Monday Crossword — December 26, 1983 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/26/1983. By Whitten.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Insect's feeler (4)
PALP
5 Across: Very small: Comb. form (4)
MICR
9 Across: Deceive (5)
CHEAT
14 Across: Saudi Arabian province (4)
ASIR
15 Across: Jacob's twin (4)
ESAU
16 Across: Main artery (5)
AORTA
17 Across: English architect: 1632–1723 (15)
CHRISTOPHERWREN
20 Across: Rag or rib (5)
TEASE
21 Across: Shangri-La and Eden (9)
PARADISES
22 Across: Fairy-tale opener (4)
ONCE
24 Across: Pose (3)
SIT
25 Across: Bridge (4)
SPAN
28 Across: Invisible (6)
UNSEEN
31 Across: In medias ___ (3)
RES
34 Across: Vocation (6)
CAREER
36 Across: Lick ___ promise (4)
ANDA
37 Across: Yalie (3)
ELI
38 Across: Greek marketplace (5)
AGORA
39 Across: Sault ___ Marie (3)
STE
40 Across: Crowbar (5)
LEVER
42 Across: Author Whitten (3)
LES
43 Across: Lady Jane or Zane (4)
GREY
45 Across: Take over, as control (6)
ASSUME
46 Across: H.S.T. follower (3)
DDE
47 Across: Comes to know (6)
LEARNS
49 Across: Washer cycle (4)
SPIN
50 Across: Loser to 46 Across (3)
AES
51 Across: Memorable Italian patron of the arts (4)
ESTE
53 Across: Follett's "Eye of ___" (9)
THENEEDLE
58 Across: Attack (5)
ONSET
62 Across: Cartoon character (15)
WOODYWOODPECKER
64 Across: Midwest airport (5)
OHARE
65 Across: Brainstorm (4)
IDEA
66 Across: Emerald Isle, formerly (4)
EIRE
67 Across: Loudness units (5)
SONES
68 Across: Kennedy and Williams (4)
TEDS
69 Across: Location (4)
SPOT

Down Answers

1 Down: Treaty (4)
PACT
2 Down: Tennis great (4)
ASHE
3 Down: Italian monetary unit (4)
LIRA
4 Down: Inmate (8)
PRISONER
5 Down: Convened (3)
MET
6 Down: "Where knock ___ wide": C. Smart (6)
ISOPEN
7 Down: Matador's cloak (4)
CAPA
8 Down: German industrial region (4)
RUHR
9 Down: St. Louis nine or eleven (9)
CARDINALS
10 Down: Beckett's "___ Is" (5)
HOWIT
11 Down: Goofs (4)
ERRS
12 Down: To ___ (perfectly) (4)
ATEE
13 Down: Makes leather (4)
TANS
18 Down: D.C. V.I.P. (3)
SEN
19 Down: ___ up (slackened) (5)
EASED
23 Down: Mongrel (3)
CUR
25 Down: Cooking direction (5)
SCALD
26 Down: Summoned (5)
PAGED
27 Down: Got up (5)
AROSE
29 Down: Woodland deity (5)
SATYR
30 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
ENE
31 Down: Gun a motor (5)
REVUP
32 Down: Varnish resin (5)
ELEMI
33 Down: Femme fatale (5)
SIREN
35 Down: Keen vision (9)
EAGLEEYES
39 Down: Red or Dead (3)
SEA
41 Down: Perfumes (8)
ESSENCES
44 Down: Stitch again (5)
RESEW
45 Down: Fool (3)
ASS
48 Down: Required (6)
NEEDED
50 Down: Benedict Arnold's cohort (5)
ANDRE
52 Down: Digit (3)
TOE
53 Down: Couples (4)
TWOS
54 Down: Sounds from Santa (4)
HOHO
55 Down: Of the dawn (4)
EOAN
56 Down: Trifle (4)
DOIT
57 Down: Rich source (4)
LODE
59 Down: Leave out (4)
SKIP
60 Down: Architect Saarinen (4)
EERO
61 Down: Weight allowance, once (4)
TRET
63 Down: Dance step (3)
PAS

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