Thursday Crossword — June 30, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/30/1983. By Frances K. Schnitzer.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Prune's source (4)
PLUM
5 Across: Spanish toast (5)
SALUD
10 Across: Four-star review (4)
RAVE
14 Across: Ponselle (4)
ROSA
15 Across: Egg-shaped (5)
OVATE
16 Across: Automnes' predecessors (4)
ETES
17 Across: Arabian Sea gulf (4)
ADEN
18 Across: Long short stories (10)
NOVELETTES
20 Across: Treat via pills, etc. (8)
MEDICATE
22 Across: Brownish gray (5)
TAUPE
23 Across: Jamie of TV (4)
FARR
24 Across: Musical symbol (4)
SLUR
26 Across: Peeped (5)
SPIED
29 Across: Ignites (9)
ENKINDLES
34 Across: German toast (6)
PROSIT
36 Across: Its spill may kill one with a bill (3)
OIL
37 Across: Lodger of a sort (3)
ELK
38 Across: Fabric fibers (4)
LINT
39 Across: Main artery (5)
AORTA
41 Across: Exchange premium (4)
AGIO
42 Across: Here, in Le Havre (3)
ICI
43 Across: Dernier ___ (latest style) (3)
CRI
44 Across: Per ___ (6)
CAPITA
46 Across: Kind of knockout (9)
TECHNICAL
50 Across: Roadside hostelry (5)
MOTEL
51 Across: Jot (4)
IOTA
52 Across: Vittles (4)
EATS
54 Across: Say "*!!*!!" (5)
SWEAR
57 Across: Like Marguerite's lover (8)
FAUSTIAN
61 Across: Equal in value or effect (10)
TANTAMOUNT
64 Across: Dark red pigment (4)
LAKE
65 Across: A language of Pakistan (4)
URDU
66 Across: Layden of football fame (5)
ELMER
67 Across: Sponsorship (4)
EGIS
68 Across: Eleanor's follower (4)
BESS
69 Across: Distrustful (5)
LEERY
70 Across: Pearl Buck book (4)
SONS

Down Answers

1 Down: Kensington Park vehicle (4)
PRAM
2 Down: Miner's bonanza (4)
LODE
3 Down: Threadbare, possibly (4)
USED
4 Down: Display (8)
MANIFEST
5 Down: Tracking device (5)
SONAR
6 Down: ___ santé (French toast) (6)
AVOTRE
7 Down: Wash (4)
LAVE
8 Down: John Duncan was one (3)
UTE
9 Down: One of 50: Abbr. (3)
DEL
10 Down: Delay (6)
RETARD
11 Down: Volcanic island (4)
ATTU
12 Down: Barkley nickname (4)
VEEP
13 Down: Verb for Virgil (4)
ESSE
19 Down: Vingt-___ (gambling game) (4)
ETUN
21 Down: Mohammedan judge (4)
CADI
24 Down: Comedy sketch (4)
SKIT
25 Down: N.H. state flower (5)
LILAC
26 Down: Stock division (5)
SPLIT
27 Down: Miller's "The ___" (5)
PRICE
28 Down: Type of architecture (5)
IONIC
30 Down: Water wheel (5)
NORIA
31 Down: Not phony (5)
LEGIT
32 Down: Choice (5)
ELITE
33 Down: Scandinavian toast (5)
SKOAL
35 Down: Implied, but not expressed (5)
TACIT
40 Down: Sea film of 1977 (4)
ORCA
41 Down: ___ Creed (8)
APOSTLES
45 Down: C.P.A.'s bottom lines (4)
AMTS
47 Down: Gap (6)
HIATUS
48 Down: Kaye of ballet fame (4)
NORA
49 Down: A throw at horseshoes (6)
LEANER
53 Down: The Angels' angel (5)
AUTRY
54 Down: Havana's last section (4)
STUB
55 Down: Hard follower (4)
WARE
56 Down: Extremities (4)
ENDS
57 Down: Reek (4)
FUME
58 Down: Othello's deceiver (4)
IAGO
59 Down: Related (4)
AKIN
60 Down: Famed crime fighter (4)
NESS
62 Down: Singer Tillis (3)
MEL
63 Down: Carmichael's "___ Buttermilk Sky" (3)
OLE

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