Wednesday Crossword — February 1, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 2/1/1978. By Kathryn Righter.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cover firmly and solidly (4)
- PAVE
- 5 Across: Fragment (5)
- SCRAP
- 10 Across: Kind of light, kick or shot (4)
- DROP
- 14 Across: Summit (4)
- APEX
- 15 Across: Kind of fly, leek or work (5)
- HOUSE
- 16 Across: Latvian seaport (4)
- RIGA
- 17 Across: Cant rightward (15)
- LISTTOSTARBOARD
- 20 Across: New England pro eleven (8)
- PATRIOTS
- 21 Across: Becomes aware (6)
- SENSES
- 22 Across: Formicary denizens (4)
- ANTS
- 23 Across: Theater box (4)
- LOGE
- 24 Across: Peyton and Sutton (6)
- PLACES
- 27 Across: Container for tea or crackers (8)
- CANISTER
- 31 Across: Slews or slues (5)
- RAFTS
- 32 Across: Sir Arthur ___ Doyle (5)
- CONAN
- 33 Across: Cutting tool (3)
- AXE
- 34 Across: Group of 130,000 U.S. women fostering voc. ed. (3)
- ORT
- 35 Across: Boutonniere locale (5)
- LAPEL
- 36 Across: Zero, in law (3)
- NUL
- 37 Across: Paine's "The ___ of Reason" (3)
- AGE
- 38 Across: Faces boldly (5)
- DARES
- 39 Across: Zola (5)
- EMILE
- 41 Across: Apophis, basilisk and cockatrice (8)
- SERPENTS
- 43 Across: Invent (6)
- CREATE
- 44 Across: Alan or Richard (4)
- ALDA
- 45 Across: Bring home the bacon (4)
- EARN
- 46 Across: "In ___ seek happiness": Dostoyevsky (6)
- SORROW
- 49 Across: Provide explanatory material (8)
- ANNOTATE
- 53 Across: G.I. publication (15)
- STARSANDSTRIPES
- 55 Across: Dog that traveled from Kansas to Oz (4)
- TOTO
- 56 Across: Musical show (5)
- REVUE
- 57 Across: Suffixes denoting sugars (4)
- OSES
- 58 Across: N.Y.S.E. membership (4)
- SEAT
- 59 Across: Prevent or discourage (5)
- DETER
- 60 Across: River in England (4)
- NENE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Insect's organ of sense (4)
- PALP
- 2 Down: Samoan seaport (4)
- APIA
- 3 Down: Sleeveless garment (4)
- VEST
- 4 Down: Pull out (7)
- EXTRACT
- 5 Down: Trips a shutter (6)
- SHOOTS
- 6 Down: Expenses (5)
- COSTS
- 7 Down: Furrows (4)
- RUTS
- 8 Down: Botanist Gray (3)
- ASA
- 9 Down: Agony-column item (8)
- PERSONAL
- 10 Down: Bagpipes (6)
- DRONES
- 11 Down: River inlets (4)
- RIAS
- 12 Down: Monstrous menace (4)
- OGRE
- 13 Down: Cushions (4)
- PADS
- 18 Down: Parts of pitchforks (5)
- TINES
- 19 Down: Rabin's successor (5)
- BEGIN
- 23 Down: Country byways (5)
- LANES
- 24 Down: Malay boats (5)
- PROAS
- 25 Down: Spacious (5)
- LARGE
- 26 Down: "___ the Fall," Miller play (5)
- AFTER
- 27 Down: Ecclesiastic mantles (5)
- COPES
- 28 Down: ___ Australis, star in Ursa Major (5)
- TANIA
- 29 Down: Rejoice (5)
- EXULT
- 30 Down: Book by D. S. Freeman (5)
- RELEE
- 32 Down: Magna ___ (5)
- CARTA
- 35 Down: In the direction of a port (8)
- LANDWARD
- 38 Down: Site of an oracle of Apollo (5)
- DELOS
- 39 Down: Typo (5)
- ERROR
- 40 Down: Allude to (7)
- MENTION
- 42 Down: Bird that may live to be 100 (6)
- PARROT
- 43 Down: Three-beat gait (6)
- CANTER
- 45 Down: Follow (5)
- ENSUE
- 46 Down: Controversial planes (4)
- SSTS
- 47 Down: Siouan Indian (4)
- OTOE
- 48 Down: Pro ___ (proportionally) (4)
- RATA
- 49 Down: Public notice: Abbr. (4)
- ADVT
- 50 Down: Church recess (4)
- APSE
- 51 Down: Kind of age (4)
- TEEN
- 52 Down: "___ Quam Videri," N.C. motto (4)
- ESSE
- 54 Down: Born (3)
- NEE
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