Friday Crossword — June 4, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/4/1982. By Catherine Benante.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Gamma's predecessor (4)
BETA
5 Across: Lane to the plane (4)
RAMP
9 Across: "Come ___," former B'way hit (5)
OFAGE
14 Across: Muriel ___, star of 9 Across (4)
RAHN
15 Across: Kind of exam (4)
ORAL
16 Across: Pendulous parts of hounds' lips (5)
FLEWS
17 Across: Wide-eyed (4)
AGOG
18 Across: Beget (4)
SIRE
19 Across: Leporidae (5)
HARES
20 Across: Dwellers in Pandemonium (6)
DEMONS
22 Across: Tolstoy's Anna (8)
KARENINA
24 Across: Sideshow (5)
RAREE
25 Across: Gogol's "___ Souls" (4)
DEAD
26 Across: "Being and Nothingness" author (6)
SARTRE
29 Across: Remit beforehand (6)
PREPAY
33 Across: Fortify (3)
ARM
35 Across: Chinese secret society (4)
TONG
37 Across: British fruit baskets (5)
TRUGS
38 Across: Page (4)
LEAF
40 Across: Roles for Ferrer and Plummer (5)
IAGOS
42 Across: Snick's partner (4)
SNEE
43 Across: Boleyn and Frank (5)
ANNES
45 Across: Nut part (4)
MEAT
46 Across: Suffix with salt or fruit (3)
IER
47 Across: Petrarch piece (6)
SONNET
49 Across: Guanacos' cousins (6)
LLAMAS
52 Across: Burl or Charles (4)
IVES
54 Across: Closet culprits (5)
MOTHS
56 Across: Raskolnikov's ordeal, with 30 Down (8)
CRIMEAND
60 Across: Dealer in tarts (6)
PIEMAN
62 Across: Whirligig (5)
ROTOR
63 Across: Rhine tributary (4)
AARE
65 Across: Cotton gauze (4)
LENO
66 Across: Concern of an impresario (5)
OPERA
67 Across: Dolt (4)
CLOD
68 Across: Within: Comb. form (4)
ENTO
69 Across: Desert mount (5)
CAMEL
70 Across: Soar (4)
KITE
71 Across: Musial (4)
STAN

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ Park, Ranger who became a Bruin (4)
BRAD
2 Down: Kind of beaver (5)
EAGER
3 Down: He wrote "The Magic Mountain" (10)
THOMASMANN
4 Down: Mohair (6)
ANGORA
5 Down: A leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (8)
ROSSETTI
6 Down: Memorable tycoon's nickname (3)
ARI
7 Down: Follower of land or book (4)
MARK
8 Down: Argue at the bar (5)
PLEAD
9 Down: " . . . great searchings ___": Judges 5:16 (7)
OFHEART
10 Down: Defoe's Moll (8)
FLANDERS
11 Down: Air: Prefix (4)
AERI
12 Down: Verdon (4)
GWEN
13 Down: She, in Siena (4)
ESSA
21 Down: Saul's uncle (3)
NER
23 Down: Agt. (3)
REP
27 Down: Stray (4)
ROAM
28 Down: German economist: 1821–96 (5)
ENGEL
30 Down: See 56 Across (10)
PUNISHMENT
31 Down: "African Queen" scriptwriter (4)
AGEE
32 Down: French and Belgian waterway (4)
YSER
33 Down: Unfortunately (4)
ALAS
34 Down: Where mates are soon parted (4)
RENO
36 Down: Target (4)
GOAL
39 Down: Novelist Cooper's middle name (8)
FENIMORE
41 Down: Panic on the Ponderosa (8)
STAMPEDE
44 Down: Vague number (7)
SEVERAL
48 Down: English ritual (3)
TEA
50 Down: Me. in Nancy (3)
MOI
51 Down: Spider-monkey genus (6)
ATELES
53 Down: Nosh (5)
SNACK
55 Down: Ana or Clara (5)
SANTA
56 Down: Gator's kin (4)
CROC
57 Down: Clothing in Castilla (4)
ROPA
58 Down: Piece of gossip (4)
ITEM
59 Down: Homophone for Dolly (4)
DALI
61 Down: Kind of tide (4)
NOON
64 Down: Nonsense (3)
ROT

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