Thursday Crossword — December 2, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/2/1982. By Eugene T. Maleska.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pack by tapping (4)
TAMP
5 Across: Moore's "___ Rookh" (5)
LALLA
10 Across: Sow chow (4)
MAST
14 Across: Gabon's El Hadj ___ Bongo (4)
OMAR
15 Across: Made-up monicker (5)
ALIAS
16 Across: "___ take arms . . . ": Hamlet (4)
ORTO
17 Across: A chador wearer (4)
RANI
18 Across: Gauguin's birthplace (5)
PARIS
19 Across: Erect (4)
REAR
20 Across: With 36 and 49 Across, definition for junk (15)
THINGSNECESSARY
23 Across: Intimations (4)
CUES
24 Across: Country singer Bandy (3)
MOE
25 Across: Serve (6)
ATTEND
28 Across: Gritty (8)
SABULOUS
33 Across: Fir or pine board (4)
DEAL
34 Across: Promenades (5)
MALLS
35 Across: ___-Kut, Russian town (3)
UST
36 Across: See 20 Across (15)
ONLYONEDAYAFTER
40 Across: Capet, e.g. (3)
ROI
41 Across: "___ the Hour," 1913 song (5)
NOWIS
42 Across: ___ Islands, Indonesia (4)
ARRU
43 Across: Like some typing paper (8)
ERASABLE
45 Across: Shed (6)
DIVEST
47 Across: Distress (3)
AIL
48 Across: Vehicle for Foyt (4)
AUTO
49 Across: See 20 Across (15)
THEYREDISCARDED
57 Across: Cleave (4)
RIVE
58 Across: Where St. Paul was shipwrecked (5)
MALTA
59 Across: Rose Bowl team: 1982 (4)
IOWA
60 Across: Ham's word (4)
OVER
61 Across: Felix Holt's creator (5)
ELIOT
62 Across: Deadlocked (4)
TIED
63 Across: Strong longings (4)
YENS
64 Across: Comes closer (5)
NEARS
65 Across: Site of over 260 eruptions (4)
ETNA

Down Answers

1 Down: Apt rhyme for court (4)
TORT
2 Down: Shanghai servant (4)
AMAH
3 Down: "The ___ Love," 1924 song (4)
MANI
4 Down: Magnificent or munificent (8)
PRINCELY
5 Down: Fell from grace (6)
LAPSED
6 Down: Astronauts Bean and Shepard (5)
ALANS
7 Down: Trevi throwaways (4)
LIRE
8 Down: Secular (4)
LAIC
9 Down: Legislative body (8)
ASSEMBLY
10 Down: Tidbit (6)
MORSEL
11 Down: Sector (4)
AREA
12 Down: Excel (4)
STAR
13 Down: Churchill was one (4)
TORY
21 Down: Word with runner or slinger (3)
GUN
22 Down: March name (5)
SOUSA
25 Down: Pay honor to (5)
ADORE
26 Down: Carreras, e.g. (5)
TENOR
27 Down: Actress Shire (5)
TALIA
28 Down: ___ Thompson, of "Rain" (5)
SADIE
29 Down: Alack's partner (4)
ALAS
30 Down: Bizarre (5)
OUTRE
31 Down: Tobacconists' customers (5)
USERS
32 Down: Swagger (5)
STRUT
34 Down: Whimper (4)
MEWL
37 Down: Walking ___ (elated) (5)
ONAIR
38 Down: Certain chess pieces (8)
NOBLEMEN
39 Down: Pet (8)
FAVORITE
44 Down: "Brian's Song" man (6)
SAYERS
45 Down: Antonio's debt (6)
DUCATS
46 Down: Call ___ day (3)
ITA
48 Down: One of the Four Hundred (5)
ASTOR
49 Down: Schliemann find (4)
TROY
50 Down: Home for a little queen (4)
HIVE
51 Down: Level (4)
EVEN
52 Down: Valley (4)
DALE
53 Down: Pelvic bones (4)
ILIA
54 Down: "Let George ___" (4)
DOIT
55 Down: Gershwin biographer (4)
EWEN
56 Down: Arp's art (4)
DADA

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