Friday Crossword — August 5, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/5/1983. By Quivey.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Soda jerk's utensil (5)
- SCOOP
- 6 Across: Trilogy by Dos Passos (3)
- USA
- 9 Across: Yearn (4)
- ACHE
- 13 Across: Apollo 16 command ship (6)
- CASPER
- 15 Across: Cold-weather threat (3)
- FLU
- 16 Across: Hera's mother (4)
- RHEA
- 17 Across: Grieg temptress (6)
- ANITRA
- 18 Across: Row (3)
- OAR
- 19 Across: Japanese aborigine (4)
- AINU
- 20 Across: Black ___ (patrol wagons) (6)
- MARIAS
- 21 Across: Tinges (5)
- CASTS
- 23 Across: Light-fingered sneak (10)
- PICKPOCKET
- 26 Across: Flightless bird (3)
- EMU
- 29 Across: Ar follower (3)
- ESS
- 30 Across: Extinct wild ox (4)
- URUS
- 31 Across: Vexes (5)
- RILES
- 33 Across: Pang (4)
- STAB
- 34 Across: Poem by Sandburg (6)
- LOSERS
- 35 Across: Stud on a sole (7)
- HOBNAIL
- 39 Across: Sandhog, e.g. (7)
- LABORER
- 40 Across: Root (6)
- ORIGIN
- 41 Across: Poet Nahum ___ (4)
- TATE
- 42 Across: Some singers (5)
- ALTOS
- 43 Across: Man of ltrs. (4)
- AUTH
- 44 Across: Pride of Sen. Norris (3)
- TVA
- 47 Across: Necktie fabric (3)
- REP
- 48 Across: Dead wrong (10)
- OFFTHEBEAM
- 51 Across: Record of a sort (5)
- ANNAL
- 53 Across: Malodorous (6)
- RANCID
- 55 Across: Pacific island staple (4)
- TARO
- 57 Across: Minor member (3)
- COG
- 59 Across: Durango or Hidalgo (6)
- ESTADO
- 60 Across: Minutes of a meeting (4)
- ACTA
- 61 Across: T-shaped staff (3)
- TAU
- 62 Across: His fare is spare (6)
- DIETER
- 63 Across: Interlock (4)
- MESH
- 64 Across: Pen (3)
- STY
- 65 Across: Mustard relative (5)
- CRESS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sting (4)
- SCAM
- 2 Down: Finger food (6)
- CANAPE
- 3 Down: Egyptian deity (6)
- OSIRIS
- 4 Down: Branch of physics (6)
- OPTICS
- 5 Down: Malaysian state (5)
- PERAK
- 6 Down: Extraterrestrial vehicle? (3)
- UFO
- 7 Down: Informal wear (6)
- SLACKS
- 8 Down: Subtle sensory stimuli (5)
- AURAE
- 9 Down: Smell ___ (4)
- ARAT
- 10 Down: Shady sculptor? (8)
- CHISELER
- 11 Down: Mother ___ (guide carefully) (3)
- HEN
- 12 Down: ___ Claire, Wis. city (3)
- EAU
- 14 Down: Ill-starred monk (8)
- RASPUTIN
- 22 Down: Describing some lights (6)
- STROBE
- 24 Down: Part of O.R.U. (4)
- ORAL
- 25 Down: Beginner (3)
- CUB
- 27 Down: Simple (4)
- MERE
- 28 Down: World's largest oil producer (4)
- USSR
- 32 Down: Prefix with tope or type (3)
- ISO
- 33 Down: Hiver or été (6)
- SAISON
- 34 Down: Readied for the blade (8)
- LATHERED
- 35 Down: Rime (4)
- HOAR
- 36 Down: Heraldic band (4)
- ORLE
- 37 Down: Walk-ons (8)
- BITPARTS
- 38 Down: Dinh Diem (3)
- NGO
- 39 Down: Trellis piece (4)
- LATH
- 41 Down: Expression of impatience (3)
- TUT
- 43 Down: Free of trouble or debt (6)
- AFLOAT
- 44 Down: Frame for drying cloth (6)
- TENTER
- 45 Down: Surrender possession (6)
- VACATE
- 46 Down: Chemical compounds (6)
- AMIDES
- 49 Down: Data (5)
- FACTS
- 50 Down: Irreducible (5)
- BASIC
- 52 Down: Early shipbuilder (4)
- NOAH
- 54 Down: Actress from Swindon, Eng. (4)
- DORS
- 55 Down: "___ Lin," Scottish ballad (3)
- TAM
- 56 Down: Sleeve nestler (3)
- ACE
- 58 Down: Writer de Maupassant (3)
- GUY
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