Wednesday Crossword — August 31, 1983
Difficulty: MediumGrid: 15x1576 clues~15-30 minBy Eugene T. Maleska8/31/1983
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Crossword Clues
Across
- 1 Across
- Rhyme scheme (4 letters)
- 5 Across
- Trunk fastener (4 letters)
- 9 Across
- Wooer (5 letters)
- 14 Across
- Weather indicator (4 letters)
- 15 Across
- Norwegian king (4 letters)
- 16 Across
- Sample (5 letters)
- 17 Across
- With 23 Across, boxer's explanation for his long layoff (9 letters)
- 19 Across
- Famed race horse (5 letters)
- 20 Across
- Corn spike (3 letters)
- 21 Across
- Shortly (4 letters)
- 22 Across
- He portrayed Disraeli (6 letters)
- 23 Across
- See 17 Across (13 letters)
- 26 Across
- Two-time loser to D.D.E. (3 letters)
- 27 Across
- Tragedy by Euripides (7 letters)
- 30 Across
- She wrote "Three Lives" (5 letters)
- 33 Across
- Shelter in a garden (5 letters)
- 35 Across
- Altar on high (3 letters)
- 36 Across
- Carnegie or Albert (4 letters)
- 37 Across
- Rescued (5 letters)
- 38 Across
- Pert lass (4 letters)
- 39 Across
- Garb like a burnoose (3 letters)
- 40 Across
- Bicuspid's neighbor (5 letters)
- 41 Across
- Heaven's pearly items (5 letters)
- 42 Across
- Spokes' protections (7 letters)
- 44 Across
- B.C. vessel (3 letters)
- 45 Across
- With 56 Across, wiseacre's reply to boxer (13 letters)
- 51 Across
- Jewelers' weights (6 letters)
- 53 Across
- Like a bump on ___ (4 letters)
- 54 Across
- Memorabilia (3 letters)
- 55 Across
- Clean the slate (5 letters)
- 56 Across
- See 45 Across (9 letters)
- 58 Across
- Inscribe (5 letters)
- 59 Across
- Landlocked Asian country (4 letters)
- 60 Across
- Rambler (4 letters)
- 61 Across
- Clairvoyants (5 letters)
- 62 Across
- Poilu's weapon (4 letters)
- 63 Across
- Stretches the budget (4 letters)
Down
- 1 Down
- Miller's "___ from the Bridge" (5 letters)
- 2 Down
- Member of an Iranian sect (5 letters)
- 3 Down
- "Cooking has become ___": Burton (5 letters)
- 4 Down
- Procrustean ___ (3 letters)
- 5 Down
- Bindlestiffs (6 letters)
- 6 Down
- Knocked for ___ (5 letters)
- 7 Down
- Finnish bath (5 letters)
- 8 Down
- Certain G.I. (3 letters)
- 9 Down
- Track official (7 letters)
- 10 Down
- Discoverer of Tahiti (6 letters)
- 11 Down
- Aide (9 letters)
- 12 Down
- Philippine group (4 letters)
- 13 Down
- Birds' beaks (4 letters)
- 18 Down
- Very pale (5 letters)
- 22 Down
- Broadcast (5 letters)
- 24 Down
- Greet (4 letters)
- 25 Down
- Sears ___, Chicago (5 letters)
- 28 Down
- Part of HOMES (4 letters)
- 29 Down
- Jugheads (4 letters)
- 30 Down
- Former ruler at Teheran (4 letters)
- 31 Down
- Freud's "Totem und ___" (4 letters)
- 32 Down
- Highly wrought (9 letters)
- 33 Down
- Wood for airplane models (5 letters)
- 34 Down
- Gametes (3 letters)
- 37 Down
- Last year's frosh (5 letters)
- 38 Down
- "For Pete's ___!" (4 letters)
- 40 Down
- Is important (7 letters)
- 41 Down
- Shorthand expert (5 letters)
- 43 Down
- Sub's nemesis (6 letters)
- 44 Down
- Incite (6 letters)
- 46 Down
- A dweller in the Crimea (5 letters)
- 47 Down
- Melancholy (5 letters)
- 48 Down
- Cushion stuffing (5 letters)
- 49 Down
- Functioning (5 letters)
- 50 Down
- Magi (5 letters)
- 51 Down
- A homophone for seize (4 letters)
- 52 Down
- "Rosamond" composer (4 letters)
- 56 Down
- Chicken ___ reine (3 letters)
- 57 Down
- Charlemagne's dom. (3 letters)
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