Friday Crossword — January 7, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/7/1983. By Kathryn Righter.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Underlying theme (5)
MOTIF
6 Across: Stirs (4)
ADOS
10 Across: Sharp blow (4)
CLAP
14 Across: ___ acids (5)
AMINO
15 Across: Marine carnivore (4)
SEAL
16 Across: London's Albert ___ (4)
HALL
17 Across: Sills, e.g. (10)
COLORATURA
19 Across: Ambler's "Journey ___ Fear" (4)
INTO
20 Across: Like a fence's possessions (3)
HOT
21 Across: Financial-page listing (4)
AMEX
22 Across: City on the Vistula (6)
CRACOW
24 Across: Culture medium (4)
AGAR
25 Across: Honshu city (4)
KURE
26 Across: Rebuke (5)
CHIDE
29 Across: Floats for seaplanes (8)
PONTOONS
33 Across: Aborigine of Japan (4)
AINU
34 Across: Group in a jungle (5)
PRIDE
36 Across: Cautionary sign (4)
SLOW
37 Across: Edge or margin (4)
BRIM
38 Across: Indian princesses (5)
RANIS
39 Across: Moslem judge (4)
CADI
40 Across: Mary or Mary's follower (4)
LAMB
41 Across: Kilns (5)
OVENS
42 Across: Western Indians (4)
UTES
43 Across: Jurisdictions in Arabia (8)
EMIRATES
45 Across: Salad herb (5)
CRESS
46 Across: Conte (4)
TALE
47 Across: Cavatina (4)
SOLO
49 Across: Certain marbles (6)
AGATES
51 Across: Travel document (4)
VISA
52 Across: Tiny (3)
WEE
55 Across: Nobelist in Physics: 1944 (4)
RABI
56 Across: Ephemeral (10)
TRANSITORY
59 Across: Base of a column (4)
ORLO
60 Across: Natural linen color (4)
ECRU
61 Across: Mme. Curie (5)
MARIE
62 Across: Command from a D.D.S. (4)
OPEN
63 Across: Emerson poem (4)
DAYS
64 Across: Disburse (5)
SPEND

Down Answers

1 Down: Word with wave or number (4)
MACH
2 Down: Melville romance (4)
OMOO
3 Down: Tip (4)
TILT
4 Down: Cadmus's daughter (3)
INO
5 Down: Provender (6)
FORAGE
6 Down: Suffix with critic (5)
ASTER
7 Down: Pas de ___, ballet dance (4)
DEUX
8 Down: Row (3)
OAR
9 Down: Laxity (9)
SLACKNESS
10 Down: Artist's treatment of light and shade (11)
CHIAROSCURO
11 Down: Tapering, as leaves (10)
LANCEOLATE
12 Down: Choir member (4)
ALTO
13 Down: Farm implement (4)
PLOW
18 Down: M.D.'s org. (3)
AMA
23 Down: Groove or routine (3)
RUT
24 Down: Faint sketch; outline (11)
ADUMBRATION
26 Down: Type of TV (5)
CABLE
27 Down: Provider of timber for Solomon (5)
HIRAM
28 Down: Unique (10)
INIMITABLE
29 Down: Loblollies (5)
PINES
30 Down: Norse god of war (4)
ODIN
31 Down: Knots or knobs (5)
NODES
32 Down: Helvetian (5)
SWISS
34 Down: Expressed objection (9)
PROTESTED
35 Down: Talk incoherently (4)
RAVE
44 Down: A potable (3)
ALE
45 Down: Demands (6)
CLAIMS
47 Down: Bend or curve (5)
SINUS
48 Down: Pre-C.I.A. agency (3)
OSS
49 Down: Buck chaser (4)
AROO
50 Down: Robin Williams role (4)
GARP
51 Down: Diversify (4)
VARY
52 Down: Lasted (4)
WORE
53 Down: Mavourneen's home (4)
ERIN
54 Down: Ogled (4)
EYED
57 Down: NBC parent (3)
RCA
58 Down: Spigot (3)
TAP

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