Wednesday Crossword — August 31, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/31/1983. By Eugene T. Maleska.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Rhyme scheme (4)
- ABAB
- 5 Across: Trunk fastener (4)
- HASP
- 9 Across: Wooer (5)
- SWAIN
- 14 Across: Weather indicator (4)
- VANE
- 15 Across: Norwegian king (4)
- OLAV
- 16 Across: Sample (5)
- TASTE
- 17 Across: With 23 Across, boxer's explanation for his long layoff (9)
- IHADABOUT
- 19 Across: Famed race horse (5)
- ALSAB
- 20 Across: Corn spike (3)
- EAR
- 21 Across: Shortly (4)
- SOON
- 22 Across: He portrayed Disraeli (6)
- ARLISS
- 23 Across: See 17 Across (13)
- WITHHEPATITIS
- 26 Across: Two-time loser to D.D.E. (3)
- AES
- 27 Across: Tragedy by Euripides (7)
- ORESTES
- 30 Across: She wrote "Three Lives" (5)
- STEIN
- 33 Across: Shelter in a garden (5)
- BOWER
- 35 Across: Altar on high (3)
- ARA
- 36 Across: Carnegie or Albert (4)
- HALL
- 37 Across: Rescued (5)
- SAVED
- 38 Across: Pert lass (4)
- SNIP
- 39 Across: Garb like a burnoose (3)
- ABA
- 40 Across: Bicuspid's neighbor (5)
- MOLAR
- 41 Across: Heaven's pearly items (5)
- GATES
- 42 Across: Spokes' protections (7)
- HUBCAPS
- 44 Across: B.C. vessel (3)
- ARK
- 45 Across: With 56 Across, wiseacre's reply to boxer (13)
- OHTHATGREEKIS
- 51 Across: Jewelers' weights (6)
- CARATS
- 53 Across: Like a bump on ___ (4)
- ALOG
- 54 Across: Memorabilia (3)
- ANA
- 55 Across: Clean the slate (5)
- ERASE
- 56 Across: See 45 Across (9)
- ATOUGHPUG
- 58 Across: Inscribe (5)
- ENTER
- 59 Across: Landlocked Asian country (4)
- LAOS
- 60 Across: Rambler (4)
- ROSE
- 61 Across: Clairvoyants (5)
- SEERS
- 62 Across: Poilu's weapon (4)
- ARME
- 63 Across: Stretches the budget (4)
- EKES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Miller's "___ from the Bridge" (5)
- AVIEW
- 2 Down: Member of an Iranian sect (5)
- BAHAI
- 3 Down: "Cooking has become ___": Burton (5)
- ANART
- 4 Down: Procrustean ___ (3)
- BED
- 5 Down: Bindlestiffs (6)
- HOBOES
- 6 Down: Knocked for ___ (5)
- ALOOP
- 7 Down: Finnish bath (5)
- SAUNA
- 8 Down: Certain G.I. (3)
- PVT
- 9 Down: Track official (7)
- STARTER
- 10 Down: Discoverer of Tahiti (6)
- WALLIS
- 11 Down: Aide (9)
- ASSISTANT
- 12 Down: Philippine group (4)
- ITAS
- 13 Down: Birds' beaks (4)
- NEBS
- 18 Down: Very pale (5)
- ASHEN
- 22 Down: Broadcast (5)
- AIRED
- 24 Down: Greet (4)
- HAIL
- 25 Down: Sears ___, Chicago (5)
- TOWER
- 28 Down: Part of HOMES (4)
- ERIE
- 29 Down: Jugheads (4)
- SAPS
- 30 Down: Former ruler at Teheran (4)
- SHAH
- 31 Down: Freud's "Totem und ___" (4)
- TABU
- 32 Down: Highly wrought (9)
- ELABORATE
- 33 Down: Wood for airplane models (5)
- BALSA
- 34 Down: Gametes (3)
- OVA
- 37 Down: Last year's frosh (5)
- SOPHS
- 38 Down: "For Pete's ___!" (4)
- SAKE
- 40 Down: Is important (7)
- MATTERS
- 41 Down: Shorthand expert (5)
- GREGG
- 43 Down: Sub's nemesis (6)
- CHASER
- 44 Down: Incite (6)
- AROUSE
- 46 Down: A dweller in the Crimea (5)
- TATAR
- 47 Down: Melancholy (5)
- GLOOM
- 48 Down: Cushion stuffing (5)
- KAPOK
- 49 Down: Functioning (5)
- INUSE
- 50 Down: Magi (5)
- SAGES
- 51 Down: A homophone for seize (4)
- CEES
- 52 Down: "Rosamond" composer (4)
- ARNE
- 56 Down: Chicken ___ reine (3)
- ALA
- 57 Down: Charlemagne's dom. (3)
- HRE
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