Wednesday Crossword — August 2, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/2/1978. By Eli Wesoff.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Two sides of a triangle (4)
- LEGS
- 5 Across: River duck (4)
- TEAL
- 9 Across: Kind of toaster (5)
- POPUP
- 14 Across: Lake of Thun feeder (4)
- AARE
- 15 Across: Spanish jar (4)
- OLLA
- 16 Across: Eliminate (5)
- ERASE
- 17 Across: Historic structure between China and Mongolia (9)
- GREATWALL
- 19 Across: Redcap, at times (5)
- TOTER
- 20 Across: Stop ___ dime (3)
- ONA
- 21 Across: Panama, e.g. (3)
- HAT
- 22 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
- OSE
- 24 Across: Otto's realm: Abbr. (3)
- HRE
- 25 Across: "___ No Business Like . . . " (6)
- THERES
- 28 Across: Gardner namesakes (5)
- ERLES
- 30 Across: Ferber title (5)
- SOBIG
- 32 Across: Alternate (6)
- ROTATE
- 34 Across: San ___, island off Sardinia (6)
- PIETRO
- 36 Across: Hall of Fame golfer (8)
- BENHOGAN
- 40 Across: ___ standstill (3)
- ATA
- 41 Across: Perfume (7)
- ESSENCE
- 43 Across: Creek (3)
- RIA
- 44 Across: Travelogue voice (8)
- NARRATOR
- 46 Across: Wading birds (6)
- EGRETS
- 48 Across: Took a break from cooking (6)
- ATEOUT
- 50 Across: Dean Martin program on TV (5)
- ROAST
- 51 Across: Word with donna or facie (5)
- PRIMA
- 53 Across: Progenitor (6)
- PARENT
- 55 Across: "O Sole ___" (3)
- MIO
- 56 Across: ___ Bull, memorable violinist (3)
- OLE
- 58 Across: ___ culpa (3)
- MEA
- 59 Across: Meredith (3)
- DON
- 62 Across: How some V.I.P.'s travel (5)
- INCOG
- 64 Across: Superior, for one (9)
- GREATLAKE
- 67 Across: First prime minister of free India (5)
- NEHRU
- 68 Across: Sudden outburst (4)
- GUST
- 69 Across: With regard to (4)
- INRE
- 70 Across: Paragon (5)
- IDEAL
- 71 Across: ___ trap (4)
- SETA
- 72 Across: String a necklace (4)
- BEAD
Down Answers
- 1 Down: ___ di Como (4)
- LAGO
- 2 Down: Merit (4)
- EARN
- 3 Down: Ursa Major (9)
- GREATBEAR
- 4 Down: Red or Yellow (3)
- SEA
- 5 Down: "Advise none to marry or go ___": Herbert (5)
- TOWAR
- 6 Down: Beetle (6)
- ELATER
- 7 Down: Word with star or pro (3)
- ALL
- 8 Down: Gounod contemporary (4)
- LALO
- 9 Down: Czar who made Russia powerful (13)
- PETERTHEGREAT
- 10 Down: Conquistadors' quest (3)
- ORO
- 11 Down: French newsreel pioneer (5)
- PATHE
- 12 Down: "The ___," Haber's recent best seller (5)
- USERS
- 13 Down: Parisian priest's title (4)
- PERE
- 18 Down: Celebrated Golconda diamond (13)
- THEGREATMOGUL
- 23 Down: Rap session of a sort (6)
- SEANCE
- 26 Down: Rod Carew specialty (3)
- HIT
- 27 Down: Recover from wassail (7)
- SOBERUP
- 29 Down: Papal name (3)
- LEO
- 30 Down: Bridge (4)
- SPAN
- 31 Down: Japanese seaport (4)
- OITA
- 33 Down: Honor card (3)
- TEN
- 35 Down: Like bone (6)
- OSTEAL
- 37 Down: Massive dog (9)
- GREATDANE
- 38 Down: Islets (4)
- AITS
- 39 Down: Tweed's nemesis (4)
- NAST
- 42 Down: ___ Canals (3)
- SOO
- 45 Down: Heyerdahl boat (3)
- RAI
- 47 Down: Cuban rum (3)
- RON
- 49 Down: Most subdued (6)
- TAMEST
- 51 Down: Languished (5)
- PINED
- 52 Down: Author Mazo de la ___ (5)
- ROCHE
- 54 Down: Gaucho's lariat (5)
- REATA
- 55 Down: Kind of car or camera (4)
- MINI
- 57 Down: Objects of a seasonal hunt (4)
- EGGS
- 60 Down: Its pods are used in soups (4)
- OKRA
- 61 Down: "A friend in ___ . . . " (4)
- NEED
- 63 Down: ___ pro nobis (3)
- ORA
- 65 Down: Regret (3)
- RUE
- 66 Down: Women's ___ (3)
- LIB
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