Wednesday Crossword — December 6, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/6/1978. By Jean J. Davison.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Convert skin into white leather (3)
- TAW
- 4 Across: Sloven or boor (4)
- SLOB
- 8 Across: Money in Iran (4)
- RIAL
- 12 Across: Ireland, in Irish (4)
- EIRE
- 13 Across: Titled ones (5)
- EARLS
- 15 Across: Suffix for refer or despond (4)
- ENCE
- 16 Across: London gallery (4)
- TATE
- 17 Across: Lace edging (5)
- PICOT
- 18 Across: Arthur of tennis fame (4)
- ASHE
- 19 Across: Unrefined (5)
- CRUDE
- 21 Across: One of the Vienna boys (9)
- CHORISTER
- 23 Across: Seraglios (6)
- HAREMS
- 25 Across: Mss. handler (6)
- EDITOR
- 26 Across: Bay windows (6)
- ORIELS
- 28 Across: Extreme poverty (6)
- PENURY
- 31 Across: Small bird (3)
- TIT
- 33 Across: Canines, e.g. (5)
- TEETH
- 35 Across: Reminders, for short (5)
- MEMOS
- 36 Across: Woodwind (4)
- OBOE
- 38 Across: Word of mouth (5)
- PAROL
- 40 Across: Plexus (4)
- RETE
- 41 Across: Gadget (5)
- GISMO
- 43 Across: Unit of capacitance (5)
- FARAD
- 45 Across: Neither's buddy (3)
- NOR
- 46 Across: Gradient (6)
- ASCENT
- 48 Across: Bemoan (6)
- LAMENT
- 50 Across: Secret (6)
- ARCANE
- 52 Across: Polite word (6)
- PLEASE
- 55 Across: Kindred (9)
- CONGENIAL
- 58 Across: Where to locate 30 Down (5)
- ATLAS
- 59 Across: "I cannot tell ___" (4)
- ALIE
- 60 Across: ___ Cruz, city in Argentina (5)
- GODOY
- 62 Across: Pinball no-no (4)
- TILT
- 63 Across: Neighbor of N.J. (4)
- PENN
- 64 Across: Corpulent (5)
- OBESE
- 65 Across: Wife of Osiris (4)
- ISIS
- 66 Across: "Honi ___ . . . " (4)
- SOIT
- 67 Across: Once, once (4)
- ERST
- 68 Across: Common abbr. (3)
- ETC
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Formal headdress (5)
- TIARA
- 2 Down: Cellist until 1886 (15)
- ARTUROTOSCANINI
- 3 Down: Gardener's device (6)
- WEEDER
- 4 Down: Aug.'s neighbor (3)
- SEP
- 5 Down: Clerical's opposite (4)
- LAIC
- 6 Down: Main career of 2 Down (15)
- ORCHESTRALEADER
- 7 Down: Word with hound or bank (5)
- BLOOD
- 8 Down: Logical anchor man? (8)
- REASONER
- 9 Down: Ancillary role of 2 Down (15)
- INSTRUMENTALIST
- 10 Down: Word with head or ear (4)
- ACHE
- 11 Down: Nasty look (4)
- LEER
- 12 Down: Delineate (4)
- ETCH
- 14 Down: Word with tease or poker (5)
- STRIP
- 20 Down: Give off (4)
- EMIT
- 22 Down: Particular (4)
- ITEM
- 24 Down: Ooze (4)
- SEEP
- 27 Down: Word with fig or fly (4)
- LEAF
- 29 Down: Print from a rotary press (4)
- ROTO
- 30 Down: River to the North Sea (4)
- YSER
- 31 Down: Cato's garb (4)
- TOGA
- 32 Down: Wading bird (4)
- IBIS
- 34 Down: Israeli folk dance (4)
- HORA
- 37 Down: Like an underdeveloped country (8)
- EMERGENT
- 39 Down: Nightingale's accessory (4)
- LAMP
- 42 Down: "Three Bears" opener (4)
- ONCE
- 44 Down: Walter ___ Mare (4)
- DELA
- 47 Down: "Last ___ in Paris" (5)
- TANGO
- 49 Down: Diminutive of Janet (6)
- NETTIE
- 51 Down: Classical weeper (5)
- NIOBE
- 53 Down: Relating to the Frankish people (5)
- SALIC
- 54 Down: Superlative suffixes (4)
- ESTS
- 55 Down: Crowns (4)
- CAPS
- 56 Down: A spread (4)
- OLEO
- 57 Down: Red-ink item (4)
- LOSS
- 61 Down: Still (3)
- YET
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