Wednesday Crossword — December 13, 1978 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/13/1978. By C. J. Angio.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Give a leg up (4)
- HELP
- 5 Across: He spied with Joshua (5)
- CALEB
- 10 Across: Fountain quaff (4)
- COLA
- 14 Across: Golden spread (4)
- OLEO
- 15 Across: Zinc ___ (5)
- OXIDE
- 16 Across: Where to cook a pizza (4)
- OVEN
- 17 Across: Three-handed card game (4)
- SKAT
- 18 Across: Done in rich brown (5)
- SEPIC
- 19 Across: Leningrad's river (4)
- NEVA
- 20 Across: Lessee (6)
- TENANT
- 22 Across: TV space program (8)
- STARTREK
- 24 Across: Acerbic (4)
- SOUR
- 26 Across: Kay Thompson's heroine (6)
- ELOISE
- 27 Across: Last of the Bill of Rights (13)
- IOTHAMENDMENT
- 31 Across: Chilled cartoon character's comment (3)
- BRR
- 32 Across: Exec's note (4)
- MEMO
- 33 Across: First British settlement in India (5)
- SURAT
- 36 Across: Chester ___ Arthur (4)
- ALAN
- 38 Across: Scotto and Sutherland (5)
- DIVAS
- 41 Across: Apiece (4)
- EACH
- 42 Across: Type of type (5)
- ROMAN
- 44 Across: Dram or gram (4)
- UNIT
- 46 Across: Suffix with Jersey (3)
- ITE
- 47 Across: Symbol of taxpayers' revolt (13)
- PROPOSITION13
- 51 Across: Emulated a smith (6)
- FORGED
- 52 Across: Persona non grata in a 1925 song (4)
- LULU
- 53 Across: Blackstrap or treacle (8)
- MOLASSES
- 55 Across: State on the stand (6)
- ATTEST
- 59 Across: Got off a horse (4)
- ALIT
- 60 Across: Galsworthy novel (5)
- TOLET
- 62 Across: "Mighty ___ Rose" (4)
- LAKA
- 63 Across: Chinese: Comb. form (4)
- SINO
- 64 Across: Related on Mom's side (5)
- ENATE
- 65 Across: Malefic (4)
- EVIL
- 66 Across: Markham hero (4)
- HOER
- 67 Across: Talked gibberish (5)
- RAVED
- 68 Across: Place for a chapeau (4)
- TETE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Boniface (4)
- HOST
- 2 Down: Sommer from Berlin (4)
- ELKE
- 3 Down: Built like Cassius (4)
- LEAN
- 4 Down: Dead Sea product (6)
- POTASH
- 5 Down: Garbed for a bal masqué (8)
- COSTUMED
- 6 Down: Tool for a lumberjack (3)
- AXE
- 7 Down: "The Touch of Your ___," 1936 song (4)
- LIPS
- 8 Down: Make redactions (6)
- EDITED
- 9 Down: Tranquilize (6)
- BECALM
- 10 Down: Persist (8)
- CONTINUE
- 11 Down: One result of all work and no play (10)
- OVERSTRAIN
- 12 Down: Sight on the Mississippi (5)
- LEVEE
- 13 Down: Biblical giant (4)
- ANAK
- 21 Down: ___ Chomsky, linguistics expert (4)
- NOAM
- 23 Down: Homophone for rose (4)
- ROES
- 25 Down: "Apostle of the Franks" (4)
- REMI
- 27 Down: Letter-shaped girder (4)
- IBAR
- 28 Down: Base of a column (4)
- ORLO
- 29 Down: Tumbler's springboard (10)
- TRAMPOLINE
- 30 Down: Word on the back of a dollar (5)
- NOVUS
- 34 Down: Playbill heading (4)
- ACT1
- 35 Down: ___ Bears (4)
- THE3
- 37 Down: Important role in "Our Town" (8)
- NARRATOR
- 39 Down: West Indian shrub (4)
- ANIL
- 40 Down: Placed (8)
- SITUATED
- 43 Down: Jan. 1 drinks (4)
- NOGS
- 45 Down: Knight vs. knight (4)
- TILT
- 48 Down: Annoy (6)
- PESTER
- 49 Down: "___ Grecian Urn": Keats (6)
- ODEONA
- 50 Down: Market for a commodity (6)
- OUTLET
- 51 Down: King-size book (5)
- FOLIO
- 53 Down: Make flirtatious advances (4)
- MASH
- 54 Down: Eastern European (4)
- SLAV
- 56 Down: Roof edge (4)
- EAVE
- 57 Down: Blackout, e.g. (4)
- SKIT
- 58 Down: Raconteur's specialty (4)
- TALE
- 61 Down: Midi season (3)
- ETE
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