Tuesday Crossword — June 21, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 6/21/1983. By Virginia L. Yates.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Broadway bomb (4)
FLOP
5 Across: Queen Elizabeth 2, e.g. (4)
SHIP
9 Across: " . . . and ___ to steer her by" (5)
ASTAR
14 Across: Tang dynasty poet (4)
LIPO
15 Across: Roof part (4)
EAVE
16 Across: Late-show heavy (5)
LORRE
17 Across: Gilded and Golden (4)
AGES
18 Across: Winged (4)
ALAR
19 Across: Wide (5)
BROAD
20 Across: Maritime trio (14)
THREEMENINATUB
23 Across: Soiled (7)
STAINED
24 Across: Black cuckoos (4)
ANIS
25 Across: Put on (3)
DON
26 Across: Forks over (8)
PONIESUP
30 Across: Legendary cowboy ___ Bill (5)
PECOS
33 Across: Tropical plant (5)
CANNA
34 Across: Period (3)
ERA
35 Across: Merit (4)
EARN
36 Across: Small flock of partridges (5)
COVEY
37 Across: Tenpenny, for one (4)
NAIL
38 Across: Inner: Prefix (3)
ESO
39 Across: "It ___ a heap o' livin' . . . " (5)
TAKES
40 Across: Caesura (5)
PAUSE
41 Across: Paid a bounty hunter (8)
REWARDED
43 Across: French resort city (3)
PAU
44 Across: Scoria (4)
SLAG
45 Across: Making happy (7)
ELATING
49 Across: Albatross slayer (14)
ANCIENTMARINER
52 Across: Foe of Pericles (5)
CLEON
53 Across: ___ out (resolve) (4)
IRON
54 Across: Job for Perry Mason (4)
CASE
55 Across: West, to Ponce de León (5)
OESTE
56 Across: Memo (4)
NOTE
57 Across: Sweeten the pot (4)
ANTE
58 Across: Davis or Midler (5)
BETTE
59 Across: Quarterdeck affirmatives (4)
AYES
60 Across: "___ we forget" (4)
LEST

Down Answers

1 Down: Certain abodes (5)
FLATS
2 Down: Like some beers (5)
LIGHT
3 Down: It's sometimes grand (5)
OPERA
4 Down: God of the sea (8)
POSEIDON
5 Down: Salts (6)
SEAMEN
6 Down: Summoned to court (5)
HALED
7 Down: Czar's name (4)
IVAN
8 Down: Persian elf (4)
PERI
9 Down: Balkan country (7)
ALBANIA
10 Down: Sally (6)
SORTIE
11 Down: Honeymoon habiliments (9)
TROUSSEAU
12 Down: Bedouin (4)
ARAB
13 Down: Eric the ___ (3)
RED
21 Down: Biblical oldster (4)
ENOS
22 Down: Goat (5)
NANNY
26 Down: Did a street job (5)
PAVED
27 Down: Some bills (4)
ONES
28 Down: Author of "QB VII" (4)
URIS
29 Down: Wane or wan (4)
PALE
30 Down: Count or viscount (4)
PEER
31 Down: Leisure (4)
EASE
32 Down: Lofty sea perch (9)
CROWSNEST
33 Down: Industrial fuel (4)
COKE
36 Down: Sponge (5)
CADGE
37 Down: Adjective for this puzzle (8)
NAUTICAL
39 Down: Boot-camp recruit (7)
TRAINEE
40 Down: He wrote "I Kid You Not" (4)
PAAR
42 Down: March family creator (6)
ALCOTT
43 Down: Smooths (6)
PLANES
45 Down: Gush (5)
EMOTE
46 Down: Void (5)
INANE
47 Down: Fits one into another (5)
NESTS
48 Down: Welcome (5)
GREET
49 Down: Windward's opposite (4)
ALEE
50 Down: Historic vessel (4)
NINA
51 Down: Ancient battle site (4)
TROY
52 Down: Corn on the ___ (3)
COB

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