Wednesday Crossword — September 7, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/7/1983. By John Greenman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Towel inscription (3)
- HIS
- 4 Across: Cheeky child (4)
- BRAT
- 8 Across: Let it ___ (stet) (5)
- STAND
- 13 Across: Transmitted (4)
- SENT
- 14 Across: San ___, Italy (4)
- REMO
- 15 Across: Fifer's drum (5)
- TABOR
- 16 Across: Pinta's sister (4)
- NINA
- 17 Across: Upolu port (4)
- APIA
- 18 Across: Dogie catcher (5)
- RIATA
- 19 Across: Czech river (4)
- ODER
- 20 Across: Lepidopteran trap (3)
- NET
- 21 Across: Payoff of a sort (6)
- RANSOM
- 22 Across: Lady Godiva's "attire" (12)
- BIRTHDAYSUIT
- 25 Across: Charcoal dust (4)
- SOOT
- 26 Across: Smash (3)
- HIT
- 27 Across: Viper (3)
- ASP
- 30 Across: MacDonald-Eddy treats (5)
- DUETS
- 33 Across: Two or more geological eras (3)
- EON
- 34 Across: Prefix with plasm (4)
- ECTO
- 35 Across: Like Michelangelo's "David" (15)
- INTHEALTOGETHER
- 39 Across: Climber in a forest (4)
- VINE
- 40 Across: Lobster eggs (3)
- ROE
- 41 Across: Motif (5)
- THEME
- 42 Across: Plato's "H" (3)
- ETA
- 43 Across: Ruckus (3)
- ADO
- 44 Across: Spots (4)
- LOCI
- 46 Across: Fop or dude (12)
- CLOTHESHORSE
- 51 Across: Merchant (6)
- SELLER
- 54 Across: Windshield wiper's path (3)
- ARC
- 55 Across: Contract of a sort (4)
- PACT
- 56 Across: More frigid (5)
- ICIER
- 57 Across: Diva Moffo (4)
- ANNA
- 58 Across: Anagram for aide (4)
- IDEA
- 59 Across: First word in a Dickens title (5)
- GREAT
- 60 Across: Result getter, often (4)
- DOER
- 61 Across: "It ___ Necessarily So" (4)
- AINT
- 62 Across: Fox-and-hounds meets (5)
- HUNTS
- 63 Across: Affectations (4)
- AIRS
- 64 Across: ___ half bad (3)
- NOT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Spyri heroine (5)
- HEIDI
- 2 Down: Kind of circle (5)
- INNER
- 3 Down: ___ ball rolling (begins) (9)
- STARTSTHE
- 4 Down: He took a "Streetcar" to stardom (6)
- BRANDO
- 5 Down: Music sign (6)
- REPEAT
- 6 Down: International friendship (5)
- AMITY
- 7 Down: Done ___ turn (3)
- TOA
- 8 Down: East River, e.g. (6)
- STRAIT
- 9 Down: Infect (5)
- TAINT
- 10 Down: Bedouins' robes (4)
- ABAS
- 11 Down: South: Comb. form (4)
- NOTO
- 12 Down: One-eighth ounce (4)
- DRAM
- 13 Down: Cricketlike game (4)
- SNOB
- 21 Down: Feeling remorse (5)
- RUING
- 23 Down: Argyles (4)
- HOSE
- 24 Down: Scare away (4)
- SHOO
- 27 Down: Yearn (4)
- ACHE
- 28 Down: Point skis inward (4)
- STEM
- 29 Down: Hit the books (4)
- PORE
- 30 Down: Jackknife, for one (4)
- DIVE
- 31 Down: Ohm or ampere (4)
- UNIT
- 32 Down: Vesuvius's cousin (4)
- ETNA
- 33 Down: Août's season (3)
- ETE
- 34 Down: Addis Ababa native (9)
- ETHIOPIAN
- 36 Down: Fervency (5)
- ARDOR
- 37 Down: Bridal-shower "take" (4)
- LOOT
- 38 Down: Imprint (4)
- ETCH
- 43 Down: Gives the high sign to (6)
- ALERTS
- 44 Down: "Camelot" lyricist (6)
- LERNER
- 45 Down: Hammersteins (6)
- OSCARS
- 46 Down: Nonskid aid for lineman (5)
- CLEAT
- 47 Down: City north of Saigon (5)
- HANOI
- 48 Down: Active preceder (5)
- RADIO
- 49 Down: Something in the air (5)
- SCENT
- 50 Down: Coup d'___ (4)
- ETAT
- 51 Down: Piner's emission (4)
- SIGH
- 52 Down: Subdued hue (4)
- ECRU
- 53 Down: Legal right (4)
- LIEN
- 57 Down: ___ Louise Huxtable (3)
- ADA
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