Wednesday Crossword — December 29, 1976 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/29/1976. By Hallie & Gerald Parsons.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Party loner (4)
- STAG
- 5 Across: Nipa palms (5)
- ATAPS
- 10 Across: Russian agency (4)
- TASS
- 14 Across: Roman cloak (4)
- TOGA
- 15 Across: Pancake spread, to French (5)
- SIROP
- 16 Across: Look ___ (investigate) (4)
- INTO
- 17 Across: Lily (4)
- ARUM
- 18 Across: Strike (5)
- SMITE
- 19 Across: Post (4)
- 20 Across: Popular song of yesteryear (15)
- BYEBYEBLACKBIRD
- 23 Across: Bone: Prefix (4)
- OSTE
- 24 Across: V.I.P. of yore (4)
- TSAR
- 25 Across: Gruel of Southwest (5)
- ATOLE
- 28 Across: Spanish river (3)
- RIO
- 30 Across: Fits compactly together (5)
- NESTS
- 34 Across: Sweethearts (6)
- LOVERS
- 36 Across: ___ to nothing (minimal) (4)
- NEXT
- 38 Across: Resting place (3)
- COT
- 39 Across: Copied (4)
- APED
- 40 Across: Expunge (5)
- ERASE
- 42 Across: Roman statesman (4)
- CATO
- 43 Across: French sea (3)
- MER
- 44 Across: Hammer part (4)
- PEEN
- 45 Across: Club: Prefix (6)
- RHOPAL
- 47 Across: Prefix for pedic (5)
- ORTHO
- 49 Across: Famous line: Abbr. (3)
- DEW
- 51 Across: Religious cape (5)
- ORALE
- 52 Across: Irish Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 54 Across: Sacred image (4)
- ICON
- 56 Across: Whodunit instruction (15)
- CHERCHEZLAFEMME
- 63 Across: Ejecta (4)
- LAVA
- 64 Across: Wrong (5)
- AMISS
- 65 Across: Electric fish (4)
- RAAD
- 66 Across: City southwest of Moscow (4)
- OREL
- 67 Across: Dormouse (5)
- LEROT
- 68 Across: Geraint's wife (4)
- ENID
- 69 Across: Encircle (4)
- GIRD
- 70 Across: Across: Prefix (5)
- TRANS
- 71 Across: Gainsay (4)
- DENY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Effort (4)
- STAB
- 2 Down: Conservative (4)
- TORY
- 3 Down: Quinine's target (4)
- AGUE
- 4 Down: Frisked (8)
- GAMBOLED
- 5 Down: Advantageous quality (5)
- ASSET
- 6 Down: Woodsman's shout (6)
- TIMBER
- 7 Down: Seed appendage (4)
- ARIL
- 8 Down: Irish and small (8)
- POTATOES
- 9 Down: Glasses, for short (5)
- SPECS
- 10 Down: Voice quality (6)
- TIMBRE
- 11 Down: White ant (4)
- ANAI
- 12 Down: To-do (4)
- STIR
- 13 Down: Completely won over (4)
- SOLD
- 21 Down: North Sea tributary (4)
- YSER
- 22 Down: German philosopher (4)
- KANT
- 25 Down: Aspen tree (5)
- ALAMO
- 26 Down: Drinker (5)
- TOPER
- 27 Down: Manifest (5)
- OVERT
- 29 Down: Trite (5)
- INANE
- 31 Down: ___ Flow (5)
- SCAPA
- 32 Down: Kind of darkness (5)
- TOTAL
- 33 Down: Fur piece (5)
- STOLE
- 35 Down: Bishop's province (3)
- SEE
- 37 Down: Dry: Prefix (3)
- XER
- 41 Down: Liberator (8)
- REDEEMER
- 42 Down: Treed (8)
- CORNERED
- 44 Down: French pig (4)
- PORC
- 46 Down: Ungulate's foot (4)
- HOOF
- 48 Down: Messenger (6)
- HERALD
- 50 Down: U.S. President (6)
- WILSON
- 53 Down: Biblical verb (5)
- SHALT
- 55 Down: Discards, with "off" (5)
- CASTS
- 56 Down: Wooden-soled shoe (4)
- CLOG
- 57 Down: Mata ___ (4)
- HARI
- 58 Down: Anon's partner (4)
- EVER
- 59 Down: Turkish measure (4)
- ZIRA
- 60 Down: Long hair (4)
- MANE
- 61 Down: Might's partner (4)
- MAIN
- 62 Down: Maelstrom's little brother (4)
- EDDY
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