Tuesday Crossword — February 8, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/8/1983. By Lois Sidway.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Float, as on the wind (4)
WAFT
5 Across: Apple tosser of myth (4)
ERIS
9 Across: In reserve (5)
ASIDE
14 Across: Again (4)
OVER
15 Across: Third son of Jacob and Leah (4)
LEVI
16 Across: Aaron Copland ballet (5)
RODEO
17 Across: Rajah's wife (4)
RANI
18 Across: To ___ (unanimously) (4)
AMAN
19 Across: Guiltless (5)
CLEAN
20 Across: Frolic (15)
KICKUPONESHEELS
23 Across: Rains icily (6)
SLEETS
24 Across: Riser and tread (4)
STEP
25 Across: High up, to Keats (4)
AERY
28 Across: Obliquely (6)
ASLANT
32 Across: Two-toed creature (5)
SLOTH
36 Across: With 62 Across, Iranian in exile (4)
BANI
38 Across: Homophone for ally (4)
ALAI
39 Across: 3,600 seconds (4)
HOUR
40 Across: Given acclaim (5)
CITED
41 Across: Heavy reading (4)
TOME
42 Across: ___ dixit (4)
IPSE
43 Across: On the briny (4)
ASEA
44 Across: Flemish name for Ypres (5)
IEPER
45 Across: Many maids' concerns (6)
METERS
47 Across: Dateless (4)
STAG
49 Across: French poodle's noodle (4)
TETE
51 Across: Vandyke's relative (6)
GOATEE
56 Across: Insisted or resisted (15)
PUTONESFOOTDOWN
61 Across: Pertaining to bees (5)
APIAN
62 Across: See 36 Across (4)
SADR
63 Across: Fascinated, in a way (4)
AWED
64 Across: A script, in printing (5)
RONDE
65 Across: Wagnerian goddess (4)
ERDA
66 Across: Kind of cat (4)
POLE
67 Across: "___ of robins . . . " (5)
ANEST
68 Across: Snoop (4)
NOSE
69 Across: Related (4)
TOLD

Down Answers

1 Down: Mechanism (5)
WORKS
2 Down: Benefit (5)
AVAIL
3 Down: Picket's milieu (5)
FENCE
4 Down: Nursery-school purchase (5)
TRIKE
5 Down: Run out (6)
ELAPSE
6 Down: San ___, Riviera resort (4)
REMO
7 Down: First czar of Russia (4)
IVAN
8 Down: Trig functions (5)
SINES
9 Down: Ogees, e.g. (6)
ARCHES
10 Down: Bottom of a flatiron (9)
SOLEPLATE
11 Down: ___ fixe (4)
IDEE
12 Down: Do business (4)
DEAL
13 Down: Years on end (4)
EONS
21 Down: Where B. Young grew old (4)
UTAH
22 Down: Soberly proper (5)
STAID
26 Down: Stats registered by Reggie (4)
RBIS
27 Down: "Breaking Away" director (5)
YATES
29 Down: Askew (4)
ALOP
30 Down: José Jiménez, for one (4)
NAME
31 Down: Row (4)
TIER
32 Down: Carpenter's wedge (4)
SHIM
33 Down: Dramatist de Vega (4)
LOPE
34 Down: Do a bouncer's job (4)
OUST
35 Down: Sticky-toed amphibians (9)
TREETOADS
37 Down: Nifty (4)
NEAT
40 Down: Social position (5)
CASTE
44 Down: "___ Rhythm" (4)
IGOT
46 Down: Junket ingredient (6)
RENNET
48 Down: Marketplaces of yore (6)
AGORAE
50 Down: Ruhr city (5)
ESSEN
52 Down: Modify to suit (5)
ADAPT
53 Down: "We . . . were not made ___": Shak. (5)
TOWOO
54 Down: Actor Tom (5)
EWELL
55 Down: Fini (5)
ENDED
56 Down: Prefix with phrase (4)
PARA
57 Down: " . . . alone ___ the house top": Psalm 102 (4)
UPON
58 Down: Prong (4)
TINE
59 Down: Casino game (4)
FARO
60 Down: Chances (4)
ODDS

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