Saturday Crossword — December 16, 1983 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 12/17/1983. By Brett A. Blaylock.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bent or shaped metal (6)
- SWAGED
- 7 Across: Old-man ___, Mexican plant (6)
- CACTUS
- 13 Across: Man of La Mancha (7)
- QUIXOTE
- 14 Across: Laymen in monasteries (7)
- OBLATES
- 16 Across: Usurps (7)
- UNSEATS
- 17 Across: One-time epoch of the Tertiary (7)
- NEOCENE
- 18 Across: Land measure (3)
- ARE
- 19 Across: Its child is "full of grace" (7)
- TUESDAY
- 21 Across: Fishwife's cousin (3)
- NAG
- 22 Across: Winter coat (4)
- RIME
- 24 Across: Atrium, e.g. (4)
- ROOM
- 25 Across: This, to Torcuato (4)
- ESTA
- 26 Across: Glinka's "A Life for the ___" (4)
- TSAR
- 27 Across: Petrify (4)
- STUN
- 28 Across: More guileful (5)
- SLIER
- 29 Across: Babbitt's home town (6)
- ZENITH
- 31 Across: Chaste women (7)
- VESTALS
- 33 Across: Mixes (9)
- COALESCES
- 35 Across: Ring bearers of a sort (7)
- BESTMEN
- 37 Across: Sound (6)
- INTACT
- 41 Across: The common people (5)
- DEMOS
- 42 Across: Competes (4)
- VIES
- 44 Across: Dictator's phrase (4)
- INRE
- 45 Across: Spirit (4)
- ELAN
- 46 Across: Actor Bruce (4)
- DERN
- 47 Across: Offshoot (4)
- CION
- 48 Across: Interdict (3)
- BAN
- 49 Across: Count Leo (7)
- TOLSTOY
- 52 Across: Country singer Bandy (3)
- MOE
- 53 Across: Source of mother-of-pearl (7)
- ABALONE
- 55 Across: Recherché (7)
- ELEGANT
- 57 Across: Top, e.g. (7)
- ROTATOR
- 58 Across: Associates (7)
- RELATES
- 59 Across: Plants anew (6)
- RESETS
- 60 Across: Fuse (6)
- SOLDER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Cockcrow (7)
- SUNRISE
- 2 Down: Magus (7)
- WISEMAN
- 3 Down: Feller's tool (3)
- AXE
- 4 Down: Lecherous old man (4)
- GOAT
- 5 Down: And you: Lat. (4)
- ETTU
- 6 Down: Apostatize (6)
- DESERT
- 7 Down: Overlooks an offense (8)
- CONDONES
- 8 Down: Nautical direction (5)
- ABEAM
- 9 Down: Surfeit (4)
- CLOY
- 10 Down: Part of U.S.A.F. (3)
- TAC
- 11 Down: Spoon, e.g. (7)
- UTENSIL
- 12 Down: Thesmothetes' milieus (7)
- SENATES
- 13 Down: Sand's main ingredient (6)
- QUARTZ
- 15 Down: Popeye's creator (5)
- SEGAR
- 20 Down: Mementos (9)
- SOUVENIRS
- 23 Down: Vinland discoverer (7)
- ERICSON
- 25 Down: Band often employed in offices (7)
- ELASTIC
- 27 Down: Imposture (4)
- SHAM
- 28 Down: Sheppard and Turpin's gun (4)
- STEN
- 30 Down: Small fry (4)
- TOTS
- 32 Down: Biol., etc. (4)
- SCIS
- 34 Down: Suffragettes, e.g. (8)
- LEVELERS
- 35 Down: Scold (7)
- BELABOR
- 36 Down: Issue (7)
- EMANATE
- 38 Down: Vigorous (7)
- ANIMATE
- 39 Down: Columbo was one (7)
- CROONER
- 40 Down: Dogmas (6)
- TENETS
- 41 Down: Proscribe (5)
- DEBAR
- 43 Down: Inscribes (6)
- ENTERS
- 46 Down: "Eat to live, but ___ live to eat" (5)
- DONOT
- 49 Down: A load or haul (4)
- TOTE
- 50 Down: Londoner's marge (4)
- OLEO
- 51 Down: Bellow (4)
- YELL
- 54 Down: ___ Palmas (3)
- LAS
- 56 Down: Seventh son of Jacob (3)
- GAD
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