Wednesday Crossword — February 8, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/8/1978. By Herb L. Risteen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "___ and Lovers" (4)
- SONS
- 5 Across: Bridge charge (4)
- TOLL
- 9 Across: Breed of horse (4)
- BARB
- 13 Across: Rose's man (4)
- ABIE
- 14 Across: Hawk's abode (5)
- AERIE
- 15 Across: It generates Sills' trills (4)
- ARIA
- 16 Across: Home of the Bengals (10)
- CINCINNATI
- 18 Across: Weakens little by little (4)
- LAGS
- 19 Across: Massachusetts city or river (7)
- TAUNTON
- 20 Across: Home of the Cowboys (6)
- DALLAS
- 22 Across: Where Dortmund is (4)
- RUHR
- 23 Across: Olympian (4)
- HERA
- 24 Across: Hold together firmly (6)
- COHERE
- 27 Across: Site of India's Golden Temple (7)
- BENARES
- 30 Across: Spirit: Fr. (3)
- AME
- 31 Across: ___ days (for fasting and prayer) (5)
- EMBER
- 33 Across: Festive affairs (5)
- GALAS
- 35 Across: Tallinn resident (4)
- BALT
- 37 Across: Ice pinnacle (5)
- SERAC
- 39 Across: Cultivate (4)
- TILL
- 40 Across: Last word of "Hamlet" (5)
- SHOOT
- 42 Across: Attack (5)
- SETAT
- 44 Across: Egg-shaped ornaments (3)
- OVA
- 45 Across: Home of the Falcons (7)
- ATLANTA
- 47 Across: City on the Don (6)
- ROSTOV
- 49 Across: Greek resistance force in W.W. II (4)
- ELAS
- 50 Across: Abhor (4)
- HATE
- 51 Across: Lydian capital destroyed by Tamerlane (6)
- SARDIS
- 54 Across: Formally withdraws (7)
- SECEDES
- 57 Across: Thought (4)
- IDEA
- 58 Across: State capital, once called New Helvetia (10)
- SACRAMENTO
- 61 Across: Where Chattanooga is: Abbr. (4)
- TENN
- 62 Across: Jidda residents (5)
- ARABS
- 63 Across: Suburb of Naples (4)
- NOLA
- 64 Across: Biblical oldster (4)
- ENOS
- 65 Across: Receptacles for flowers (4)
- URNS
- 66 Across: Couples (4)
- TWOS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Dweller in Iowa or Oklahoma (3)
- SAC
- 2 Down: Newspaper notice (4)
- OBIT
- 3 Down: Caravel of 1492 (4)
- NINA
- 4 Down: Obtain (6)
- SECURE
- 5 Down: Jan Vickers is one (5)
- TENOR
- 6 Down: Algerian city (4)
- ORAN
- 7 Down: Illuminated (3)
- LIT
- 8 Down: University city in the Netherlands (6)
- LEIDEN
- 9 Down: Australian city near celebrated gold mines (8)
- BALLARAT
- 10 Down: Soviet sea (4)
- ARAL
- 11 Down: Baltic port (4)
- RIGA
- 12 Down: Food fish (4)
- BASS
- 14 Down: Patriotic songs (7)
- ANTHEMS
- 17 Down: Accustom (5)
- INURE
- 21 Down: First of a Kipling trio (4)
- ARAG
- 23 Down: Strategic city in Afghanistan (5)
- HERAT
- 24 Down: Truck parts (4)
- CABS
- 25 Down: Food-processing center (5)
- OMAHA
- 26 Down: Spartan slave (5)
- HELOT
- 27 Down: Kentucky college town (5)
- BEREA
- 28 Down: "Middlemarch" author (5)
- ELIOT
- 29 Down: Round of cheers (5)
- SALVO
- 32 Down: Prevails over (5)
- BESTS
- 34 Down: Belgrade native (4)
- SLAV
- 36 Down: Certain Spaniards or Ohioans (8)
- TOLEDANS
- 38 Down: Capital of Venezuela (7)
- CARACAS
- 41 Down: Anklebones (4)
- TALI
- 43 Down: Tribal emblem (5)
- TOTEM
- 46 Down: Bahamas capital (6)
- NASSAU
- 48 Down: Sitting, as a statue (6)
- SEDENT
- 50 Down: Caraway and catnip (5)
- HERBS
- 51 Down: Building location (4)
- SITE
- 52 Down: Arabian city (4)
- ADEN
- 53 Down: City NNW of L.A. (4)
- RENO
- 54 Down: Glance at (4)
- SCAN
- 55 Down: Ample: Poetic (4)
- ENOW
- 56 Down: Normandy town (4)
- STLO
- 59 Down: Timetable abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 60 Down: Group est. in Bogotá: 1948 (3)
- OAS
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