Friday Crossword — December 3, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/3/1982. By Johnson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Item to talk through (3)
HAT
4 Across: Javelin (5)
SPEAR
9 Across: "Oh, what ___ was Mary" (4)
APAL
13 Across: Palm starch (4)
SAGO
14 Across: Indisputable thing (5)
TASTE
15 Across: Observe (4)
NOTE
16 Across: Dynasty of Henry II (15)
THEPLANTAGENETS
19 Across: What spokes do (7)
RADIATE
20 Across: Oneness (5)
UNITY
21 Across: His, to Pierre (3)
SES
22 Across: What George couldn't tell (4)
ALIE
23 Across: Scarfs (6)
ASCOTS
27 Across: ___ rags (4)
GLAD
28 Across: Crusty thing (3)
PIE
31 Across: Asian capital (5)
SEOUL
32 Across: Take nourishment (3)
EAT
33 Across: Tweed's nemesis (4)
NAST
34 Across: Founder of the Tudor dynasty (15)
HENRYTHESEVENTH
38 Across: Greek resistance group in W.W. II (4)
EDES
39 Across: ___ judicata (3)
RES
40 Across: Rousseau hero (5)
EMILE
41 Across: Draft org. (3)
SSS
42 Across: Shave (4)
PARE
43 Across: Shot at the bar (6)
BRACER
44 Across: Carp's relative (4)
DACE
45 Across: Col.'s superior (3)
GEN
46 Across: Love word in Paris (5)
CHERI
48 Across: In (7)
ELECTED
53 Across: Dynasty of Henry IV (15)
THELANCASTRIANS
56 Across: Defoe's "___ Flanders" (4)
MOLL
57 Across: Furze (5)
GORSE
58 Across: Student's aid (4)
TROT
59 Across: Pilsener topper (4)
SUDS
60 Across: Convention of sorts (5)
SYNOD
61 Across: Letter (3)
ESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Sound of mirth (4)
HAHA
2 Down: Adjective for a patriarch (4)
AGED
3 Down: Headgear seen in India (4)
TOPI
4 Down: Union units (6)
STATES
5 Down: What glaziers take (5)
PANES
6 Down: Founded: Abbr. (3)
EST
7 Down: Alma-___, Russian city (3)
ATA
8 Down: Adjust (8)
REGULATE
9 Down: Strip girl on Broadway (5)
ANNIE
10 Down: Gray or Greene (4)
POET
11 Down: A.B.A. member (4)
ATTY
12 Down: Bandleader Brown (3)
LES
13 Down: Riv. boat (3)
STR
17 Down: In conclusion (6)
LASTLY
18 Down: Arthurian wife (4)
ENID
22 Down: Ah me! (4)
ALAS
23 Down: Silent butler's collection (5)
ASHES
24 Down: Grains (5)
SEEDS
25 Down: Highway workers' items (5)
CONES
26 Down: Bear, in Brest (4)
OURS
27 Down: Toulouses (5)
GEESE
28 Down: Kind of button (5)
PANIC
29 Down: Agave fiber (5)
ISTLE
30 Down: Upper regions (5)
ETHER
33 Down: Eelworm (4)
NEMA
35 Down: Copies (8)
TRACINGS
36 Down: Hither (4)
HERE
37 Down: Danish philologist: 1846–96 (6)
VERNER
42 Down: Rubber type (4)
PARA
43 Down: Like some garments (6)
BELTED
44 Down: Small valleys (5)
DELLS
45 Down: Plaster of paris (5)
GESSO
46 Down: ___ En-lai (4)
CHOU
47 Down: U.S. portrayer of flappers (4)
HELD
49 Down: Quote (4)
CITE
50 Down: H.M.S. Pinafore crew (4)
TARS
51 Down: Cabell of the Tigers (4)
ENOS
52 Down: Summer time, for short (3)
DST
53 Down: Mfrs.' symbols (3)
TMS
54 Down: Shrinking modestly (3)
COY
55 Down: Scottish alder (3)
ARN

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