Monday Crossword — August 8, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/8/1983. By Daniels.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Victim of pillage (4)
PREY
5 Across: Slaves of yore (5)
SERFS
10 Across: Nigerian people (4)
IBOS
14 Across: Roof overhang (4)
EAVE
15 Across: Solzhenitsyn, e.g. (5)
EXILE
16 Across: Nothing more than (4)
MERE
17 Across: Shultz's bailiwick (15)
STATEDEPARTMENT
20 Across: Initiate a flow (3)
TAP
21 Across: Shoe accessory (4)
LACE
22 Across: Trims (6)
PRUNES
23 Across: U.S. playwright: 1906–63 (5)
ODETS
25 Across: Trotsky (4)
LEON
26 Across: Search for provisions (6)
FORAGE
28 Across: Exchange thoughts (8)
CONVERSE
32 Across: Eared seal (5)
OTARY
33 Across: Laminated rock (5)
SLATE
34 Across: Suffix with labor or favor (3)
ITE
35 Across: Evaluate (4)
RATE
36 Across: Dull sounds (5)
THUDS
37 Across: City in Hungary (4)
EGER
38 Across: Indian of Colo. (3)
UTE
39 Across: Tarkenton and Allison (5)
FRANS
40 Across: Member of an Iranian sect (5)
BAHAI
41 Across: Kibitzer's activity (8)
MEDDLING
43 Across: Make a certain chess move (6)
CASTLE
44 Across: Motored (4)
RODE
45 Across: Mediterranean state (5)
MALTA
46 Across: Famous silversmith (6)
REVERE
49 Across: Supervisor (4)
BOSS
50 Across: Scottish negative (3)
NAE
53 Across: Former head of 17 Across (15)
ALEXANDERHAIGJR
56 Across: Fen footing (4)
MIRE
57 Across: Josh (5)
TEASE
58 Across: Expression of woe (4)
ALAS
59 Across: Chime (4)
PEAL
60 Across: Muscular link (5)
SINEW
61 Across: The one that follows (4)
NEXT

Down Answers

1 Down: Nuisance (4)
PEST
2 Down: Pro ___ (proportionally) (4)
RATA
3 Down: Vanished (10)
EVAPORATED
4 Down: Nevertheless (3)
YET
5 Down: Calm (6)
SEDATE
6 Down: V.P.'s, e.g. (5)
EXECS
7 Down: Ready for harvesting (4)
RIPE
8 Down: Sen. Hawkins' state (3)
FLA
9 Down: Medusa's tresses (8)
SERPENTS
10 Down: Resistant to disease (6)
IMMUNE
11 Down: Homophone for bin (4)
BEEN
12 Down: English Channel feeder (4)
ORNE
13 Down: Hardens (4)
SETS
18 Down: Sorrowful poem (5)
ELEGY
19 Down: Valuable discovery (5)
TROVE
24 Down: Have courage (4)
DARE
25 Down: A lot (5)
LOADS
26 Down: Roman marketplace (5)
FORUM
27 Down: Giant grass (5)
OTATE
28 Down: Adhered (5)
CLUNG
29 Down: Formation of two lines at 90 degrees (10)
RIGHTANGLE
30 Down: Terrific buy (5)
STEAL
31 Down: Strange (5)
EERIE
33 Down: Movie classic: 1953 (5)
SHANE
36 Down: Scepters for Poseidon and Neptune (8)
TRIDENTS
37 Down: Orient (4)
EAST
39 Down: Fauna's partner (5)
FLORA
40 Down: Light wood (5)
BALSA
42 Down: Philadelphia institution (6)
DREXEL
43 Down: Type of nut (6)
CASHEW
45 Down: Code name (5)
MORSE
46 Down: Boston Garden pathway (4)
RAMP
47 Down: Author Wiesel (4)
ELIE
48 Down: Miles from Okla. (4)
VERA
49 Down: Soy or Roy (4)
BEAN
51 Down: Trojan War hero (4)
AJAX
52 Down: Formerly, once (4)
ERST
54 Down: Jupiter and Mars (3)
DEI
55 Down: John, in Glasgow (3)
IAN

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