Friday Crossword — September 30, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/30/1983. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Rookery din (4)
- CAWS
- 5 Across: Profess (4)
- AVOW
- 9 Across: Diminish (5)
- ABATE
- 14 Across: Melville novel (4)
- OMOO
- 15 Across: Hitlerite (4)
- NAZI
- 16 Across: Jeopardy (5)
- PERIL
- 17 Across: TV science show (4)
- NOVA
- 18 Across: Obdurate (4)
- IRON
- 19 Across: Compresses (5)
- PACKS
- 20 Across: Went slowly (5)
- CREPT
- 22 Across: The "granary" of Spain (9)
- ANDALUSIA
- 24 Across: Weed with purplish flowers (6)
- HENBIT
- 26 Across: Elizabeth's favorite (5)
- ESSEX
- 27 Across: Theaters of yore (4)
- ODEA
- 29 Across: Towel ID (3)
- HIS
- 30 Across: Greek letter (3)
- CHI
- 33 Across: Where Pharos shone (10)
- ALEXANDRIA
- 37 Across: Dionne family member, for short (4)
- QUIN
- 38 Across: Jewel face (5)
- BEZEL
- 39 Across: Clamor (3)
- HUE
- 40 Across: Hand mill (5)
- QUERN
- 41 Across: Compacts, e.g. (4)
- CARS
- 42 Across: U.K. group, founded in 1910 (10)
- GIRLGUIDES
- 44 Across: Bex or Dax (3)
- SPA
- 45 Across: Poke (3)
- JAB
- 46 Across: ___ del Castillo, Cortés's historian (4)
- DIAZ
- 47 Across: Skin (5)
- CUTIS
- 49 Across: Gecko or uta (6)
- LIZARD
- 53 Across: "Sweet Adeline" harmonizers (9)
- QUARTETTE
- 57 Across: Three-time loser (5)
- LIFER
- 58 Across: In the dark (5)
- UNLIT
- 59 Across: Peach Bowl winner: 1982 (4)
- IOWA
- 61 Across: Musical windup (4)
- CODA
- 62 Across: "There is Nothin' Like ___" (5)
- ADAME
- 63 Across: Smelter stockpiles (4)
- ORES
- 64 Across: Nejd native (4)
- ARAB
- 65 Across: Took pills (5)
- DOSED
- 66 Across: Big Board initials (4)
- NYSE
- 67 Across: Scope component (4)
- LENS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Triton's trumpet (5)
- CONCH
- 2 Down: Love, Italian style (5)
- AMORE
- 3 Down: Like plaid (5)
- WOVEN
- 4 Down: Park podia (9)
- SOAPBOXES
- 5 Down: Cuckoo (3)
- ANI
- 6 Down: Spanish unit of length (4)
- VARA
- 7 Down: "Fresh air" (5)
- OZONE
- 8 Down: Car part (10)
- WINDSHIELD
- 9 Down: Source of a sauce (6)
- APPLES
- 10 Down: They come to court (5)
- BEAUX
- 11 Down: Cinquefoil elements (4)
- ARCS
- 12 Down: Heyerdahl's "Kon-___" (4)
- TIKI
- 13 Down: Princess of Brabant (4)
- ELSA
- 21 Down: Kind of wave (5)
- TIDAL
- 23 Down: Tatar's locale (4)
- ASIA
- 25 Down: Lacrosse team (3)
- TEN
- 28 Down: Admittance (10)
- ADHIBITION
- 30 Down: Tipped off (4)
- CUED
- 31 Down: Take on (4)
- HIRE
- 32 Down: ___ of the Court (4)
- INNS
- 33 Down: Fundamentals (4)
- ABCS
- 34 Down: Bound (4)
- LEAP
- 35 Down: Poet Pound (4)
- EZRA
- 36 Down: Düren's river (3)
- RUR
- 37 Down: Perplexed (9)
- QUIZZICAL
- 40 Down: Cringe (5)
- QUAIL
- 42 Down: Attendance (4)
- GATE
- 43 Down: "___ Blas" (3)
- GIL
- 45 Down: Outthrust (6)
- JUTTED
- 47 Down: Element in many a whodunit (5)
- CRIME
- 48 Down: Recital (5)
- STORY
- 50 Down: Up front, at sea (5)
- AFORE
- 51 Down: Fortification (5)
- REDAN
- 52 Down: Slovenly ones (5)
- DRABS
- 53 Down: Type spacer (4)
- QUAD
- 54 Down: Set at naught (4)
- UNDO
- 55 Down: Dear me! (4)
- ALAS
- 56 Down: Lambs' dams (4)
- EWES
- 60 Down: Enzyme (3)
- ASE
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