Wednesday Crossword — January 4, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 1/4/1978. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bookcase feature (5)
- SHELF
- 6 Across: Impertinent (5)
- SASSY
- 11 Across: Exiguous (6)
- MEAGER
- 12 Across: Detection (6)
- ESPIAL
- 14 Across: See 13 Down (15)
- NOSTONEUNTURNED
- 17 Across: Punta del ___ (4)
- ESTE
- 18 Across: Door sign (5)
- ENTER
- 19 Across: Francis or Starr (3)
- KAY
- 20 Across: New Havenites (4)
- ELIS
- 21 Across: Cicada sound (5)
- CHIRR
- 22 Across: Swan, for one (4)
- DIVE
- 23 Across: Retreat (3)
- DEN
- 24 Across: Dick or Spencer (5)
- TRACY
- 25 Across: Fluff (5)
- BONER
- 26 Across: Supersonic threshold (7)
- MACHONE
- 28 Across: Famed puppeteer and family (5)
- SARGS
- 29 Across: Promontories (9)
- HEADLANDS
- 31 Across: David or Robert (5)
- FROST
- 33 Across: Five-sou piece in Louis XIV's day (7)
- LUIGINO
- 36 Across: "___ Jacques" (5)
- FRERE
- 37 Across: Isolated hill (5)
- BUTTE
- 38 Across: Matador's trophy (3)
- EAR
- 40 Across: Electrified, as a wire (4)
- LIVE
- 41 Across: Performs without accompaniment (5)
- SOLOS
- 42 Across: Flock of mallards (4)
- SUTE
- 43 Across: Bother (3)
- ADO
- 44 Across: Corday's victim (5)
- MARAT
- 45 Across: Cinnabar and mispickel (4)
- ORES
- 46 Across: Go all out (15)
- MAKEEVERYEFFORT
- 50 Across: Polite reply (6)
- YESSIR
- 51 Across: Famous small town in Georgia (6)
- PLAINS
- 52 Across: Jimmy and John (5)
- DEANS
- 53 Across: "___ Dream," Wagner aria (5)
- ELSAS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Verse form used by Dante (7)
- SESTINA
- 2 Down: Execrates (5)
- HATES
- 3 Down: Personality (3)
- EGO
- 4 Down: Writer Deighton (3)
- LEN
- 5 Down: Plenty of leeway (8)
- FREEHAND
- 6 Down: G.I. standing guard (6)
- SENTRY
- 7 Down: Garden bloomer (5)
- ASTER
- 8 Down: Urge onward (4)
- SPUR
- 9 Down: Knightly title (3)
- SIR
- 10 Down: Bell ringer's activity (7)
- YANKING
- 11 Down: Islamite (6)
- MOSLEM
- 13 Down: With 14 Across, goes all out (6)
- LEAVES
- 14 Down: Requirement (4)
- NEED
- 15 Down: Like an amoeba (11)
- UNICELLULAR
- 16 Down: Author of "Your Erroneous Zones" (4)
- DYER
- 21 Down: Zagreb native (5)
- CROAT
- 22 Down: Back: Prefix (5)
- DORSI
- 24 Down: "One of ___ days . . . " (5)
- THESE
- 25 Down: Marshal's star (5)
- BADGE
- 27 Down: Bit of work (5)
- CHORE
- 28 Down: Agitated states (5)
- SNITS
- 30 Down: Facsimile (8)
- AUTOTYPE
- 31 Down: "Dragnet" role (6)
- FRIDAY
- 32 Down: Annulled (7)
- REVOKED
- 34 Down: Nerve cells (7)
- NEURONS
- 35 Down: Horse operas (6)
- OATERS
- 36 Down: Humbug (4)
- FLAM
- 37 Down: Destructive insects (6)
- BORERS
- 39 Down: "The ___ is silence": Hamlet's last words (4)
- REST
- 41 Down: Creeping juniper (5)
- SAVIN
- 42 Down: Capital of Bulgaria (5)
- SOFIA
- 44 Down: Tableland (4)
- MESA
- 47 Down: Compass heading (3)
- ESE
- 48 Down: Edifice extension (3)
- ELL
- 49 Down: Musical notes (3)
- FAS
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