Wednesday Crossword — June 15, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/15/1983. By Christy Ridley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Aeneid" starter (4)
- ARMA
- 5 Across: Loops (5)
- COILS
- 10 Across: Third power (4)
- CUBE
- 14 Across: Larry Bird's target (4)
- HOOP
- 15 Across: Hero-actor Murphy (5)
- AUDIE
- 16 Across: Killer whale (4)
- ORCA
- 17 Across: " . . . swift completion of their ___" (15)
- APPOINTEDROUNDS
- 20 Across: Buzzer (3)
- BEE
- 21 Across: McKinley's birthplace in Ohio (5)
- NILES
- 22 Across: Resource (5)
- ASSET
- 23 Across: ___ Lisa (4)
- MONA
- 24 Across: Kind of boot, jump or lift (3)
- SKI
- 25 Across: Daily feature on some TV stations (15)
- LATENEWSROUNDUP
- 33 Across: Actress Bordoni: 1894–1953 (5)
- IRENE
- 34 Across: Kind of welcome (4)
- WARM
- 35 Across: Collections of anecdotes (3)
- ANA
- 36 Across: Curve (4)
- BEND
- 37 Across: Fit in (5)
- ADAPT
- 39 Across: X-rated stuff (4)
- SMUT
- 40 Across: Weasel's prey (3)
- RAT
- 41 Across: Tie (4)
- KNOT
- 42 Across: Snow or Canada (5)
- GOOSE
- 43 Across: Coming soon (15)
- AROUNDTHECORNER
- 47 Across: "The Princess and the ___" (3)
- PEA
- 48 Across: Zhivago's lost love (4)
- LARA
- 49 Across: Bewildered (5)
- ATSEA
- 52 Across: Show gratitude (5)
- THANK
- 54 Across: Mrs., in Buenos Aires (3)
- SRA
- 57 Across: Sale at an airport (15)
- ROUNDTRIPTICKET
- 60 Across: Brace (4)
- GIRD
- 61 Across: What jabberwocky seems to make (5)
- SENSE
- 62 Across: Sight on the Hudson (4)
- PIER
- 63 Across: Bullring cries (4)
- OLES
- 64 Across: Nero or Arno (5)
- PETER
- 65 Across: Sole (4)
- ONLY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Jezebel's husband (4)
- AHAB
- 2 Down: Lasso (4)
- ROPE
- 3 Down: Be listless (4)
- MOPE
- 4 Down: G.I.'s overseas address (3)
- APO
- 5 Down: Wolf or jackal (6)
- CANINE
- 6 Down: Felonious fugitive (6)
- OUTLAW
- 7 Down: Notion, in Nîmes (4)
- IDEE
- 8 Down: Tops (4)
- LIDS
- 9 Down: Msgr.'s talk (3)
- SER
- 10 Down: King-to-king word (6)
- COUSIN
- 11 Down: Samovars (4)
- URNS
- 12 Down: A–F connection (4)
- BCDE
- 13 Down: Orient (4)
- EAST
- 18 Down: Hole-___ (golf feat) (5)
- INONE
- 19 Down: Sealant (5)
- OAKUM
- 23 Down: Repair (4)
- MEND
- 24 Down: Kind (4)
- SORT
- 25 Down: The Scales (5)
- LIBRA
- 26 Down: To the back (5)
- AREAR
- 27 Down: ___ two (1:50) (5)
- TENTO
- 28 Down: Broad strip (5)
- SWATH
- 29 Down: Shoot the breeze (3)
- RAP
- 30 Down: Pythias's friend (5)
- DAMON
- 31 Down: Why words become obsolete (5)
- UNUSE
- 32 Down: Dad, in Devon (5)
- PATER
- 37 Down: " . . . on a wing ___ prayer" (4)
- ANDA
- 38 Down: Polka ___ (3)
- DOT
- 39 Down: Rail (4)
- SORA
- 41 Down: What bakers do with their dough (5)
- KNEAD
- 42 Down: "The Lower Depths" author (5)
- GORKI
- 44 Down: Overturns (6)
- UPENDS
- 45 Down: Slip by (6)
- ELAPSE
- 46 Down: Moderate gallop (6)
- CANTER
- 49 Down: Golden Fleece ship (4)
- ARGO
- 50 Down: Work hard (4)
- TOIL
- 51 Down: Certain (4)
- SURE
- 52 Down: Mirage on a tundra (4)
- TREE
- 53 Down: Clue (4)
- HINT
- 54 Down: Hide (4)
- SKIN
- 55 Down: Film section (4)
- REEL
- 56 Down: Kept bow on to the water (4)
- ATRY
- 58 Down: Recipe abbr. (3)
- TSP
- 59 Down: ___ Sharkey, Rickles role (3)
- CPO
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