Thursday Crossword — July 28, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/28/1983. By Joy L. Wouk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Midwest air hub (5)
- OHARE
- 6 Across: Hic, ___, hoc (4)
- HAEC
- 10 Across: Reduce wave amplitude (4)
- DAMP
- 14 Across: Abate (5)
- RELAX
- 15 Across: Field: Comb. form (4)
- AGRO
- 16 Across: Hautboy (4)
- OBOE
- 17 Across: Small wild goose (5)
- BRANT
- 18 Across: ___ dire (oath at court) (4)
- VOIR
- 19 Across: NCO's "As you ___!" (4)
- WERE
- 20 Across: Coward play (14)
- BRIEFENCOUNTER
- 23 Across: Prefix with ego or hero (3)
- NON
- 24 Across: Blue Eagle agcy. (3)
- NRA
- 25 Across: Front (6)
- FACADE
- 29 Across: Abnormal body growth (8)
- GIANTISM
- 34 Across: Missouri tributary (5)
- OSAGE
- 35 Across: Dispatch (4)
- SEND
- 36 Across: Bath, e.g. (3)
- SPA
- 37 Across: Like an illegal sale (15)
- UNDERTHECOUNTER
- 41 Across: Dark-rm. item (3)
- NEG
- 42 Across: Reckless (4)
- RASH
- 43 Across: Kind of circle (5)
- POLAR
- 44 Across: Exhibition horsemanship (8)
- DRESSAGE
- 47 Across: Solar-system model (6)
- ORRERY
- 48 Across: Companion of 11 Down (3)
- AID
- 49 Across: Bakery item (3)
- PIE
- 50 Across: Offset (14)
- COUNTERBALANCE
- 58 Across: Soapbox oratory, often (4)
- RANT
- 59 Across: Rows (4)
- OARS
- 60 Across: Coop feature (5)
- ROOST
- 62 Across: Holy Roman emperor (4)
- OTTO
- 63 Across: Banjo part (4)
- FRET
- 64 Across: Irregular (5)
- EROSE
- 65 Across: "___ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (4)
- WHOS
- 66 Across: Vanish (4)
- FADE
- 67 Across: Old-fashioned (5)
- DATED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Royal symbol (3)
- ORB
- 2 Down: Chervil, e.g. (4)
- HERB
- 3 Down: Like Pegasus (4)
- ALAR
- 4 Down: Indian prince's wife (4)
- RANI
- 5 Down: Additive (8)
- EXTENDER
- 6 Down: Refuge (5)
- HAVEN
- 7 Down: Balanchine ballet (4)
- AGON
- 8 Down: Writer Hoffer (4)
- ERIC
- 9 Down: Nueva Galicia governor (8)
- CORONADO
- 10 Down: ___ the heels (shabby) (6)
- DOWNAT
- 11 Down: Incite (4)
- ABET
- 12 Down: Further (4)
- MORE
- 13 Down: Squint (4)
- PEER
- 21 Down: Grant, to Lee (3)
- FOE
- 22 Down: Ossuary (3)
- URN
- 25 Down: Base (5)
- FOUND
- 26 Down: Actor from Kansas City (5)
- ASNER
- 27 Down: Sponge (5)
- CADGE
- 28 Down: Word after Iron or Bronze (3)
- AGE
- 29 Down: Silly ones (5)
- GEESE
- 30 Down: Move slowly (4)
- INCH
- 31 Down: Cordage fiber (5)
- ISTLE
- 32 Down: Fishing tool (5)
- SPEAR
- 33 Down: Unite (5)
- MARRY
- 35 Down: Coarse tobacco (4)
- SHAG
- 38 Down: Alternate (8)
- TRADEOFF
- 39 Down: Built (8)
- UPREARED
- 40 Down: Scan. land (3)
- NOR
- 45 Down: Brazilian seaport or coffee named for it (6)
- SANTOS
- 46 Down: Form a lap (3)
- SIT
- 47 Down: OPEC's concern (3)
- OIL
- 49 Down: Jellylike candy (5)
- PASTE
- 50 Down: Exult (4)
- CROW
- 51 Down: Curse (4)
- OATH
- 52 Down: Golden-rule word (4)
- UNTO
- 53 Down: ___ avis (4)
- RARA
- 54 Down: Brought up (4)
- BRED
- 55 Down: Vaudeville singer Bayes (4)
- NORA
- 56 Down: " . . . haunts of ___ and hern": Tennyson (4)
- COOT
- 57 Down: Basic verb for Vergilius (4)
- ESSE
- 61 Down: Spread grass to dry (3)
- TED
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