Friday Crossword — March 18, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/18/1983. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Axis prime minister (4)
TOJO
5 Across: "___ of Balen": Swinburne (5)
ATALE
10 Across: Joined the chorus (4)
SANG
14 Across: Wellaway! (4)
ALAS
15 Across: Sweet wine (5)
TOKAY
16 Across: Mr. Pinza (4)
EZIO
17 Across: Of Erie, Huron, etc. (10)
LACUSTRINE
19 Across: Unaccompanied (4)
LONE
20 Across: Autograph (3)
INK
21 Across: Charlatan (11)
QUACKSALVER
23 Across: Skittish (3)
SHY
25 Across: Honshu city (5)
KYOTO
26 Across: Atelier (6)
STUDIO
29 Across: Quarreled at length (6)
FEUDED
33 Across: Genesis (4)
GERM
34 Across: Prompted (4)
CUED
37 Across: Go off course (5)
STRAY
38 Across: Inlet (3)
RIA
39 Across: ___ and between (7)
BETWIXT
41 Across: Mad. or Lex. (3)
AVE
42 Across: Gamal Abdel's successor (5)
ANWAR
44 Across: Trucker's rig (4)
SEMI
45 Across: Bedazzled (4)
AWED
46 Across: Exert oneself (6)
BESTIR
48 Across: Overage (6)
EXCESS
50 Across: "Is man ___ or an angel?": Disraeli (5)
ANAPE
53 Across: P.M. time (3)
AFT
54 Across: Thermometer contents (11)
QUICKSILVER
59 Across: Greek letter (3)
RHO
62 Across: The Middies' inst. (4)
USNA
63 Across: Prosaic (10)
PEDESTRIAN
65 Across: Moslem prayer leader (4)
IMAM
66 Across: Anthony and Clarissa (5)
EDENS
67 Across: A Lindbergh (4)
ANNE
68 Across: Famed newsman (4)
DANA
69 Across: "Vissi ___," Puccini aria (5)
DARTE
70 Across: Quiche base (4)
EGGS

Down Answers

1 Down: Anklebones (4)
TALI
2 Down: Pearl Buck heroine (4)
OLAN
3 Down: Game of extrication (10)
JACKSTRAWS
4 Down: The Buckeyes' inst. (3)
OSU
5 Down: Aleutian isle (4)
ATTU
6 Down: Hartebeest (4)
TORA
7 Down: "I Get ___ Out of You" (5)
AKICK
8 Down: Gangling (5)
LANKY
9 Down: "The ___ Laura Mars," 1978 film (6)
EYESOF
10 Down: S.R.O. show (7)
SELLOUT
11 Down: Arm of the Black Sea (4)
AZOV
12 Down: Mets or Expos (4)
NINE
13 Down: Activist of a sort (4)
GOER
18 Down: Meas. of area (4)
SQYD
22 Down: Nuclear explosion (5)
ATEST
24 Down: Be busy (3)
HUM
26 Down: Rouen's river (5)
SEINE
27 Down: Rocks behind the bar (3)
ICE
28 Down: Inning sextet (4)
OUTS
30 Down: Pouch feature (10)
DRAWSTRING
31 Down: Spots for gutters (5)
EAVES
32 Down: Used henna (4)
DYED
33 Down: Snatch (4)
GRAB
35 Down: Lamb's dam (3)
EWE
36 Down: Ma Bell's minimum (4)
DIME
39 Down: Edge (5)
BRINK
40 Down: Woman's suffrage Amendment no. (3)
XIX
43 Down: Desert of Chile (7)
ATACAMA
45 Down: The doughboys (3)
AEF
47 Down: Croaked (6)
RASPED
49 Down: Tumbrel (4)
CART
51 Down: ___-terre (5)
PIEDA
52 Down: P.G.A.'s Lee (5)
ELDER
54 Down: Soho pound (4)
QUID
55 Down: The Cadets' inst. (4)
USMA
56 Down: Words before instant or uproar (4)
INAN
57 Down: Let off steam (4)
VENT
58 Down: Ovid's being (4)
ESSE
60 Down: Put up drapes (4)
HANG
61 Down: Persons (4)
ONES
64 Down: Scottish explorer (3)
RAE

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