Thursday Crossword — March 3, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/3/1983. By Dorothy Smitonick.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Get-up-and-go (3)
- ZIP
- 4 Across: Apian gathering (5)
- SWARM
- 9 Across: Org. once headed by H. Hopkins (3)
- WPA
- 12 Across: Dutch city or specialty (4)
- EDAM
- 14 Across: Where a shrew was tamed (5)
- PADUA
- 15 Across: Nickname for a Russell (3)
- ROZ
- 16 Across: ___ breve (4)
- ALLA
- 17 Across: "As You Like It" forest (5)
- ARDEN
- 18 Across: Cafe card (4)
- MENU
- 19 Across: "Exodus" author (8)
- LEONURIS
- 21 Across: Small tree of the elm family (6)
- PLANER
- 23 Across: Units of weight in Cyprus (4)
- OKES
- 24 Across: Horse or color (4)
- ROAN
- 25 Across: Grew impatient (6)
- CHAFED
- 28 Across: Solon (8)
- LAWMAKER
- 32 Across: Anglers' flies (5)
- HERLS
- 33 Across: Zeus, to Cato (4)
- JOVE
- 34 Across: Gaucho's weapon (4)
- BOLA
- 35 Across: Allies' goal in 1945 (4)
- ELBE
- 36 Across: Sebastian Coe, e.g. (5)
- MILER
- 37 Across: Clumsy ones (4)
- OAFS
- 38 Across: "Thanks ___!" (4)
- ALOT
- 39 Across: King of clubs (4)
- ALAN
- 40 Across: Spring springer (5)
- TULIP
- 41 Across: Warning signs (8)
- PORTENTS
- 43 Across: Pre-Jets team (6)
- TITANS
- 44 Across: Returnees from Reno (4)
- EXES
- 45 Across: Absorbed (4)
- RAPT
- 46 Across: Ancient capital of Laconia (6)
- SPARTA
- 49 Across: Break up (8)
- DISSOLVE
- 53 Across: Lixivia (4)
- LYES
- 54 Across: "___ Bulba" (5)
- TARAS
- 56 Across: "American Gothic" painter (4)
- WOOD
- 57 Across: An element, in Ecuador (3)
- ORO
- 58 Across: Cheer (5)
- ELATE
- 59 Across: Short letter (4)
- NOTE
- 60 Across: Won ___ soup (3)
- TON
- 61 Across: Purple (5)
- REGAL
- 62 Across: Novelist Kesey (3)
- KEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Passion (4)
- ZEAL
- 2 Down: Kind of rumor (4)
- IDLE
- 3 Down: ___ Alto (4)
- PALO
- 4 Down: Exercised clemency (6)
- SPARED
- 5 Down: "___ hell": Sherman (5)
- WARIS
- 6 Down: Tots (4)
- ADDS
- 7 Down: Old medicinal plant (3)
- RUE
- 8 Down: Fischer's strength? (8)
- MANPOWER
- 9 Down: Songbird (4)
- WREN
- 10 Down: Player at dealer's right (4)
- PONE
- 11 Down: Côte d'___ (4)
- AZUR
- 13 Down: Postal worker? (12)
- MANOFLETTERS
- 18 Down: Jogger or cabbie? (12)
- MANABOUTTOWN
- 20 Down: Things with strings (4)
- UKES
- 22 Down: O.T. book (3)
- LAM
- 24 Down: Black croaker (5)
- RAVEN
- 25 Down: Mean (5)
- CHEAP
- 26 Down: Telephone response (5)
- HELLO
- 27 Down: April's ___ Day (5)
- ARBOR
- 28 Down: Falana and Montez (5)
- LOLAS
- 29 Down: Animate "teddy bear" (5)
- KOALA
- 30 Down: Mischievous (5)
- ELFIN
- 31 Down: Grates (5)
- RASPS
- 33 Down: Douses a flame, in a way (5)
- JILTS
- 36 Down: Shark that may do in a gamboler (8)
- MANEATER
- 40 Down: Gratuities (4)
- TIPS
- 42 Down: Ell on a bldg. (3)
- EXT
- 43 Down: Corn Belt sight (6)
- TASSEL
- 45 Down: Cowboy's rope (5)
- RIATA
- 46 Down: Proper place (4)
- SLOT
- 47 Down: Prefix with technics (4)
- PYRO
- 48 Down: Time out of mind (4)
- AEON
- 49 Down: Large coach (4)
- DRAG
- 50 Down: Search (4)
- LOOK
- 51 Down: Politician's quest (4)
- VOTE
- 52 Down: Utopian spot (4)
- EDEN
- 55 Down: Malty drink (3)
- ALE
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