Saturday Crossword — April 2, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/2/1983. By Robert Katz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tasse qualifier (4)
DEMI
5 Across: Batter's locale (5)
PLATE
10 Across: Behaves like a tout (4)
TIPS
14 Across: "___ Get It for You Wholesale" (4)
ICAN
15 Across: Fiddler's need (5)
ROSIN
16 Across: Old weapon (4)
SNEE
17 Across: "That's how you spell Chicago!": Part I (15)
CHICKENINTHECAR
20 Across: Ages and ages (3)
EON
21 Across: On the briny (4)
ASEA
22 Across: Turn on an axis (6)
ROTATE
23 Across: Spud (5)
TATER
25 Across: Lip (4)
SASS
26 Across: He made a mint in mines (6)
HEARST
28 Across: Carlton Fisk's colleagues (8)
WHITESOX
32 Across: Deplaned (4)
ALIT
33 Across: Lean and hungry look, e.g. (4)
MIEN
34 Across: "Diamonds ___ Forever" (3)
ARE
35 Across: Car pts. (4)
IGNS
36 Across: French-door components (5)
PANES
37 Across: Chinese city (4)
SIAN
38 Across: Inconclusive conclusion (3)
TIE
39 Across: First-grade subj. (4)
ADDN
40 Across: Dividing word (4)
INTO
41 Across: Chicago Museum of Science and ___ (8)
INDUSTRY
44 Across: Put weight on (6)
FATTEN
46 Across: Simpatico (4)
NICE
47 Across: "The mouse ___ the clock" (5)
RANUP
48 Across: Antonym for 44 Across (6)
FAMISH
51 Across: Sentry's word (4)
HALT
52 Across: Dawn goddess (3)
EOS
55 Across: See 17 Across: Part II (15)
ANDTHECARCANTGO
58 Across: Mete out (4)
DOLE
59 Across: De Mille ballet (5)
RODEO
60 Across: Prefix for plane or space (4)
AERO
61 Across: Tennyson heroine (4)
ENID
62 Across: Ache, emotionally (5)
YEARN
63 Across: Gun type (4)
BREN

Down Answers

1 Down: Las Vegas lure (4)
DICE
2 Down: Narcissus spurned her (4)
ECHO
3 Down: Asserted (10)
MAINTAINED
4 Down: Business abbr. (3)
INC
5 Down: Like a programmed computer (6)
PRESET
6 Down: Hermit (5)
LONER
7 Down: Shortest continent, in a way (4)
ASIA
8 Down: British can (3)
TIN
9 Down: Catches the Metroliner (8)
ENTRAINS
10 Down: Dreaded fly (6)
TSETSE
11 Down: Peruvian indigene (4)
INCA
12 Down: Bog contents (4)
PEAT
13 Down: Very dry (4)
SERE
18 Down: African teas (4)
KATS
19 Down: Multitude (4)
HOST
24 Down: Martial ___ (4)
ARTS
25 Down: Gloss (5)
SHEEN
26 Down: Papa Doc's milieu (5)
HAITI
27 Down: City northwest of Chicago (5)
ELGIN
28 Down: Chicago weather forecast (5)
WINDY
29 Down: Martyr at Rome: A.D. 64? (10)
SAINTPETER
30 Down: Wax rhetorical (5)
ORATE
31 Down: Inert gas (5)
XENON
33 Down: "The Treasure of the Sierra ___" (5)
MADRE
36 Down: Clumsy repairing (8)
PATCHERY
37 Down: In ___ (in position) (4)
SITU
42 Down: Conjoint (6)
UNITED
43 Down: New thin ice (4)
SISH
44 Down: Peregrine (6)
FALCON
45 Down: Theater org. (4)
ANTA
47 Down: Less prevalent (5)
RARER
48 Down: Cover a bet (4)
FADE
49 Down: Unsigned, for short (4)
ANON
50 Down: Year in the reign of Edward VI (4)
MDLI
51 Down: "Mary ___ little lamb . . . " (4)
HADA
53 Down: Karloff portrayal (4)
OGRE
54 Down: Part of a.s.a.p. (4)
SOON
56 Down: Great miler (3)
COE
57 Down: Bag (3)
NAB

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