Friday Crossword — September 10, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/10/1982. By Emory H. Cain.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Use a fishgig (5)
SPEAR
6 Across: Boat cover, for short (4)
TARP
10 Across: Spunky (4)
GAME
14 Across: Singer from Chicago (5)
TORME
15 Across: "I ___ a Rhapsody," 1940 song (4)
HEAR
16 Across: ___ Bator (4)
ULAN
17 Across: Its capital is Shillong (5)
ASSAM
18 Across: Bombeck (4)
ERMA
19 Across: Penitential period (4)
LENT
20 Across: Famed painting by Constable (10)
THEHAYWAIN
22 Across: Unite (4)
FUSE
23 Across: "How ___ thou?": Shak. (4)
DOST
24 Across: Swivel wheel (6)
CASTER
26 Across: Like some donuts or eyes (6)
GLAZED
30 Across: Oust (5)
EJECT
32 Across: Radames's lover (4)
AIDA
33 Across: "Born Free" lioness (4)
ELSA
35 Across: Actor Alan from N.Y.C. (5)
ARKIN
39 Across: What wrestlers do (7)
GRAPPLE
41 Across: Medicinal plant root (7)
PAREIRA
43 Across: ___ Lawrence College, N.Y. (5)
SARAH
44 Across: What children should be (4)
SEEN
46 Across: What love will find (4)
AWAY
47 Across: What the Knave of Hearts stole (5)
TARTS
49 Across: Street urchins (6)
GAMINS
51 Across: Dwell (6)
RESIDE
54 Across: Abound (4)
TEEM
56 Across: Roadside sign (4)
EATS
57 Across: Famed painting by Gainsborough (10)
THEBLUEBOY
63 Across: Neighbor's kid, perhaps (4)
BRAT
64 Across: Electrical units (4)
RELS
65 Across: Aspen feature (5)
SLOPE
66 Across: Fitzgerald (4)
ELLA
67 Across: Every, in Bonn (4)
ALLE
68 Across: Ruhr city (5)
ESSEN
69 Across: Caustics (4)
LYES
70 Across: Mortgage (4)
LIEN
71 Across: Dizzy and Daffy of baseball (5)
DEANS

Down Answers

1 Down: E.r.a. or r.b.i. (4)
STAT
2 Down: Elegant (4)
POSH
3 Down: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
4 Down: Nanking nanny (4)
AMAH
5 Down: Did over (6)
REMADE
6 Down: Sinews (5)
THEWS
7 Down: Makes effervescent (7)
AERATES
8 Down: Branches (4)
RAMI
9 Down: Swagger (6)
PRANCE
10 Down: Subject of a Homer painting (10)
GULFSTREAM
11 Down: Unalaska native (5)
ALEUT
12 Down: Hawthorne home (5)
MANSE
13 Down: Pierce (5)
ENTER
21 Down: Warble (5)
YODEL
25 Down: Mite: Comb. form (4)
ACAR
26 Down: Youngman's forte (4)
GAGS
27 Down: Turkish coin (4)
LIRA
28 Down: Jewish month (4)
ADAR
29 Down: Famed painting by Orozco (10)
ZAPATISTAS
31 Down: Make fun of (4)
JAPE
34 Down: "___ we forget" (4)
LEST
36 Down: Flightless N.Z. bird (4)
KIWI
37 Down: Neighbor of Pakistan (4)
IRAN
38 Down: Certain votes (4)
NAYS
40 Down: Ursa Major star (4)
PHAD
42 Down: Broadway figure (5)
ANGEL
45 Down: Actress Parsons from Mass. (7)
ESTELLE
48 Down: Situated at the back (6)
RETRAL
50 Down: Occupied pleasingly (6)
AMUSED
51 Down: Lee follower (5)
REBEL
52 Down: Another Lee follower (5)
EARLY
53 Down: Trite (5)
STALE
55 Down: Actor Buddy from Ill. (5)
EBSEN
58 Down: Sun: Comb. form (4)
HELI
59 Down: Threat word (4)
ELSE
60 Down: Arabian drink (4)
BOSA
61 Down: Word with door or house (4)
OPEN
62 Down: Urges (4)
YENS

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