Saturday Crossword — April 9, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/9/1983. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Happen (5)
OCCUR
6 Across: Molecule component (4)
ATOM
10 Across: ___ California (4)
BAJA
14 Across: "___, ma prima . . . ": Verdi aria (5)
MORRO
15 Across: Machete's kin (4)
BOLO
16 Across: Certain stadium (4)
OVAL
17 Across: As compared with (5)
AMONG
18 Across: Chemical compound (9)
HYDROXIDE
20 Across: Fresh (3)
NEW
21 Across: Sky mysteries (4)
UFOS
23 Across: Sojourns (6)
ABIDES
24 Across: Strange (5)
QUEER
26 Across: Potter's must (4)
KILN
27 Across: What a prof proffers (6)
COURSE
29 Across: Hanky décor (8)
MONOGRAM
33 Across: Rara ___ (4)
AVIS
34 Across: Intensify (6)
DEEPEN
36 Across: TV's Vigoda (3)
ABE
37 Across: Rice dish (5)
PILAF
39 Across: Noshed (3)
ATE
40 Across: Eyewitness (5)
GAZER
42 Across: Large photo: Abbr. (3)
ENL
43 Across: Word of serendipity (6)
EUREKA
46 Across: Slavic ruler (4)
CZAR
47 Across: Felt indignation (8)
RESENTED
49 Across: Wobble (6)
SHIMMY
51 Across: On the rocks (4)
ICED
52 Across: Role for Valerie Harper (5)
RHODA
53 Across: Worsted (6)
WOOLEN
56 Across: Prospect (4)
VIEW
57 Across: Marbles game (3)
TAW
60 Across: Utter engrossment (9)
IMMERSION
62 Across: Fine violin (5)
AMATI
64 Across: Nary a soul (4)
NONE
65 Across: Author Murdoch (4)
IRIS
66 Across: Beard eraser (5)
RAZOR
67 Across: Enter (4)
GOIN
68 Across: Take on cargo (4)
LADE
69 Across: Cooperstown's Vance (5)
DAZZY

Down Answers

1 Down: Arabian sultanate (4)
OMAN
2 Down: "I ___ to bury Caesar . . . " (4)
COME
3 Down: Artists' pens (10)
CROWQUILLS
4 Down: Samovar (3)
URN
5 Down: Reprobates (6)
ROGUES
6 Down: Execrate (5)
ABHOR
7 Down: Trifles (4)
TOYS
8 Down: Timeworn (3)
OLD
9 Down: Glacial deposit (7)
MORAINE
10 Down: ___ Day, post-Christmas holiday in England (6)
BOXING
11 Down: Grasping (4)
AVID
12 Down: Nephrite, e.g. (4)
JADE
13 Down: City NW of Nîmes (4)
ALES
19 Down: Elliptical (6)
OBLONG
22 Down: Browse (4)
FEED
25 Down: Sky Bear (4)
URSA
26 Down: Ivan's coin (5)
KOPEK
27 Down: Frolic (5)
CAPER
28 Down: Sheeplike (5)
OVINE
29 Down: Allotted (5)
METED
30 Down: Hoopla (10)
RAZZMATAZZ
31 Down: Nautical term (5)
ABEAM
32 Down: Blithe (5)
MERRY
35 Down: Like the otary (5)
EARED
38 Down: Epeeist (6)
FENCER
41 Down: Biting (4)
ACID
44 Down: Dicer or ricer (7)
UTENSIL
45 Down: Wimbledon great (4)
ASHE
48 Down: "My Sister ___" (6)
EILEEN
50 Down: Henry VIII's fifth (6)
HOWARD
52 Down: Washer cycle (5)
RINSE
53 Down: Ell (4)
WING
54 Down: Melville novel (4)
OMOO
55 Down: Atlanta arena (4)
OMNI
56 Down: Invalid (4)
VOID
58 Down: Gamut of a sort (4)
ATOZ
59 Down: Lean, tough and strong (4)
WIRY
61 Down: Retirement plan, for short (3)
IRA
63 Down: Lea sound (3)
MAA

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