Tuesday Crossword — December 7, 1982 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/7/1982. By Norma Steinberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Gossip (4)
DIRT
5 Across: Ruins, as of a civilization (5)
ASHES
10 Across: Londoner's abode (4)
FLAT
14 Across: Caesar's road (4)
ITER
15 Across: "Dum spiro, ___" (S.C. motto) (5)
SPERO
16 Across: Do some bailing (4)
LADE
17 Across: Bill of fare (4)
MENU
18 Across: Inclination (5)
TREND
19 Across: De Mille film (4)
EPIC
20 Across: Dunaway movie: 1981 (13)
MOMMIEDEAREST
23 Across: Parisian parent (4)
PERE
24 Across: Sherbets (4)
ICES
25 Across: Kind of post (5)
NEWEL
28 Across: Antithesis of ecstasy (5)
AGONY
31 Across: Coup d'___ (4)
ETAT
32 Across: Kind of quartet (6)
STRING
34 Across: Ill. city (3)
CHI
37 Across: Famed American painting (15)
WHISTLERSMOTHER
40 Across: Kennedy sight (3)
SST
41 Across: Connect (6)
RELATE
42 Across: Board or side follower (4)
WALK
43 Across: Not well (5)
BADLY
44 Across: Bindings (5)
CORDS
45 Across: Me ___ (You love me): Lat. (4)
AMAS
47 Across: Tiff (4)
SPAT
49 Across: Lewis Carroll elder (13)
FATHERWILLIAM
55 Across: Corporation (4)
FIRM
56 Across: French river (5)
LOIRE
57 Across: Memorable U.S. anthropologist (4)
MEAD
59 Across: Song for Scotto (4)
ARIA
60 Across: "M*A*S*H" locale (5)
KOREA
61 Across: Bombeck (4)
ERMA
62 Across: Broadway light (4)
NEON
63 Across: British carbines (5)
STENS
64 Across: Burma ___ (4)
ROAD

Down Answers

1 Down: Poorly lit (3)
DIM
2 Down: Columnist's entry (4)
ITEM
3 Down: Place to play blackjack (4)
RENO
4 Down: Brass (8)
TRUMPETS
5 Down: Up and about (5)
ASTIR
6 Down: Town-painting activity (5)
SPREE
7 Down: Take notice (4)
HEED
8 Down: Feathered piscator (4)
ERNE
9 Down: Kind of cracker (4)
SODA
10 Down: Soft (6)
FLEECY
11 Down: Slip of the tongue (5)
LAPSE
12 Down: Approaches (5)
ADITS
13 Down: Private eye (3)
TEC
21 Down: Brooks (3)
MEL
22 Down: Richard Starkey (5)
RINGO
25 Down: Tidings (4)
NEWS
26 Down: Biblical verb endings (4)
ETHS
27 Down: Show patience (4)
WAIT
28 Down: Impressive display (5)
ARRAY
29 Down: Pith (4)
GIST
30 Down: "This one's ___" (4)
ONME
32 Down: Rosebud, e.g. (4)
SLED
33 Down: Swiss archer (4)
TELL
34 Down: Scorch (4)
CHAR
35 Down: Retained (4)
HELD
36 Down: Vexes (4)
IRKS
38 Down: Debris (5)
TRASH
39 Down: Double-crosser (8)
TWOTIMER
43 Down: Adam West role (6)
BATMAN
44 Down: ___ Tech (3)
CAL
45 Down: Blazing (5)
AFIRE
46 Down: Andretti of auto racing (5)
MARIO
47 Down: Lorelei (5)
SIREN
48 Down: Entreaties (5)
PLEAS
50 Down: B.P.O.E. (4)
ELKS
51 Down: Kind of beer (4)
ROOT
52 Down: Follower of chicken and hay (4)
WIRE
53 Down: Prefix with nautical (4)
AERO
54 Down: Peggy Wood role (4)
MAMA
55 Down: Devotee (3)
FAN
58 Down: Pop (3)
DAD

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