Friday Crossword — March 4, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/4/1983. By Ernst Theimer.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Flat hill (4)
MESA
5 Across: Kind of dancing (4)
GOGO
9 Across: Bin (4)
CRIB
13 Across: Cake finisher (4)
ICER
14 Across: Ballerina Shearer (5)
MOIRA
15 Across: River to the Humber (4)
OUSE
16 Across: Ellery's golf sticks? (15)
THECLUBSOFQUEEN
19 Across: An amount of bricks (3)
TON
20 Across: Cay (5)
ISLET
21 Across: Disturbed (5)
UPSET
22 Across: Widgeon (4)
SMEE
23 Across: River duck (4)
TEAL
25 Across: Wagner and Powers on some TV sets? (15)
THEHARTSOFSEVEN
32 Across: Loser in a fable (4)
HARE
33 Across: Neighbor of Belg.. (4)
NETH
34 Across: A Gershwin (3)
IRA
35 Across: Amazon dolphin (4)
INIA
36 Across: Surmise (5)
GUESS
38 Across: Checkup (4)
EXAM
39 Across: Mythical bird (3)
ROC
40 Across: Yearn (4)
PINE
41 Across: ___-majesté (4)
LESE
42 Across: Playing areas for Padres et al.? (15)
DIAMONDSOFNINES
47 Across: Other (4)
ELSE
48 Across: Logger's steel wedge (4)
FROE
49 Across: Errant (5)
STRAY
52 Across: Allude (to) (5)
REFER
54 Across: Also (3)
TOO
57 Across: Alan's garden tools? (15)
THESPADESOFKING
60 Across: What Macbeth was not to his king (4)
LEAL
61 Across: Scicolone, on screen (5)
LOREN
62 Across: Relative of a strada (4)
ITER
63 Across: One and ___ (4)
ONLY
64 Across: "___ Rhythm" (4)
IGOT
65 Across: What an R.N. administers (4)
DOSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Glove for Rick Cerone (4)
MITT
2 Down: Reverberate (4)
ECHO
3 Down: Observed (4)
SEEN
4 Down: Curve (3)
ARC
5 Down: Wine cup (6)
GOBLET
6 Down: Seine tributary (4)
OISE
7 Down: Caverns (8)
GROTTOES
8 Down: Lout (3)
OAF
9 Down: Join (6)
COUPLE
10 Down: De Sèvres and de Rennes (4)
RUES
11 Down: Words of comprehension (4)
ISEE
12 Down: Stooped (4)
BENT
14 Down: Pensive person (5)
MUSER
17 Down: "L" in radio transmission (4)
LIMA
18 Down: Annul (5)
QUASH
22 Down: Place seating more than 55,000 (4)
SHEA
24 Down: Kin of hellbenders (4)
EFTS
25 Down: In show position (5)
THIRD
26 Down: An Asian capital (5)
HANOI
27 Down: Heath (5)
ERICA
28 Down: Homophone for sneeze (5)
SNEES
29 Down: Reynard's mate (5)
VIXEN
30 Down: Dele (5)
ERASE
31 Down: Contents of an onomasticon (5)
NAMES
36 Down: Snares (4)
GINS
37 Down: Victim of social injustice (8)
UNDERDOG
38 Down: Composer Siegmeister (4)
ELIE
40 Down: Hydra, for one (5)
POLYP
43 Down: Like a cheapskate's tip (6)
MEASLY
44 Down: Counterbalance (6)
OFFSET
45 Down: Refrigerant gas (5)
FREON
46 Down: Island near N.Z. (4)
NORF
49 Down: Town on the Vire (4)
STLO
50 Down: Now's partner (4)
THEN
51 Down: "Camino ___" (4)
REAL
53 Down: Architect Saarinen (4)
EERO
54 Down: Broz (4)
TITO
55 Down: Wallet items (4)
ONES
56 Down: Big, mean character (4)
OGRE
58 Down: A predecessor of Holmes (3)
ALI
59 Down: The Cisco ___ (3)
KID

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