Thursday Crossword — August 25, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/25/1983. By Eli Wesoff.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Phonograph record (4)
- DISC
- 5 Across: Fencing weapon (4)
- EPEE
- 9 Across: Buddy (4)
- CHUM
- 13 Across: Prefix with aircraft (4)
- ANTI
- 14 Across: Far-reaching (4)
- VAST
- 15 Across: Has an aversion to (5)
- HATES
- 17 Across: Desert (15)
- LEAVEINTHELURCH
- 20 Across: Velvet ending (3)
- EEN
- 21 Across: Feed the kitty (4)
- ANTE
- 22 Across: Assuage (6)
- SOLACE
- 23 Across: "The Nazarene" author (4)
- ASCH
- 24 Across: Tool used in mining (6)
- TREPAN
- 25 Across: Tip that was no pip (8)
- BUMSTEER
- 29 Across: " . . . murder cannot be ___ long": Shak. (3)
- HID
- 30 Across: Makes ___ day (elates) (4)
- ONES
- 31 Across: Propelled a trireme (5)
- OARED
- 33 Across: Capital ending (3)
- IST
- 36 Across: Follow Emily Post strictly (15)
- STANDONCEREMONY
- 40 Across: Like a fence's ice (3)
- HOT
- 41 Across: The only horse that beat Man o' War (5)
- UPSET
- 42 Across: ___ impasse (4)
- ATAN
- 43 Across: Sellout sign (3)
- SRO
- 44 Across: Possible land problem (8)
- DRAINAGE
- 47 Across: Improve (6)
- BETTER
- 50 Across: Lateran area (4)
- APSE
- 51 Across: "Express" destination, once (6)
- ORIENT
- 52 Across: "God's Little ___" (4)
- ACRE
- 53 Across: Holliday, e.g. (3)
- DOC
- 56 Across: Return to reality (15)
- COMEDOWNTOEARTH
- 59 Across: Writer Rogers St. Johns (5)
- ADELA
- 60 Across: Part of Henry VI's legacy (4)
- ETON
- 61 Across: Et al. anagram (4)
- LATE
- 62 Across: Jackass, in Düsseldorf (4)
- ESEL
- 63 Across: Certain counters (4)
- BARS
- 64 Across: Pack away (4)
- STOW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Evans or Robertson (4)
- DALE
- 2 Down: Relative of curare (4)
- INEE
- 3 Down: Jazz maestro Kenton (4)
- STAN
- 4 Down: Year in St. Evaristus's papacy (3)
- CIV
- 5 Down: Manifest (6)
- EVINCE
- 6 Down: Temples dedicated to all the gods (9)
- PANTHEONS
- 7 Down: Punta del ___ (4)
- ESTE
- 8 Down: Ordinal suffix (3)
- ETH
- 9 Down: Sodium ___ (8)
- CHLORIDE
- 10 Down: Did a teamster's job (6)
- HAULED
- 11 Down: Letter-shaped snare (5)
- UTRAP
- 12 Down: A goal of pilgrims (5)
- MECCA
- 16 Down: God, to a Chinese Protestant (4)
- SHEN
- 18 Down: Word after Middle or Far (4)
- EAST
- 19 Down: Williams or Rolle (6)
- ESTHER
- 23 Down: Org. (4)
- ASSN
- 25 Down: Nonsense (4)
- BOSH
- 26 Down: "Do ___ others . . . " (4)
- UNTO
- 27 Down: Mutton, e.g. (4)
- MEAT
- 28 Down: Hastened (5)
- RACED
- 32 Down: Muscle that draws back an organ (9)
- RETRACTOR
- 33 Down: Tittle (4)
- IOTA
- 34 Down: Hosiery mishap (4)
- SNAG
- 35 Down: ___ Daly of TV's "Cagney and Lacey" (4)
- TYNE
- 37 Down: Roland's sword (8)
- DURENDAL
- 38 Down: City famous for a sweet wine (6)
- OPORTO
- 39 Down: Lion's pride (4)
- MANE
- 43 Down: Addison contemporary (6)
- STEELE
- 45 Down: Pinafores (6)
- APRONS
- 46 Down: "___ Your Face Before Me," 1937 song (4)
- ISEE
- 47 Down: Juan's mouth (4)
- BOCA
- 48 Down: Undermine (5)
- ERODE
- 49 Down: Multiplied by (5)
- TIMES
- 52 Down: Stage acronym (4)
- ANTA
- 53 Down: Mild curse (4)
- DRAT
- 54 Down: Bismarck or Kruger (4)
- OTTO
- 55 Down: Quid (4)
- CHEW
- 57 Down: Spider's bailiwick (3)
- WEB
- 58 Down: Capp and Ritz (3)
- ALS
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