Friday Crossword — September 3, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/3/1982. By Eli Wesoff.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Bath is one (3)
SPA
4 Across: Galsworthy work (4)
SAGA
8 Across: Exam answer (5)
FALSE
13 Across: Austin ploy (3)
LOB
14 Across: "___ a Parade," 1931 song (5)
ILOVE
16 Across: Lie in ambush (5)
AWAIT
17 Across: Gallic garlic (3)
AIL
18 Across: Political boss (11)
POWERBROKER
20 Across: "___ Three Lives": Philbrick (4)
ILED
22 Across: Banter (10)
PERSIFLAGE
23 Across: Nile Valley region (5)
NUBIA
25 Across: Ankara libation (5)
RAKEE
26 Across: Augury (4)
OMEN
28 Across: Time in some lives (8)
GIRLHOOD
33 Across: Infuriated (3)
MAD
35 Across: The Maid was executed here (5)
ROUEN
37 Across: Part of a Wren plan (4)
APSE
38 Across: Fabled creature (7)
UNICORN
40 Across: Biblical scholar (7)
EXEGETE
43 Across: Carol (4)
NOEL
44 Across: Condition: Comb. form (5)
IASIS
46 Across: Buntline (3)
NED
47 Across: Inaugural figure (8)
INDUCTOR
50 Across: Craving (4)
ITCH
52 Across: Huey and Russell (5)
LONGS
54 Across: Raise (5)
ERECT
57 Across: "Upstairs" employee (10)
PARLORMAID
62 Across: Asian border river (4)
YALU
63 Across: Orchardist, at times (11)
FRUITSELLER
65 Across: Butt (3)
RAM
66 Across: Sure thing (5)
CINCH
67 Across: Oscar winner in 1958 (5)
NIVEN
68 Across: Numerical prefix (3)
TRI
69 Across: Quench (5)
SLAKE
70 Across: Blackjacks (4)
SAPS
71 Across: Coal scuttle (3)
HOD

Down Answers

1 Down: Done in (5)
SLAIN
2 Down: Soldier at the Marne (5)
POILU
3 Down: Healthy and strong (10)
ABLEBODIED
4 Down: Taste (3)
SIP
5 Down: Unbalanced (4)
ALOP
6 Down: Late Champion (5)
GOWER
7 Down: Baseball factor (7)
AVERAGE
8 Down: Noodles (6)
FARFEL
9 Down: Object of an M.P. search (4)
AWOL
10 Down: "Mighty ___ Rose": Nevin (4)
LAKA
11 Down: Victory in Nürnberg (4)
SIEG
12 Down: To be, to Baudelaire (4)
ETRE
15 Down: Caldwell et al. (8)
ERSKINES
19 Down: Rathskeller stock (4)
BIER
21 Down: Indistinct (3)
DIM
24 Down: Sol or space prefix (4)
AERO
27 Down: "___ M," Christie novel (3)
NOR
29 Down: Slatternly woman (3)
HAG
30 Down: Kind of furnace (10)
OPENHEARTH
31 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4)
OSTE
32 Down: Act (4)
DEED
33 Down: He played Pasteur (4)
MUNI
34 Down: Presently (4)
ANON
36 Down: Gompers, Reuther et al. (8)
UNIONMEN
39 Down: TV's ___ Gulager (3)
CLU
41 Down: VI plus VI (3)
XII
42 Down: Historic Italian name (4)
ESTE
45 Down: Wild sheep of Asia (7)
ARGALIS
48 Down: Attire (6)
CLOTHE
49 Down: Craggy hills (4)
TORS
51 Down: "___ Havoc," 1942 play (3)
CRY
53 Down: Howard da ___, actor-director (5)
SILVA
55 Down: Mild cigar (5)
CLARO
56 Down: Swollen (5)
TUMID
57 Down: Group below cpls. (4)
PFCS
58 Down: Seed cover (4)
ARIL
59 Down: ___ temperature (be feverish) (4)
RUNA
60 Down: Tan (4)
LICK
61 Down: Profound (4)
DEEP
64 Down: M.D. associates (3)
RNS

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