Saturday Crossword — September 11, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/11/1982. By Alfio Micci.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Risky biz (4)
SPEC
5 Across: Chinese Buddhist's creed (5)
FOISM
10 Across: Nicholas was one (4)
TSAR
14 Across: "Symphonie espagnole" composer (4)
LALO
15 Across: Napoleon's forces (5)
ARMEE
16 Across: Roman emperor (4)
OTHO
17 Across: Not "fer" (4)
AGIN
18 Across: Hear of (5)
LEARN
19 Across: Bacteriologist's wire (4)
OESE
20 Across: Aria from "Pagliacci" (13)
VESTILAGIUBBA
23 Across: Noted violinist (5)
STERN
24 Across: Retreat (3)
DEN
25 Across: L.A. team (4)
RAMS
27 Across: Pother (3)
ADO
29 Across: Prado locale (6)
MADRID
31 Across: Aria from "Tosca" (10)
VISSIDARTE
37 Across: Yoko ___ (3)
ONO
38 Across: Skip (4)
OMIT
39 Across: Author of "Middlemarch" (5)
ELIOT
40 Across: Male guinea pig (4)
BOAR
41 Across: Wielded a baton (3)
LED
42 Across: Aria from "Aïda" (10)
OPATRIAMIA
44 Across: Even-___ (tied) (6)
STEVEN
47 Across: "___ bodkins!" (3)
ODS
48 Across: Encourage (4)
ABET
49 Across: Place to get a Th.D. (3)
SEM
52 Across: To be, in Barcelona (5)
ESTAR
56 Across: Aria from "The Barber of Seville" (13)
UNAVOCEPOCOFA
59 Across: Abruzzi commune (4)
ATRI
61 Across: ___ Gay, Col. Tibbets's bomber (5)
ENOLA
62 Across: Abandoned, poetically (4)
LORN
63 Across: Judge's bench (4)
BANC
64 Across: Beauty parlor (5)
SALON
65 Across: French saint: Dec. 1 (4)
ELOI
66 Across: Irish Gaelic (4)
ERSE
67 Across: Council of ___ (5)
TRENT
68 Across: Actor Parker (4)
FESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Poles and Croats (5)
SLAVS
2 Down: Debra of films (5)
PAGET
3 Down: Beethoven's "Für Elise" (5)
ELISE
4 Down: Differentiate (8)
CONTRAST
5 Down: Miller's "After the ___" (4)
FALL
6 Down: Mountain nymph (5)
OREAD
7 Down: Simulacrum (5)
IMAGE
8 Down: Songbird (5)
SERIN
9 Down: Carte du jour (4)
MENU
10 Down: Words of commiseration (6)
TOOBAD
11 Down: Turkish-bath unit (9)
STEAMROOM
12 Down: Happy sounds (3)
AHS
13 Down: Caviar (3)
ROE
21 Down: Blue dye: Prefix (4)
INDI
22 Down: Bikini part (3)
BRA
26 Down: Biblical site (5)
SINAI
28 Down: Greek theater (5)
ODEON
29 Down: Paris subway (5)
METRO
30 Down: Tennyson poem (4)
DORA
31 Down: Tennessee players (4)
VOLS
32 Down: "___ man with . . . " (5)
IMETA
33 Down: Tonsorial décor (9)
SIDEBURNS
34 Down: Jungfrau, e.g. (3)
ALP
35 Down: Estuary (3)
RIA
36 Down: Kindergartner (3)
TOT
40 Down: Musical sign (8)
BASSCLEF
43 Down: Notion: Comb. form (4)
IDEO
45 Down: Lido's neighbor (6)
VENICE
46 Down: Greek vowel (3)
ETA
49 Down: Navigation device (5)
SONAR
50 Down: Molière's "L'___ des maris" (5)
ECOLE
51 Down: Casaba (5)
MELON
53 Down: County in Mont. (5)
TOOLE
54 Down: Certain hairdos (5)
AFROS
55 Down: Indian princesses (5)
RANIS
57 Down: Tattersall ___ (4)
VEST
58 Down: Gasp for air (4)
PANT
59 Down: Beame or Burrows (3)
ABE
60 Down: Sailor (3)
TAR

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