Wednesday Crossword — May 11, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/11/1983. By Barbara J. Weakley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Paper measure (4)
- REAM
- 5 Across: "Nobody ___ It Better," Carly Simon hit (4)
- DOES
- 9 Across: Receives top billing (5)
- STARS
- 14 Across: Singing voice (4)
- ALTO
- 15 Across: Feminine suffix (4)
- ETTE
- 16 Across: Young boobook (5)
- OWLET
- 17 Across: "Fair play" (9)
- TURNABOUT
- 19 Across: Tropical vine (5)
- LIANA
- 20 Across: Revises (5)
- EDITS
- 21 Across: Part of Ed. D. (9)
- EDUCATION
- 23 Across: Meal (6)
- REPAST
- 25 Across: Excess of solar over lunar year (5)
- EPACT
- 26 Across: Close (4)
- NEAR
- 28 Across: Squinted (6)
- PEERED
- 32 Across: Ancient Mariner's companion (9)
- ALBATROSS
- 37 Across: Thrust (5)
- DRIVE
- 38 Across: A Stooge (3)
- MOE
- 39 Across: Delight (5)
- ELATE
- 41 Across: Bourg's department (3)
- AIN
- 42 Across: Nymph on Mt. Ida (5)
- OREAD
- 45 Across: Forever (9)
- ETERNALLY
- 48 Across: Nut (6)
- KERNEL
- 50 Across: Uprising (4)
- RIOT
- 51 Across: "Carmen" or "Norma" (5)
- OPERA
- 54 Across: Bury (6)
- ENTOMB
- 58 Across: Spellbind (9)
- MESMERIZE
- 62 Across: Polite (5)
- CIVIL
- 63 Across: The bounding main (5)
- OCEAN
- 64 Across: Grind into dust (9)
- PULVERIZE
- 66 Across: "All's right with the ___": Browning (5)
- WORLD
- 67 Across: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 68 Across: Chemical suffixes (4)
- ENES
- 69 Across: Executes (5)
- SLAYS
- 70 Across: Trim (4)
- NEAT
- 71 Across: Depression (4)
- DENT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: One who seeds athletes (5)
- RATER
- 2 Down: Escape (5)
- ELUDE
- 3 Down: Barely aweigh (5)
- ATRIP
- 4 Down: Treasure State (7)
- MONTANA
- 5 Down: Soc. girl (3)
- DEB
- 6 Down: Plains Indian (4)
- OTOE
- 7 Down: Musical exercise (5)
- ETUDE
- 8 Down: Arrangement (5)
- SETUP
- 9 Down: Soothed (7)
- SOLACED
- 10 Down: Chirp (7)
- 11 Down: Jai ___ (4)
- ALAI
- 12 Down: Fort ___, Okla. (4)
- RENO
- 13 Down: Ollie's sidekick (4)
- STAN
- 18 Down: Property, e.g. (5)
- ASSET
- 22 Down: Excel (3)
- CAP
- 24 Down: Weight allowance (4)
- TARE
- 27 Down: Function (4)
- ROLE
- 29 Down: Irani coin (4)
- RIAL
- 30 Down: Base (4)
- EVIL
- 31 Down: Contradict (4)
- DENY
- 32 Down: Frenzied (4)
- AMOK
- 33 Down: Byproduct of bibliophilism (4)
- LORE
- 34 Down: This contains barley malt (4)
- BEER
- 35 Down: Convened (3)
- SAT
- 36 Down: Old or road follower (4)
- STER
- 40 Down: Where ships for Perry were built (4)
- ERIE
- 43 Down: Deviation from a general rule (7)
- ANOMALY
- 44 Down: Relies (on) (7)
- DEPENDS
- 46 Down: The time being (5)
- NONCE
- 47 Down: Togged out (7)
- ATTIRED
- 49 Down: Neptune, to a Celt (3)
- LER
- 52 Down: Age or cure (5)
- RIPEN
- 53 Down: Sky blue (5)
- AZURE
- 55 Down: Sheeplike (5)
- OVINE
- 56 Down: Fore-and-aft sail (5)
- MIZEN
- 57 Down: Consecrated (5)
- BLEST
- 58 Down: Haylofts (4)
- MOWS
- 59 Down: Environment: Abbr. (4)
- ECOL
- 60 Down: Evening, in Napoli (4)
- SERA
- 61 Down: She was born free (4)
- ELSA
- 65 Down: Animal doc (3)
- VET
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