Wednesday Crossword — July 12, 1978 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/12/1978. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Identifying symbol (4)
LOGO
5 Across: Growing out (5)
ENATE
10 Across: Lifting device (4)
JACK
14 Across: Niblick or wedge (4)
IRON
15 Across: Fictional uncle (5)
REMUS
16 Across: Harrow's rival (4)
ETON
17 Across: Valet (10)
MANSERVANT
19 Across: African ravine (4)
WADI
20 Across: A.L. player (5)
ANGEL
21 Across: Timetable abbr. (3)
ETA
22 Across: Sublease (5)
RELET
23 Across: Pierre's earth (5)
TERRE
25 Across: Be persuasive (4)
SELL
26 Across: Toque, e.g. (3)
HAT
29 Across: Colonial dances (7)
MINUETS
31 Across: Stark peak (3)
TOR
34 Across: Stage direction (4)
EXIT
36 Across: Bonus or fringe benefit (10)
PERQUISITE
38 Across: Russian czar (7)
ROMANOV
40 Across: Anonymous (7)
UNNAMED
41 Across: Single (10)
ONEBASEHIT
43 Across: Around: Prefix (4)
PERI
44 Across: ___ Plaines (3)
DES
45 Across: Endeavors (7)
STRIVES
47 Across: Turf (3)
SOD
48 Across: TV's Johnson (4)
ARTE
50 Across: Carrying cargo (5)
LADEN
52 Across: Cabbage or spinach (5)
SAVOY
54 Across: Right-angled structure (3)
ELL
55 Across: Signified (5)
MEANT
59 Across: Neat as ___ (4)
APIN
60 Across: Opportunist (10)
TIMESERVER
62 Across: See 6 Down (4)
LAND
63 Across: Native of Meshed (5)
IRANI
64 Across: Ceramic item (4)
VASE
65 Across: Hence (4)
ERGO
66 Across: Piggy-bank fillers (5)
CENTS
67 Across: Differently (4)
ELSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Kind of bean (4)
LIMA
2 Down: Port of Algeria (4)
ORAN
3 Down: Signal bell (4)
GONG
4 Down: Beginning (5)
ONSET
5 Down: Misdo (3)
ERR
6 Down: Imaginary place, with 62 Across (10)
NEVERNEVER
7 Down: Dabbler (7)
AMATEUR
8 Down: Bluefin (4)
TUNA
9 Down: Superlative ending (3)
EST
10 Down: Treasured object (5)
JEWEL
11 Down: Continually (10)
ATALLTIMES
12 Down: Disguise the meaning (4)
CODE
13 Down: Furrow the brows (4)
KNIT
18 Down: Kind of school: Abbr. (4)
ELEM
22 Down: Varnish ingredient (5)
RESIN
24 Down: Rejoinder (7)
RIPOSTE
25 Down: Runtish (7)
STUNTED
26 Down: King in "I, Claudius" (5)
HEROD
27 Down: Nerve-cell process (5)
AXONE
28 Down: Intended to expedite (10)
TIMESAVING
30 Down: Tantamount (10)
EQUIVALENT
32 Down: Alamagordo's county (5)
OTERO
33 Down: Drafted again (5)
REDID
35 Down: Check (3)
TAB
37 Down: Dimwit (3)
SAP
39 Down: Snide (5)
NASTY
42 Down: U.S. labor leader: 1887–1946 (7)
HILLMAN
46 Down: Ornamental pattern in art (4)
SEME
49 Down: Musical piece (5)
RONDO
51 Down: Chutzpah (5)
NERVE
52 Down: Mall sign (4)
SALE
53 Down: On ___ with (4)
APAR
54 Down: Where Hyde once presided (4)
EIRE
56 Down: Grandparental (4)
AVAL
57 Down: Headland (4)
NESS
58 Down: Forest unit (4)
TREE
60 Down: Neuralgic symptom (3)
TIC
61 Down: Little girl's nickname (3)
SIS

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