Monday Crossword — January 3, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/3/1983. By Frank Geary.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Jack of TV fame (4)
PAAR
5 Across: Very short pencil (4)
STUB
9 Across: Lingerie item (4)
SLIP
13 Across: She, in Cannes (4)
ELLE
14 Across: Hole-___ (golfer's ace) (5)
INONE
15 Across: Italian university town (4)
PISA
16 Across: Hungry hostess, hapless guest, with "The" (15)
SPIDERANDTHEFLY
19 Across: Name meaning "gift of the gods" (8)
THEODORE
20 Across: Puts up stakes (5)
ANTES
21 Across: Follower of Paul (3)
INE
22 Across: Jejune (4)
ARID
24 Across: Locales (5)
SITES
28 Across: Exclude (5)
DEBAR
30 Across: Soak flax (3)
RET
33 Across: Mission to recall (5)
ALAMO
34 Across: Metallic element (3)
TIN
35 Across: Far: Comb. form (4)
TELE
36 Across: This ends on a sour note, with "The" (15)
FOXANDTHEGRAPES
40 Across: At any time (4)
EVER
41 Across: Constellation (3)
ARA
42 Across: Build (5)
ERECT
43 Across: Buttons (3)
RED
44 Across: Solitary (5)
ALONE
46 Across: Coarse or caustic (5)
SALTY
47 Across: Incursion (4)
RAID
48 Across: Rumanian coin (3)
LEU
50 Across: Fall flower (5)
ASTER
53 Across: Trout or whitefish (8)
SALMONID
58 Across: Porcine constructors, with "The" (15)
THREELITTLEPIGS
61 Across: ___ off (irate) (4)
TEED
62 Across: Foe of the Senecas (5)
ERIES
63 Across: A Waugh (4)
ALEC
64 Across: Employs (4)
USES
65 Across: Corsican's neighbor (4)
SARD
66 Across: Leases (4)
LETS

Down Answers

1 Down: Nuisance (4)
PEST
2 Down: River in "Kubla Khan" (4)
ALPH
3 Down: "It's a Sin to Tell ___," 1936 song (4)
ALIE
4 Down: Make over (4)
REDO
5 Down: Entangled (6)
SNARED
6 Down: Accent (4)
TONE
7 Down: "Hänsel ___ Gretel" (3)
UND
8 Down: Gamble (3)
BET
9 Down: Exhaust (5)
SPEND
10 Down: Elevate (4)
LIFT
11 Down: ___ of Man (4)
ISLE
12 Down: "It ___ to advertise" (4)
PAYS
14 Down: Press (4)
IRON
17 Down: Menlo Park name (6)
EDISON
18 Down: Filament (4)
HAIR
22 Down: Anne Nichols hero (4)
ABIE
23 Down: Sounded (4)
RANG
24 Down: Morley of "60 Minutes" (5)
SAFER
25 Down: "___ Lucy" (5)
ILOVE
26 Down: Levied (5)
TAXED
27 Down: Ponchielli's "Cielo ___!" (4)
EMAR
29 Down: Patriot Allen (5)
ETHAN
30 Down: Drive back (5)
REPEL
31 Down: Choose (5)
ELECT
32 Down: Peevish (5)
TESTY
35 Down: Famed hill near Dublin (4)
TARA
37 Down: Salvador ___ (4)
DALI
38 Down: Walked heavily (4)
TROD
39 Down: Applicant's submission (6)
RESUME
44 Down: Rhine feeder (4)
AARE
45 Down: Exultant (6)
ELATED
47 Down: Donna and Rex (5)
REEDS
49 Down: Pipe or conduit elbows (4)
ELLS
50 Down: Aleutian island (4)
ATTU
51 Down: "___ more to be pitied . . . " (4)
SHES
52 Down: Honey locust, e.g. (4)
TREE
53 Down: Agitate (4)
STIR
54 Down: Gem for October (4)
OPAL
55 Down: Africa's longest river (4)
NILE
56 Down: "___ Ideas," 1951 song (4)
IGET
57 Down: Awards for G.I.'s (4)
DSCS
59 Down: "___ Misérables" (3)
LES
60 Down: Novelist Levin (3)
IRA

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