK
22 Across: ESP pioneer (5)
RHINE
23 Across: Either of the Dromios (4)
TWIN
24 Across: "Mercure" composer (5)
SATIE
26 Across: Had a showdown (6)
DUELED
28 Across: Becomes enraged (7)
SEESRED
32 Across: Beach fabric (5)
TERRY
33 Across: Sight at Chichén Itzá (5)
RUINS
35 Across: Sequestered room (3)
ODA
36 Across: Order having teeth (4)
ELKS
37 Across: Lanyards (5)
CORDS
38 Across: "Ho sete! Ho sete!" is one (4)
DUET
39 Across: Goddess banished from Olympus (3)
ATE
40 Across: Certain botanical progeny (5)
CLONE
41 Across: Metaphysical poet (5)
DONNE
42 Across: Kind of urban race (7)
MAYORAL
44 Across: Sets upright (6)
STANDS
46 Across: Jerome Hines, e.g. (5)
BASSO
48 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
49 Across: Short news paragraphs (5)
ITEMS
51 Across: A neighbor of Minnesota (8)
MANITOBA
55 Across: Sitting duck's kin (10)
CLAYPIGEON
57 Across: Lustrous black (4)
EBON
58 Across: Lap dog, for short (4)
PEKE
59 Across: "Laugh-In" lass (5)
CARNE
60 Across: Power (4)
DINT
61 Across: Fired (4)
AXED
62 Across: River to the North Sea (4)
YSER
63 Across: American humorist (3)
NYE

Down Answers

1 Down: Assorted: Abbr. (4)
MISC
2 Down: Sutherland specialty (4)
ARIA
3 Down: Mean business (10)
TALKTURKEY
4 Down: Mysterious (6)
ARCANE
5 Down: New wd. (4)
NEOL
6 Down: Temporary stitches (5)
TACKS
7 Down: Kind (3)
ILK
8 Down: Shetlands (6)
PONIES
9 Down: Image (4)
ICON
10 Down: Pump (4)
SHOE
11 Down: Inquire (3)
ASK
13 Down: Barbecue tools (7)
SKEWERS
15 Down: Glossy-coated carnivores (7)
MARTENS
19 Down: Recoils (5)
SHIES
21 Down: Cunning (4)
WILY
25 Down: Digressions (6)
ASIDES
26 Down: Fraternity letter (5)
DELTA
27 Down: Talks foolishly (6)
DROOLS
29 Down: Petition of a sort (10)
ROUNDROBIN
30 Down: Anthony and Clarissa (5)
EDENS
31 Down: Type of line (4)
DATE
32 Down: Chicago's Sting is one (4)
TEAM
34 Down: Ossuary (3)
URN
37 Down: "Moby Dick," e.g. (7)
CLASSIC
38 Down: Gave (7)
DONATED
40 Down: Writer's ___ (5)
CRAMP
41 Down: "Persistence of Memory" painter (4)
DALI
43 Down: Complied with (6)
OBEYED
45 Down: Roscoe of tennis (6)
TANNER
47 Down: Hebrew seven-week periods (5)
OMERS
49 Down: Holly (4)
ILEX
50 Down: Appropriate (4)
TAKE
52 Down: Tops (4)
AONE
53 Down: Like shad (4)
BONY
54 Down: Certain entrance fee (4)
ANTE
55 Down: April V.I.P. (3)
CPA
56 Down: He wrote "The Beggar's Opera" (3)
GAY

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