Wednesday Crossword — November 29, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 11/29/1978. By Bette Sue Cohen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: On ___ with (equal to) (4)
- APAR
- 5 Across: Vega and Antares (5)
- STARS
- 10 Across: Cow, to a gaucho (4)
- VACA
- 14 Across: Pompey's mufti (4)
- TOGA
- 15 Across: House sign (5)
- TOLET
- 16 Across: Suffix with fabric and prognostic (4)
- ATOR
- 17 Across: She wrote "An Old-Fashioned Girl": 1870 (15)
- LOUISAMAYALCOTT
- 20 Across: Dartmouth is here (7)
- HANOVER
- 21 Across: Capital of Niger (6)
- NIAMEY
- 22 Across: "Beau Geste" author (4)
- WREN
- 23 Across: Sagan's "The Dragons of ___" (4)
- EDEN
- 24 Across: Assails (6)
- BESETS
- 27 Across: Flashed (7)
- GLINTED
- 30 Across: Territory in SW Russia (5)
- ALTAI
- 31 Across: "Superman" gal (4)
- LOIS
- 32 Across: Brightened (3)
- LIT
- 34 Across: She wrote "The Women": 1937 (15)
- CLAREBOOTHELUCE
- 38 Across: Ulrica, in "Ivanhoe" (3)
- HAG
- 39 Across: Meet one's Waterloo (4)
- LOSE
- 40 Across: Ore deposits (5)
- LODES
- 41 Across: Access to the ocean (7)
- SEAGATE
- 44 Across: Underground group (6)
- MINERS
- 45 Across: Low-toned (4)
- BASS
- 46 Across: Levy, in Lille (4)
- TAXE
- 47 Across: Play charades (6)
- ACTOUT
- 50 Across: Molding edges (7)
- ARRISES
- 53 Across: She wrote "Shirley": 1849 (15)
- CHARLOTTEBRONTE
- 56 Across: Soften (4)
- MELT
- 57 Across: Like Nelson's wound at Trafalgar (5)
- FATAL
- 58 Across: Quern (4)
- MILL
- 59 Across: Merino dams (4)
- EWES
- 60 Across: "The Magic ___" (5)
- FLUTE
- 61 Across: Biblical country (4)
- EDOM
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Expanse east of N.A. (3)
- ATL
- 2 Down: Milne's Winnie (4)
- POOH
- 3 Down: ___ Caliente (4)
- AGUA
- 4 Down: Slicker, for example (8)
- RAINWEAR
- 5 Down: Strips for a barrel (6)
- STAVES
- 6 Down: "Peace on earth ___ . . . " (5)
- TOMEN
- 7 Down: Opposite of apteral (4)
- ALAR
- 8 Down: Philip V was one (3)
- REY
- 9 Down: Longfellow hero (8)
- STANDISH
- 10 Down: Empty (6)
- VACANT
- 11 Down: Bit (4)
- ATOM
- 12 Down: Shelter for pigeons (4)
- COTE
- 13 Down: Pseudo-esthetic (4)
- ARTY
- 18 Down: Sally (6)
- SORTIE
- 19 Down: Creditor's protection (4)
- LIEN
- 23 Down: Typewriter type (5)
- ELITE
- 24 Down: Composer of "St. John Passion" (4)
- BACH
- 25 Down: Athenian's homeland (5)
- ELLAS
- 26 Down: Vehicle in an oater (5)
- STAGE
- 27 Down: Source of foie gras (5)
- GOOSE
- 28 Down: Give the slip to (5)
- ELUDE
- 29 Down: Kitchen gadget (5)
- DICER
- 31 Down: Rifles (5)
- LOOTS
- 33 Down: Hardy heroine (4)
- TESS
- 35 Down: Start of a rocket's journey (8)
- BLASTOFF
- 36 Down: Cure-all (6)
- ELIXIR
- 37 Down: "___ George" Gobel (8)
- LONESOME
- 42 Down: Cancels a space mission (6)
- ABORTS
- 43 Down: Frenchman (4)
- GAUL
- 44 Down: Sculpture material (6)
- MARBLE
- 46 Down: Doctor (5)
- TREAT
- 47 Down: Summit (4)
- ACME
- 48 Down: Masticate (4)
- CHEW
- 49 Down: " . . . a ___ told by an idiot . . . " (4)
- TALE
- 50 Down: Island in the Near group (4)
- ATTU
- 51 Down: Bagnold (4)
- ENID
- 52 Down: City in NW France (4)
- STLO
- 54 Down: Former chess champ (3)
- TAL
- 55 Down: The Liberty Tree was one (3)
- ELM
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